Daily Archives: February 4, 2009

The Female Breast—Defamiliarized

  Early in the 20th century, the Russian formalist, Victor Schklovskii, coined the term “defamiliarization” for designating one of the things that literature does (that is, it makes what is familiar unfamiliar ).  David Mikics, in his excellent reference, A New Handbook of Literary Terms … Continue reading

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Timber Butte Homestead: An Evangelical Pastor Experiments with Ecological Living in Idaho

Tri Robinson is the pastor of a charismatic, evangelical Christian church in Idaho, and he’s also a SERIOUS environmentalist, and has even written a book on the subject of whether a conservative Christian can also be an eco-activist. (His answer: … Continue reading

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A New Documentary on GAYS IN THE MILITARY: See Here the Trailer for the Film, “OUT OF ANNAPOLIS”

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If America’s Economic Retraction Becomes Even Worse, Will We Behave Like the Waltons—or the Nazis?

In a recent essay, former NY Times foreign correspondant, Chris Hedges, asks what kind of America will evolve, should our current economic contraction prove to be the harbinger of America’s general decline as a world power. Will we see reactionary “Father … Continue reading

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NOVA’s “Must See” Documentary on Contemporary Biblical Archeology

At the PBS website, the NOVA documentary, The Bible’s Buried Secrets, has become available on DVD. The program, through interviews with some of the most well-known biblical archeologists in the world, surveys the grand scope of the biblical narrative, from … Continue reading

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NOVA’s “The Bible’s Buried Secrets” Has Just Been Released on DVD

In The Bible’s Buried Secrets, NOVA did an exceptional job presenting the current state of biblical archeology, and now the documentary is on DVD. For more details, I gave the film (when it first aired last year) a thorough review … Continue reading

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