Alex R. Howe
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Category Archives: Religion
Two New Bible Reading Plans
This is just a quick follow-up to my post from five years ago when I read the Bible in one year and posted my customized reading plan, and from earlier this year when I re-posted it as an essay. Long … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Religion
Tagged bible, bible in a year, bible reading plan
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Why Do Debates About Evolution Fail?
In a previous post, I analyzed the evolution debate between militant atheist Aron Ra and Christian creationist Kent Hovind. In short, I thought it was very unproductive, so I wanted to write a follow-up post describing how these debates could … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Debunking, Religion
Tagged Aron Ra, creationism, evolution, Kent Hovind, PRATTs
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Classic Sci-Fi Recommendation: A Case of Conscience by James Blish
A Case of Conscience, a 1958 novel by James Blish, is one of the few sci-fi novels that really tackles religion and theology head-on, especially in a setting with aliens. I’ll admit that the writing is not stellar, despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Religion, Science Fiction
Tagged A Case of Conscience, James Blish
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Theology and Doctor Who
“How many seconds in eternity?” So this post is a little bit TV review, a little bit analysis, a little bit religious commentary, and a little bit blog recommendation. It’s complicated…or wibbly-wobby-timey-whimey, you might say. But Doctor Who tends to … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Science Fiction, TV Reviews
Tagged doctor who, eternity, peter capaldi, theology, whovian theology
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Bible Reading Revised
One year ago I started on a plan to read the Bible cover to cover in, well, one year. I wrote my own reading plan to do this because I was dissatisfied with the various other plans I could find. … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Religion
Tagged bible, bible in a year, reading plan
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Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings
I reviewed Noah last spring with a follow-up post on the finer points of the film’s theology. I thought that film was pretty good, but you had to be willing to think deeply about its message and not just watch … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Religion
Tagged bible, christian bale, exodus, exodus: god and kings, moses, ridley scott
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Bible reading redux
At the beginning of the year, I posted my plan to read the Bible cover to cover this year. I felt unsatisfied with the various Bible in a year plans that can be found on the Internet, so I designed … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Religion
Tagged bible, bible in a year, bible reading, reading plan
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The subtle theology of Noah
In my review of the movie Noah, I said that I felt that the film was much deeper and richer in the theology of the Biblical text than it gets credit for. I wanted to take the time to show … Continue reading
Movie review: Noah
The new Biblical epic, Noah, has generated a lot of controversy for its loose interpretation of the famous Bible story. (If you’re not familiar with it, you can go read Genesis 6-9 right here.) While the film has gotten good … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Religion
Tagged bible, chistianity, darren aronofsky, noah, theology
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On Giordano Bruno
The new Cosmos TV series has drawn criticism for its depiction of Giordano Bruno, a Dominican Monk and philosopher who was burned at the stake for heresy in 1600. A lot has been said about this, including criticism of the … Continue reading