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Status: Philosophy of Religion (2025 - March)

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Rationale for this Project


Summary of Progress during January - March 2025
  1. I spent 102 hours in 25Q1 on this Project, or related work (188.25 hours YTD, where for "YTD" - Year to Date - I mean the (academic) year that commenced in October 2024). That's 156.5% of the planned effort (180.5% YTD). Overall, 12.8% of my Project effort in the Quarter was directed towards this project (making 12.2% YTD) - as against 8.1% planned (6.5% YTD).
  2. I allocated 5 hours per week in 25Q1 and over-achieved this by almost 60%. This was partly down to an ‘accounting change’ – attributing reading "Mantel (Hilary) - The Mirror and the Light" to this project on account of it’s relevance to the (partly pseudo-) history of the Reformation. I also attributed listening to various BBC historical podcasts to the project.
  3. The mid-week Bible Study at St. John’s only met once – to discuss Prophesy – but Linda who leads the group took sick, so the group is in abeyance. It did lead me to read Zechariah through in Hebrew earlier than I’d intended.
  4. I had intended to reply to Jack about the talk on Samson (Kenneth Stewart: Samson and the Philistines: the Battle (Judges 15:14-15)) he recommended I listen to, and read some material, but haven’t got back to him yet, though I’ve drafted a reply and discussed it with Pete. While it’s a good example of its type, I don’t like this style of ‘eisegesis’, spiritualisation and failure to connect to real life. How can you – in December 2024 – preach on Samson bopping the Philistines without discussing Gaza?
  5. Cambridge Papers issued an inflammatory diatribe ("Chapman (Colin) - The Israel-Hamas war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict") by Colin Chapman with whom I’d corresponded 40 years ago concerning "Chapman (Colin) - Whose Promised Land?". The book was been re-released – updated in the light of the present conflicts – at the end of the year: "Chapman (Colin) - Whose Promised Land? The Continuing Conflict over Israel and Palestine". I have started to read it and have the vague intention of re-engaging with the author and discussing it at the OBT weekend at the end of May.
  6. Otherewise, I read, or started reading various books and booklets that I might review for the OBT weekend. Topics: Hell, and the NT use of the OT.
  7. There were also sundry other social interactions, as listed.
  8. Otherwise, I continued my ‘original language’ Bible-reading – I have been reading through the LXX in Greek and the OT in Hebrew and a second reading through the Greek NT (both of the latter using Bibleworks). Naturally, I’m proceeding at a more leisurely pace8 than before my break, but it’s progressing steadily. I’m currently reading 1 Maccabees in the LXX.
  9. I’ve been refreshing and enhancing my knowledge of Hebrew grammar, using "Lambdin (Thomas) - Introduction to Biblical Hebrew", but the time is booked to my Languages project. Not much this Quarter, though.
  10. Further details follow:-
    Religion (Total Hours = 44)Religion Background (Total Hours = 58)
    1. Religion Background - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 38)
    2. Religion Background - Admin
    3. Religion Background - Discussions (Total Hours = 18.25)
      • Discussions with Nev (0.25 hours)
      • Interaction - Discussions - Andy B (1 hour)
      • Interaction - Discussions - Guardian & Prospect Articles on the C of E (0.5 hours)
      • Interaction - Discussions - Offshoots Meal (2 hours)
      • Interaction - Discussions - St John's Home Group (3 hours)
        → See "Interaction - Religion - Discussions" (6.75 hours)
      • Interaction - Discussions with Mike, Sylvia & Julie (6 hours)
        → See "Interaction - Discussion with Mike" (6 hours)
      • Interaction - Discussions with Pete, etc, re Holiday (3.5 hours)
      • Interaction - Review of Pete's Acts Paper on 'Certain Men from James' (2 hours)
        → See "Interaction - Discussions with Pete" (5.5 hours)
  11. Progress (if any) in the current quarter can be obtained from the relevant section of my Summary Task List9, and YTD in the current & future “automatic” editions of this report.

Plans for the Near Future
Summary of Progress to Date

I’ve hived off the history to a separate document11, which still requires a major update. It hasn’t been touched since 2010.



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Table of the Previous 12 Versions of this Note: (of 94)

Date Length Title
01/02/2025 00:28:48 14256 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2024 - December)
10/10/2024 00:47:31 12451 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2024 - September)
11/07/2024 23:08:10 11103 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2024 - June)
15/04/2024 00:34:34 6591 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2024 - March)
01/04/2024 20:08:10 6923 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2023 - December)
04/10/2023 21:59:02 7265 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2023 - September)
06/07/2023 00:43:12 10254 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2023 - June)
30/04/2023 01:06:14 10345 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2023 - March)
10/01/2023 23:35:31 9685 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2022 - December)
10/10/2022 22:32:10 11242 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2022 - September)
03/07/2022 01:29:17 10319 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2022 - June)
11/04/2022 00:01:26 9969 Status: Philosophy of Religion (2022 - March)



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