Tag Archives: Peter Rollins

Fringes

I’m continuing to read Tony Jones’ The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. In a section entitled “A Long History of God Loving”, Jones quotes the entirety of the Shema, “the most important prayer in Judiasm [whose] importance cannot be overstated – the Shema is to …

January 26, 2012 – 10:12 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

I Wear A Mask That Looks Like Me

Earlier today I linked to an article at the Daily Mail regarding a study on what was termed “correspondance bias.” Turns out there’s some discussion on whether that’s a good use of the term. The second part of the comment sent me to Pete Rollins’ latest book, Insurrection: To Believe is Human, To Doubt, Divine. …

January 18, 2012 – 12:04 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Correspondence Bias

The UK’s Daily Mail reports that seeing others’ pictures on Facebook can lead to personal unhappiness. Hui-Tzu Grace Chou and Nicholas Edge, sociologists at Utah Valley University, conducted the study that surveyed undergraduate students. The Daily Mail’s Tom Leonard writes, After allowing for gender, religiosity and whether people were single or attached, the study found …

January 18, 2012 – 8:04 AM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)