James' Thoughts and Musings

James Bradford Pate's comments on religion, politics, entertainment, books, and life

Friday, March 23, 2012

Susan Faludi, Backlash 22

In my latest reading of Susan Faludi's 1991 book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women , Faludi told some really gut-wren...

Did Judas Historically Betray Jesus?

In my last reading of volume 3 of John Meier's A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus , Meier defends the historicity of Judas...

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Writing and Naturalistic Bees

My church's Bible study group was good last night. We're going through Margaret Feinberg's Scouting the Divine: My Search for G...

Susan Faludi, Backlash 21

In my latest reading of Susan Faludi's 1991 book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women , Faludi talks about how the anti-...

Did Jesus Gather Large Crowds?

I started volume 3 of John Meier's A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus . Meier accepts the historicity of the Gospels' ...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

"15 Reasons I Returned to the Church", and My Own Experiences

Yesterday , I commented on Rachel Held Evans' fifteen reasons for leaving the church, in light of my own experiences. Today, I'll...

Susan Faludi, Backlash 20

I have two items for my write-up today on Susan Faludi's 1991 book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women : 1. On page 394...

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James Pate: My name is James Pate. This blog is about my journey. I read books. I watch movies and TV shows. I go to church. I try to find meaning. And, when I can’t do that, I just talk about stuff that I find interesting. I have degrees in fields of religious studies. I have an M.Phil. in the History of Biblical Interpretation from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also have an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from Jewish Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from DePauw University.

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