Daily Archives: March 14, 2012

John Meier on Miracles

In my last two readings of volume 2 of John Meier’s A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Meier talks about miracles. Since the time of the Enlightenment, there has been skepticism about miracles among scholars.  According to Meier, that … Continue reading

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Susan Faludi, Backlash 13

In my latest reading of Susan Faludi’s 1991 book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Faludi talked about two issues. First, she discussed how women within the New Right have absorbed feminist ideas, or display in their own lives … Continue reading

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