This is from a class I took last semester entitled the Economics of Religion. I’ve gone ahead and attached the paper I am describing here for those of you that may be interested.
In ancient Israel rival religious groups competed over members. The two chief competitors were the Levite and Aaronite priesthoods. However, […]
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Real Economics of the Bible
August 4th, 2007 · No Comments
Economics of the Bible
July 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
“What does the Bible require of men in the area of economics and business? What does the Bible have to say about economic theory? Does it teach the free market, or socialism, or a mixture of the two, or something completely different? Is there rally an exclusively Christian approach to economics? Modern economic thought is […]
Blogging the Bible
June 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I was listening to KLRU today and they had a bit about this. The concept is pretty simple: “I want to find out what happens when an ignorant person actually reads the book on which his religion is based.” The author, or in this case the blogger, is a faithful but scripturally ignorant […]
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Take a look, it’s in a book…
June 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
So this is interesting. Here’s a group that testifies to the truth of the Book of Mormon but divorces itself from the Mormon Church.
To quote their site:
“Have you ever wondered why the Mormon Church is one of the fastest growing churches in America and the fourth largest - bigger than Judaism, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and […]
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“Do you understand the words that are a-coming out of my mouth?”
May 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Does anyone else find it ironic that Alexander Siddig, a self-described Muslim, played the angel Gabriel in The Nativity Story? Although Gabriel (or rather Jibrail) is an important figure in Islam, responsible for revealing the Qur’an to Muhammad, it still seems a bit counter-intuitive that Siddig would have chosen that particular role. “Sid” is a […]
The Manichean Paranoia Patch
May 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments
In the course of poking around the Internet, looking for blog title inspiration, I stumbled across something interesting. Many people are familiar with the phrase “Manichean Paranoia.” The first time I heard it was during a recent interview with Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski (whose name, incidentally, is worth 57 points in Scrabble). […]
