Know Thyself

Last week I posted about the ethics of creating new editions of textbooks that may not be so new or updated .  I demonstrated my frustration...

This is my first year as a full time professor, and also my first year really having to deal with reviewing, ordering, and deciding on textb...

Yesterday I raise the question: Why is the story of Judah and Tamar present in Genesis chapter 38.   The story is very strange.  Moreover, i...

The Story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 has to be one of the strangest narratives in the Bible.  Strange for so many reasons.  First, the...

In my introduction to religion class here at Chowan, when we finally got to Genesis, I had the students read the first two chapters of the b...

Well, I survived my first hurricane. Check out the video. YouTube Video - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

From Stanley Hauerwas: on the importance of story over moral principles "Contrary to the assumption of many philosophers, moral princ...