Thomas Fabisiak

Thomas Fabisiak is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature and Religion at Emory University. His work centers primarily on ancient Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature and he is preparing a dissertation on self-consciously perverse reiterations of New Testament apocalyptic discourse by nineteenth-century radical philosophers.

(A)theologiesOctober 21, 2009

The Conservative Bible Project: Looking for Conservative Diamonds in a Liberal Dung-Hill

By Thomas Fabisiak

Andy Schlafly, son of Phyllis, wants to claim the Christian scriptures for conservatism. Why rewrite the Bible? Well, as everyone knows, Jesus is a pretty liberal dude. And everyone knows that “young girl” in Greek was really a euphemism for “bimbo.”