Has God ever been bored, or is currently bored, or might, at some stage, become bored? In a 2017 paper for the scholarly journal Religious Studies (Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 51-70) authors Vuko Andrić (Akademischer Rat., University of Bayreuth, Germany) and Attila Tanyi (University of Tromsø, Norway) suggest that if God is omnitemporal [i.e. […]
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The Cultural Meaning of ‘Everybody, Let’s Tighten the Anus’
What depths has the anus song? This study takes a look: ” ‘Everybody, Let’s Tighten the Anus’: Exploring the Social and Cultural Meaning of a Korean Folksong,” Joonseong Lee [pictured here], Journal of Media and Religion, vol. 11, no. 4, 2012, pp. 216-230. The author, at California State University San Marcos, explains: “The immanent approach to the […]
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (a review)
If you haven’t come across the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (CFSM), and wish to read an academic overview, may we recommend a recent paper in the journal Le religieux sur Internet / Religion on the Web, Vol 8 (2015) ‘When Virtuality Shapes Social Reality. Fake Cults and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti […]
Reed M. N. Weep (retired)
Improbable apologises for the late notice regarding the retirement of columnist Reed M. N. Weep from the scholarly journal Bulletin for the Study of Religion. An announcement of his retirement from the journal, and indeed academia in general, can be found here. The journal also lists his recent columns. May we recommend : ‘When Did […]