WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY?
Wonderful post in this graduation month of May; it definitely reflects my experience of these past ten years as I look back and see where our BAC majors have gone.
What can you do with a degree in theology?
A HIGHER OFFICE
Fr. Thomas Williams (no relation) on Catholic social teaching; good interview!
A Higher Office
CONFUSED BY THE EBOOK LAWSUIT? SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.
Still don’t think reinforcing Amazon’s monopsony is the thing to do.
Confused By the eBook Lawsuit? So Is Everyone else.
WHAT DISTINGUISHES ‘EVANGELICAL’ FROM ‘FUNDAMENTALIST’?
Very useful discussion, especially given how loosely people use the term “fundamentalist.”
What Distinguishes ‘Evangelical’ from ‘Fundamentalist’?
NT STUDIES AND THE SEPTUAGINT
I’ve often wondered this same thing. There has to be a systematic theological argument out there for the ongoing significance of the LXX, expanding on Augustine and taking into account that it remains authoritative for the Eastern Church.
NT Studies and the Septuagint
THE PLEASURES AND PERILS OF THE PASSIVE
Another one for my students, too often taught to slavishly avoid the passive even when their style or arguments would be improved by it.
The Pleasures and Perils of the Passive
DOWNTON ABBEY IS THE EDWARDIAN BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Priceless for the opening illustration alone.
Downton Abbey is the Edwardian Battlestar Galactica
JOEL OSTEEN WORSHIPS HIMSELF
The constant recitation of God’s transcendent goodness and the deference paid to his ironclad ability to lift believers magically out of suffering and woe both subtly downgrade the divine presence into a glorified lifestyle concierge. This God has no real way of accounting for the age-old paradoxes of theology, such as the tolerance of personal and historic evil, or the deeper ironies and unintended consequences of the believing life.
The Prosperity Gospel is heresy in a clown suit.
Joel Osteen worships himself
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH MOVES FROM ROLE TO ROLE
the success of “Sherlock,” the television series that casts him as a cool and contemporary — if brutally rational — upgrade of Sherlock Holmes. It returns on May 6 for a second season on PBS’s “Masterpiece Mystery!”
So looking forward to this.
Benedict Cumberbatch Moves From Role to Role
SOCIAL MEDIA'S SMALL, POSITIVE ROLE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
For most people, the choice is not leisurely walks on Cape Cod versus social media. It’s television versus social media.
Social Media's Small, Positive Role in Human Relationships
THE MIGHTY SCRIVENER… YOU MIGHT NOT EVER USE WORD FOR WRITING AGAIN
Follow-up to the Word post, with a light intro to Scrivener, aka the Batman of writing tools.
The Mighty Scrivener… You might not ever use word for writing again
THE COMING BOOK WARS: APPLE VS. AMAZON VS. GOOGLE VS. THE U.S.
A good description of the darkling plain.
The Coming Book Wars: Apple vs. Amazon vs. Google vs. the U.S.
MICROSOFT WORD: 5 MISUSES AND 7 ALTERNATIVES
Something for the students as they write their papers. I see every one of these misuses and more besides. It’s enough to make me start doing a course just on digital workflows and academic tools.
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Microsoft Word: 5 misuses and 7 alternatives
NOTES ON POLL-WATCHING
Essential tips for reading the deluge of polls that we’ll experience between now and November; general wisdom for every strain of partisan, completely independent of political views, from Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com.
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Notes on Poll-Watching
Q & A: ROSS DOUTHAT ON ROOTING OUT BAD RELIGION
Buy the book; I am.
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Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion
HOW THE FIRST CHRISTIANS UNDERSTOOD JESUS' RESURRECTION
Historically, then, how Christians have understood Jesus’ “resurrection” says a lot about how they have understood themselves, whether they have a holistic view of the human person, whether they see bodily existence as trivial or crucial, and how they imagine full salvation to be manifested.
Just so.
How the first Christians understood Jesus' resurrection
WHY WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED?
Apropos for the day, from one of the best NT scholars I know of, and just the thing for some common misconceptions.
Why Was Jesus Crucified?
REVISION AND READING ALOUD
A better explanation of what I always tell my students!
Revision and Reading Aloud
WHAT TO WRITE DOWN DURING A CLASS LECTURE
Something for the students or auditors among us.
What to Write Down During a Class Lecture
Sierra and Peanut
Christmas Tree
SIXTIES LANGUAGE MADE MASS BORING
Fr. Barron hits the spot on how to see the new Mass translation.
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Sixties Language Made Mass Boring
THE SURPRISINGLY RELAXED LIVES OF ELITE ACHIEVERS
For everyone heading into finals and the end of the semester!
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The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers