Tag Archives: Religion and Spirituality

Transcript: Pope Francis’s speech to Congress – The Washington Post

It’s nice to feel a little bit proud this time of being raised Catholic. via Transcript: Pope Francis’s speech to Congress – The Washington Post.

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Pulp Fiction and Religious Consciousness

I posted the following to a Facebook conversation with my buddy and movie critic Marc DiPaolo (check out his books on amazon.com). Marc had asked if Pulp Fiction is a “deeply religious movie.” What follows is my response, slightly edited. *** If Pulp Fiction is a deeply religious movie (which I think it is), then the suitcase isContinue reading “Pulp Fiction and Religious Consciousness”

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Great Commentary on the Charlie Hebdo Tragedy

The following video is commentary on the Charlie Hebdo shootings by John Ficarra, editor of Mad Magazine. To me, the most important thing that he said is that whenever Mad Magazine criticized Jerry Falwell or the Roman Catholic Church it assumed a shared set of values: that the worst that would happen is a stern letter from a lawyer (whichContinue reading “Great Commentary on the Charlie Hebdo Tragedy”

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Rev. of Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Book

I’ve published a review of Robert Essick’s and Mark Crosby’s Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Book at the  Zoamorphosis 2.0 blog.  The Zoamorphosis blog is a wonderful resource for all things Blake, and my review is very appreciative of the work that the editors carried out in publishing this edition.

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