As we stated over 10 years ago, as Donald Trump was coming on the scene as a presidential candidate, “democratic socialism” is not a political party in the US but rather a political and activist system held by an organization, the Democratic Socialists of America. Among their goals is “a system where ordinary people have […]
As we close out this year’s Women’s History Month, let us add to our resources. Blog posts In March 2023, we offered an updated list of our blog posts about women, goddesses, goddess worship and female imagery. Here we offer a list of our relevant blog posts since March 2024. “The Beauty and Artistry of […]
We have discussed prayer and its benefits several times. In 2021, we noted that our petitions to whatever Force we choose – God, Divine Love, Guardian Angels, Allah, Vishnu, etc. – direct our energies not only toward calming ourselves but also toward calling to mind the need for solidarity with like-minded souls. When praying or […]
Korinna Zamfir and Uta Poplutz, eds. Reading Women in the New Testament Letters. SBL Press, 2025. Editors Korinna Zamfir and Uta Poplutz have compiled an impressive collection of essays on women in the New Testament who are often overlooked: women in the letters of Paul and authors who came after him. New Testament scholars would […]
The Advent and Christmas seasons in the West, especially in the United States, have become exceedingly consumerized. The origins of the seasons, of course, lie in antiquity, with the birth of Jesus and the stories about this as found in the Christian Testament Gospels and other early Christian literature. We have discussed stories about Jesus […]
We have often engaged in discussions of various aspects of the New (Christian) Testament of the Bible; in fact, most of the posts in the Past category have something to do with either the Christian Testament or the social context of the early Jesus movement. We have pointed out the important role of women in […]
Those of us who have been paying attention since January 20th, and who believe that convicted felon and four-times-indicted psychopath Donald Trump should never have been elected President, know full well that our country is in a dangerous place. Some legal analysts believe we are in a Constitutional crisis, which seems abstract but actually affects […]
Books Paranormal: A New Testament Scholar Looks at the Afterlife. Self-published 2015; printed by Shires Press, Manchester Center, VT Goddess and God: A Holy Tension in the First Christian Centuries. Marco Polo Monographs 10. Warren Center, PA: Shangri-La Publications, 2006 Women and Worship at Philippi: Diana/Artemis and Other Cults in the Early Christian Era. Portland, […]
Evidence from Roman Imperial times is constantly being unearthed in archaeological excavations around the Mediterranean. The newly-discovered structures and artifacts frequently hold information that can teach us more about the people of antiquity. Since the Christian (New) Testament has been so influential in the history of the West, scholars who study Christian Testament texts and […]
In earlier posts, we have highlighted women whose names and some of their roles in the Jesus movement we know, many of whom have long been ignored in the history of New (Christian) Testament scholarship (and Sunday School stories): women from Paul’s letter to the Romans, Chapter 16 (the apostle Junia, the deacon Phoebe, the […]