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“Misquoting Jesus” Book Group: Chapter Five - Originals that Matter.

February 15th, 2007 · by John · 1 Comment

Elise has posted her pithy summary of Chapter Five of Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus. She then posts a personal response on modeling Christ’s character that is definitely worth reading. It’s an excellent example of faith negotiating modern secular scholarship. Once again, you needn’t have read the chapter (or the book, for that matter) […]

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Tags: Book Group · Christianity

Better than Lingerie.

February 15th, 2007 · by John · 3 Comments

Before doing a presentation on Bourdieu for my advisor, I asked Jana to talk to me a little about Bourdieu’s concept of habitus. In five minutes, she not only clarified the idea, she accomplished this task by situating Bourdieu in conversation with Althusser, Lacan, Foucault, Derrida and others. I was completely thralled–I know […]

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Tags: Feminism