“Just as surely as one of the functions of religion is to inform, counsel,
and temper the society in which it exists, just so surely is every religion
informed and colored by its hosting society. Even a religion’s very articulation of itself
takes on the cadences, metaphors, and delivery systems
of the culture that it is in the business of informing.”
― Phyllis Tickle,
author and former religion editor of Publishers Weekly
Yesterday was her birthday (born 1934).

Video Introduction to
the Life and Work of Phyllis Tickle



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*Theology Tourney 2018
(Round 3 just began today!!!)

Enjoy some Divine Madness this month!
*** VOTE for the theologians who have had (or will have) 
the biggest influence on the shape of the Church…
64 theologians spanning the globe and the last two millennia 
Divided into four regions.  
 

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* New Book Releases –Week of 12 March 2018 – Mallory Ortberg, MORE

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Mallory Ortberg, Robert Hudson



 

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* Neil Postman – On the Breakdown of Conversation

Yesterday is the birthday of social critic and media ecologist Neil Postman.
Here are 5 important passages from Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985) on the 
breakdown of conversation in American society.