Knox Box

Not quite a science blog, not quite a Bible blog, not quite a politics or family blog. Just a box into which almost anything might be thrown. Worth a rummage in. See the labels cloud on the right for an idea of what you might find.

Friday, 22 August 2025

On “Losing my religion”….

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I am a mandolin player. Or perhaps more accurately I should say that I play the mandolin. On this side of the Anglo-Saxon Atlantic, mandolin...

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Words, texts and their mattering….

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I like words. Sometimes it’s just the sound of individual words that I’m drawn to (like ‘flibbertigibbet’). You may well have your own favou...

Saturday, 26 July 2025

One hundred and fifty years (and counting)

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Just as we have done for the last few years at this point in the summer, we decamped to Keswick in the English Lake District. It’s a shortis...

Friday, 18 April 2025

“Who does He think He is”?

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This is a question that occurs to most of us at some point. It is usually unspoken, occasionally spluttered in indignation. It is most often...

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

All at sea….

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One of the more provocative and influential TV series produced about “religion” was aired by the BBC back in 1984. "Sea of Faith"...

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

It’s still bright at 5pm…

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One way or another I spend quite a lot of time looking out of my study window. While it does not afford a view of rolling hills, and I can o...

Friday, 24 January 2025

Reading for 2025 (so far...)

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How long does it take for a tradition to become a tradition? I have no idea. But I think I'll stick with one that began only twelve mo...

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Paul C. Knox: I'm a Christian, in the Biblical as opposed to the ethnic or generic sense, retired academic scientist, and recently minted theology graduate. The way science and faith interact is of interest to me. You can find our more about my science on my web pages. But here I range far and wide.

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