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Objectivity in Religion
I am overjoyed that a Christian friend has taken an interest in my book Discovering the Qur’an (thank you, Susan!). The book was written largely for this purpose – to encourage others, especially those from a Christian background, to read the Qur’an. In today’s article, I wanted to write a little about different perspectives, especially Continue reading
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A Critique of Bart Ehrman’s Methodology as a ‘Historian’
I was very excited to begin reading How Jesus Became God by Bart Ehrman, having recently read and reviewed another of his books, Misquoting Jesus. The latter book gave some very interesting insights into the transmission of the Christian sacred texts (i.e. how they have been copied, shared, and interpreted since the days of Jesus), Continue reading
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Is Everything Subjective?
When I was studying for my undergraduate degree I remember writing a dissertation on the subjectivity of musical meaning. My argument was that the meaning of a piece of music is encapsulated not so much in the sounds we hear, but in the context in which we listen. My argument located musical meaning in the Continue reading
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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
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