From Review of Biblical Literature, a review of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany by Susannah Heschel; and a review of Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century by James Crossley. Why have UFOs changed speed over the years? Martin S. Kottmeyer wants to know. From Hilobrow, here are some reasons why Joseph Campbell should go back on the shelf. Women have traditionally been seen as nothing more than beautiful distractions on a magician’s stage, but now, they’re breaking the stereotype to create their own brand of illusions. A review of Unbelievable: Investigations Into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena From the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory by Stacy Horn. Go on and help philosopher Stephen Law write an introduction to his new book to make it more snappy and appealing. The wager of immortality: From an analogy to what is, we discover, with the perfect sanction of reason, grounds for the hope of what may come to be. For a long time, Samantha Fountain had one mission: figure out a way to allow women to pee like men. Bilge Ebiri reviews Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield. Social scientists have been surveying young people for decades, looking for trends in thinking and behavior, but assessing a generation’s collective personality is a far slipperier territory.
