115 days ago by religionnerd

By Louis A. Ruprecht Jr., Georgia State University In an essay I recently published at “ Religion Dispatches,” I used Gary Laderman’s fascinating concept of “ Republicanicity” as the launch-pad for the suggestion that what separates developments in the Republican Party from anything happening among ...

116 days ago by J. P Holding

Reprinted from Vol. 1, #1 E-Block *** The Gospel of Judas (GoJ) isn't quite the news item it used to be, but for those still in the need to know, Stanley Porter and Gordon Heath have done a good job of collating the relevant information. This work is exceptionally readable, though it does have that ...

129 days ago by arthuride

There has been a myth circulating his “Christian” circles for about 1800 years that Judas Iscariot, one of the original disciples, betrayed the Jesus of the New Testament. The news that Judas would betray Jesus came as a surprise to … Continue reading →

154 days ago by Anthony

While getting preparing the release of my collection of letters from Antony Flew for release on Kindle, I was re-reading the comments on Amazon for Flew’s book There is a God. One of them reminded me of a topic that has been gnawing on me for awhile. One comment said: There is not a single argument ...

197 days ago by chapmannews

Gathered in Germany this summer to work on the Coptic text of Codex Tchacos were (l-r) Drs. Uwe-Karsten Plisch, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, and Hans-Gebhard Bethge. Marvin Meyer, Ph.D., Griset Professor of Religious Studies, Wilkinson College, just returned from Germany, where he worked with colleag ...