Christianity as Anthropology

Why are humans Evil?
Some comments on a [recent post](http://micahredding.com/blog/2012/02/29/morality-rational-and-how-we-shape-meaning-void) brought up the question of why humans are moral. Is it because there is a God,...
Ancient Israel vs The Blood Gods
*This is the second post in a series on [Christianity as Anthropology](http://micahredding.com/blog/series/christianity-anthropology). In this, I'm sketching out in quick narrative form a synthesis of...
The Works of The Devil
For the past two weeks, I've been exploring the [nature and rise of human evil](http://micahredding.com/blog/series/christianity-anthropology). We're about to move into the New Testament, but before w...
Jesus the Insurgent
*This is the fourth in a series of essays on [Christianity as Anthropology](http://micahredding.com/blog/series/christianity-anthropology). Read the previous entries [here](http://micahredding.com/blo...
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Curiously, Genesis attributes the downfall of humanity to something identified only as *The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil*. This mysterious tree is the one thing in all of creation forbidden ...
The Dark Side of Knowledge
The other day, I explored the story of Genesis, and its perplexing account of the corruption of mankind through [the knowledge of good and evil](http://micahredding.com/blog/the-tree-of-the-knowledge-...