With the Introduction of Nigel Biggar’s book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning out of the way, I am now ready to go through his book, chapter by chapter and trace his fundamental arguments concerning British Imperialism. In this post, I’m tackling chapter 1. Chapter 1: Motives, Good and BadThe first chapter in Nigel Biggar’s book deals…
Earlier this year at Regent College, where I got my first MA in 1995-1997, there was a fairly heated dust-up concerning the British scholar (and Regent alum) Nigel Biggar. The Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford, he had been invited to give a lecture about the British Empire and the…
Here in my final post on Candida Moss’s book, The Myth of Persecution, I will cover Chapter 7: “The Invention of the Persecuted Church,” and Chapter 8: “The Dangerous Legacy of a Martyrdom Complex.” After that, I will give my concluding thoughts to the book as a whole. Chapter 7: The Invention of the Persecuted…
In what is shaping up to be a five-part book analysis series, here in Part 4 of my look at Candida Moss’s book, The Myth of Persecution, I will be looking at her Chapter 5 (“Why Did the Romans Dislike Christians?”) and Chapter 6 (“The Myth of Martyrs”). Warning…I get a bit snarky in this…
This week in Arkansas, we’ve had a bit of a few cold, wintry days, which means school has been canceled. And that means I have a few extra days to cover Candida Moss’s book, The Myth of Persecution. Today, I’m going to be looking at Chapter 4: “How Persecuted Were the Early Christians?” Chapter 4:…
Here in Part 2 of my look at Candida Moss’s The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom, I’m going to try to look at chapters 2-3. Let’s dive right in… Chapter 2: Christians Borrowing of Jewish and Pagan Martyrdom TraditionsMoss’s basic argument in chapter 2 is that early Christians invented…
A few months ago, an online friend of mine asked if I had read The Myth of Persecution by Candida Moss. I had not, although I had heard of the book and actually had it on my “wishlist” on Amazon. A few years ago I saw an article about how some conservative Christian groups were…
Here in my final installment of my trip through Winesburg, Ohio, I’m going to cover the last two stories in the book: “Sophistication” and “Departure.” In both stories, the main character is George Willard. There are at least ten stories that I have not included in this literary series, but hopefully you are intrigued enough…
There are only a couple more stories from Winesburg, Ohio that I want to share in this literary series. There are other stories in the book, and hopefully this simple look at my favorite ones will inspire you to buy the book and read the entire thing. The story I want to cover in this…
Here in my next installment of my look at Winesburg, Ohio, I’m going to cover two short stories. As you’ll see, they are intimately connected. And that is one of the things I love about Winesburg, Ohio—so many of the stories within the book turn out, in the end, to be connected in a way…