Daily Archives: March 19, 2012

The Loop; Introvert Power; Last Night’s Desperate Housewives Episode

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I have two good quotes for today, as well as some thoughts on last night’s Desperate Housewives: 1.  Rachel Held Evans had some good Sunday Superlatives yesterday.  One of them was Brett McCracken’s In Praise of Being Out of the … Continue reading →

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Meier on the Resurrection of Lazarus (in the Parable and John 11)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on volume 2 of John Meier’s A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, I will write some about the relationship between the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man in Luke 16:20-31, and Jesus’ resurrection of … Continue reading →

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Susan Faludi, Backlash 18

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of Susan Faludi’s 1991 book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Faludi was critiquing therapist Robin Norwood.  The name doesn’t ring any bells to me, but the reason that Faludi’s critique intrigued me so much … Continue reading →

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