The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

Bart D. Ehrman’s Forged – A Review

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in Book Review, Christianity | 4 comments

Bart D. Ehrman has struck again with his brilliant new book Forged: Writing in the Name of God – Why the Bible’s Authors Are...

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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

Posted by on Nov 25, 2010 in Book Review | 14 comments

The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman (Harcourt, 2009), by Nancy Marie Brown, tells the story of a woman named Gudrid who is said to...

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A Review of Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú

Posted by on Apr 29, 2010 in Book Review, Heathenism, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality | 6 comments

This is a long overdue review of Diana Paxson’s Essential Ásatrú, a book mentioned by S.M. Stirling as a resource for his Emberverse...

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Paganism in Speculative Fiction: A Case Study

Posted by on Oct 13, 2009 in Book Review, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion | 21 comments

I am a big fan of S.M. Stirling’s “Emberverse” series, which is part of the “Change” series (though I do not much care for the...

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A TAPESTRY OF LIES

Posted by on Oct 5, 2009 in Book Review, Christianity, history, Hypocrisy, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion | 4 comments

I am going to critique a review. Well, to put it more bluntly, I am going to tear it apart. The review in question, by Kate Kirkpatrick,...

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The Truth War? (or, Which Truth Might That Be?)

Posted by on Feb 2, 2009 in Book Review, Christianity, Religion | 7 comments

How is this for a book? The Truth War…ooooooooh…aaaaahhhhhh. It even has a nasty old snake on the cover, a Pagan symbol if...

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