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Brandon G. Withrow (Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary) is Assistant Professor of Historical and Theological Studies and Director of the Master of Arts (Theological Studies) program at Winebrenner Theological Seminary (Findlay, OH). He also teaches courses for a joint Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies program with the University of Findlay. He is the author most-recently of Katherine Parr: A Guided Tour of the Life and Thought of a Reformation Queen (2009). His blog, The Discarded Image, explores the intersection of faith, philosophy, and science through literature. He can be found on Twitter.
 
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A Reflection on Identity and Changing Religious Beliefs

Posted April 7, 2011 | 09:26 PM (EST)

In philosophy, at least one discussion is as old as the discipline itself: What is the nature of personal identity? Or, to personalize it, what does it mean for me to be me over time?

Say, for example, it's my 90th birthday; I sit around with family...

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The Sacred Practice of Understanding Religious Difference

87 Comments | Posted March 6, 2011 | 08:44 PM (EST)

Last week I piled my books and student papers in my bag and headed out to The Flying Joe, a local coffee shop where the excellent mocha takes some of the pain out of grading undergraduate and seminary papers. While my visits there are inconsistent, I do notice...

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Honoring the Golden Rule With the State of the Union Seating Arrangement

Posted January 19, 2011 | 10:40 AM (EST)

Support is growing for the idea of bipartisan seating at the upcoming State of the Union address on January 25. The idea proposed by Third Way, a moderate Democratic think-tank, could end the 200-year-old tradition of showcasing our political divide by cheers or jeers from either side of...

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'The End of the World Is Coming!' My Experience With Harold Camping

Posted January 8, 2011 | 09:36 AM (EST)

My teenaged years were spent in my father's small Reformed Baptist church in Ohio. We never had thoughts of becoming a mega-church, but we never turned away a new family or two. A sight I remember seeing repeatedly, however, was the tendency for us to suddenly have a caravan of...

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Mosque Sweet Home

Posted December 26, 2010 | 12:52 AM (EST)

Last night I made my usual trek from Findlay, Ohio, where I teach seminarians and undergrad religious studies majors, to Perrysburg, about 35 minutes north. I moved with my wife to Perrysburg just under a year ago, a picturesque Midwestern town with parades for just about every occasion,...

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