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Getting To Grips With The Bible
Not long ago I posted asking how we OC/IC types use the Bible – how does it fit into our praxis as individuals and as a community. This morning’s trawl uncovered this fun post at the Scriptorum which explored the little book “Mastering the English Bible” by James Gray. Gray was an early Dean of [...]
Desecration: Bibles, Korans, Ikons & More
A few months ago when all the hu-hah ocurred in the American South over a fundamentalist church deciding to burn Korans I wondered – would the same sense of indignation, the same tension, and issues be raised if for example a group were to burn bibles, icons, or smash statues of Mary? At the time [...]
The Bible – How Do You Use It?
This morning’s news trawl dropped me into a number of posts and articles that touched on what one article referred to as “biblical literacy”. That is to say, it explored the amount which people understood modern UK society to be influenced by, or shaped by the biblical narrative. It’s a fascinating idea but one that [...]
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Archaeology, History of the Bible
This NOVA program on biblical archaeology and history is rather interesting – you can watch what appears to be the whole program in convenient segments here. Tweet