Recently D.C. police conducted an anti-protest crackdown dubbed "Operation Themis." Read my op-ed in Cunning Folk Magazine about how classical mythology can be weaponized in service to white supremacy, and how this particular goddess flies defiantly in the face of that.
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In the first chapter of Before Philosophy, Henri and Henriette Frankfort pointed out that the language of myth, which they called "speculative thought," isn't so common these
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I mentioned I've been reading Before Philosophy by Henri and Henriette Frankfort, et al. And I mentioned it's one of my favorite treatises on mythology. What I
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In my last post about mythology, I said that myth isn't metaphor. Metaphor is a popular way to look at myth these days, which is why
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The other day a friend of mine asked me what I have against the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Every time the guy's name comes up, I swear; also,
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On page 11, the Oxford summarized the book of Genesis this way: "Genesis ... contains two major parts: the primeval history ... which tells how human self-assertion brought the world to the brink of destruction; and the history of Israel's ancestors."
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This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust
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This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust
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This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust
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This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust
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