Marcus Borg on the new atheism ...

Posted by Quixie at 11:49 PM

Marcus Borg spoke in Phoenix earlier tonight (the 29th) at the Church of the Beatitudes on 7th Ave and Glendale. This was a very well-att...

Doubt and a sad eureka . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:09 AM

. I watched the film Doubt last night. The official synopsis: "Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspec...

transplant thread (mythicism) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:40 AM

This post started out as a response to a post in Answers in Genesis Busted . It got too long for a comment and I didn't want to clutter ...

self-identity surveys . . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:40 PM

That a continuity between Judaism and Christianity can be historically traced to some degree is an appropriate, valid assumption to make, gi...

on religious self-identity #2 ...

Posted by Quixie at 9:06 PM

I've been reading, trying to wrestle with questions that deal with the religious self-identity of Jews and early Christians in the firs...

To the Distant One

Posted by Quixie at 10:41 AM

I try to forget, but it is in vain. I try to go, but I have no way. There are no wings on my axles, My head is covered by white hairs. I sit...

religious self-identity . . .

Posted by Quixie at 6:22 PM

What determines whether someone is part of one particular religious tradition as opposed to another? What does it mean to be “Jewish” for in...

dancing on Inauguration Day . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:14 PM

Today was the Jones/Gogh ninth cycle sextet clinic. I thought we would do something bluesy . . . gospely . But When I got there, I got the ...

ding, dong. . . the witch is dead . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:24 PM

Leaflet pasted on to a wall in San Francisco's Chinatown district in June of 2008. Onward! Ó .

discovering Heschel . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:12 PM

Recent listening: Bill Laswell — Baselines Bill Laswell — Hear No Evil Caetano Veloso — Fina Estampa Djivan Gasparyan — Duduk Music from...

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

Posted by Quixie at 12:20 PM

A talk with Denis Dutton about his new book " The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution ." A very interesting develo...

'misunderestimated' in Spanish ...

Posted by Quixie at 2:21 PM

For those who can read it, the excellent El Ñame 's coverage of Governor Bush's presidential exit speech is way funny. Bush Se Des...

test driving the Gematriculator ™. . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:41 PM

I found the gadget at N.T Wrong's blog and tested this blog . The results: Wow! I'm only 29% evil? Cool! Not bad for a heathen, eh? ...

pésame . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:08 PM

I just now read that my favorite Statesian painter, the great Andrew Wyeth, has passed away in Pennsylvania at the age of 91. Goodnight, you...

word of the week... "bafflegab"

Posted by Quixie at 12:06 AM

It sounds like a made-up slang thing, I know . . . Encarta Dictionary: “Nonsense. …. pretentious and obscure talk full of technical termino...