Weird or not, some experiments are so brilliant in their simplicity that you wished they would have worked. In 1959, social psychologist Milton Rokeach set up a confrontation between three patients in a US psychiatric clinic. They had one important thing in common: they were all convinced to be a reincarnated Jesus Christ. And having …Continue Reading
“The unexpected history of an accidental book”, reads the subtitle on this book about the Bible. Why accidental? Because the Bible wasn’t always a book, let alone The Book, nor will it always be one, author Timothy Beal argues. People don’t read the bible. Timothy Beal, who teaches an introductory course in biblical literature, estimates …Continue Reading
