Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Various other thoughts on Fathering Daughters
I would like to thank Amy at Feminist Reprise for conducting me to several sources on the anti-Recovered Memory phenomenon. One source worth reading is Mike Stanton at the Columbia Journalism Review.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3613/is_199707/ai_n8776102
A pointed excerpt from “U-turn on memory lane”:
Among journalists, perhaps the most relentless critic of the [False Memory Syndrome] foundation is Michele Landsberg, [...]
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men
Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men Pedophiles?
edited by DeWitt Henry and James Alan McPherson
Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men (1997) is a significant book. Its date marks a historic moment in the fatherhood movement. It was published the same year that the Promise Keepers would reach their zenith (holding a rally that drew over one million men) [...]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Frank Peretti’s Monster
Frank Peretti is often described as “The Christian Stephen King.” In many ways, it’s accurate: he writes apocalyptic fiction that’s a little bit too fantastic to achieve mainstream appeal. Granted, he’s sold a lot of books, but he’ll never be able to reach the same cultural status that the Left Behind series has garnered.
Peretti’s [...]
