J. David Stark

Tag: On the Web

  • Baker Academic Enters the Blogosphere

    Apparently, Baker Academic has now entered the blogosphere (HT: The Jesus Blog). Besides the initial announcement, the blog is kicking off with an interview with Craig Keener about his Miracles (2011).

  • Edwards, Religious Affections

    Courtesy of Logos Bible Software, Jonathan Edwards’ Religious Affections is available for free this month: Free book: A Treatise concerning Religious Affections, by Jonathan Edwards! http://t.co/c6A4WIWG Retweet — Logos Bible Study Platform (@Logos) January 2, 2013

  • Circumcision (Clearly) Uncircumscribed in Germany

    Jim Davila notes a report of a new German bill that explicitly permits the continued practice of infant male circumcision on religious grounds. The legality of the practice in Germany had been thrown into question by a related decision by the Cologne court earlier this year.

  • The Pope on Twitter

    Apparently, the Pope now has his own Twitter account from which he sent the following earlier this morning: https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/278808536404852736 For a great deal more than 140 characters on the Pope’s tweet, see here.

  • PhD Studentships at Aberdeen

    Christian Askeland highlights four PhD studentships available at the University of Aberdeen set to engage the topic of “Authority and Texts: Concepts and Use,” considering questions like: What constitutes authority and provides authenticity to texts and what is the role of textual criticism? How should authoritative texts (including religious, legal, and other texts), be used…

  • Chalcedon via Erasmus

    Thanks to Dan Wallace for noting the following clip: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dyZyYqESKk]