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May 2, 2024 · March 8, 2024 • Essayist Arthur Krystal shares his reflections on aging, cultural appropriation, and oversharing on social media in his latest publication. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.
1 day ago · To Harold Bloom and Isaías Lerner, In memoriam. I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me. Terence. If in the 1980s of the last century, when the university curriculum began to expand radically, it was necessary to justify the inclusion of works not considered classical within the Western canon into the curriculum, today we are in a different situation.
May 6, 2024 · In Defense of the Canon by Arthur Krystal, examines literature's shifting perspectives. Krystal's extensive assessment covers the literary canon's history, postmodern growth, and present redefinition to incorporate numerous expressive forms. Krystal's question makes us ask if evolving definitions have broadened or lost literature's essence.
6 days ago · Opponents of Christianity are launching bold new attacks against the foundation of Christian belief: the twenty-seven books of the New Testament. Directed at the average person and calculated to undermine confidence in the Bible, these popular and destructive ideas about the origins of the New Testament have gained a widespread audience.
5 days ago · Posted in Book Reviews. In Defense of the Faith: Biblical Answers to Challenging Questions. By Dave Hunt. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1996. 347 pp. Paper, $11.99. Hunt’s full and well-researched book seeks to answer the hard questions on the Bible and on conservative, Evangelical Christianity in this organized and interesting volume.
Apr 30, 2024 · Miller is also aware of the limitations in the regime, noting that it is “a largely male canon” that comes out of “a specific scholarly” demographic, noting that as a field, philosophy of religion “has failed to spark assessment and critique from a range of perspectives” (39), thereby placing the blame on the subject area itself ...
2 days ago · e. A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible . The English word canon comes from the Greek κανώνkanōn, meaning " rule " or " measuring stick ". The use of the word "canon" to refer to a set of religious scriptures was first used by David ...
