Ancient Jew Review“Critical to this argument, and worthy of further reflection, is Rafael’s deployment of their own artistic practice to communicate their book’s ideas and to produce a meta-argument about history and method that develops alongside the text, and...
An und für sich[Editor’s note: While preparing for my frequent course “Deals With the Devil,” which centers on the Faust theme, I discovered that one of my favorite filmmakers, Éric Rohmer, wrote a doctoral dissertation on F.W. Murnau’s silent film Faust. To...
Contending ModernitiesLikening Hamas to Amalek is self-serving. It is as if saying, "we are good people who can act badly, but they are simply evil." The post Amalek, Hamas, and Kant: Thoughts on Evil in the Time of War appeared first on Contending Modernities.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraThe movement to exonerate convicted witches is a good one The post Fly Free first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsThe movement to exonerate convicted witches is a good one The post Fly Free first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
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Good Faith MediaThe demonization of SNAP recipients is nothing new, and complaints about eligible benefit purchases are only one element of the generations-long strategy to weaken or eliminate the program. Also, the attacks have been bipartisan. The post New...
Good Faith MediaOne of my favorite elements of my language history is the vocabulary of movie quotes my dad and I share. Now that we live in different states, this is even more meaningful. It reminds me that we both value the time and space we have shared. The...
Good Faith MediaEarlier this month, the U.S. president announced a ban on “illegal” protests on college and university campuses, threatening to cut funding to any university that allows them. Despite the threat, college students nationwide are engaging in...
The Domination ChroniclesAn Original Nations' View-from-the-Shore
American Indian Law AllianceEnglish | Español | Français | Russian . English Indigenous Craft Fair We invite everyone to visit the Indigenous Peoples Craft Fair on Wednesday April 23, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church… The post Announcing the...
American Indian Law AllianceEnglish | Español | Français | Russian English Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus (GIPC) Invitation Dear Relatives, We invite you to join us on the 19-20 April 2025 from 9:00 AM––3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church Center of… The post...
American Indian Law AllianceEnglish | Español | Français | Russian Download Flyer EN , ES , FR , RU Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus Invitation Dear Sisters, We invite you to join us on 18 April 2025 from 9:00 AM––3:00 PM on the Fifth… The post Announcing the 2025 Global...
Political TheologyThe Political Theology Editorial Collective welcomes new members Fatima Tofighi and Joseph Winters! Source
Wabash Center BlogAs I head out to teach my off-campus Jan term class, Backpacking with the Saints, I look at my syllabus again and think about how I assess learning in an […]
Du Mez CONNECTIONSWhat if we just...did something?
Contending ModernitiesThe reduction of Kashmiris into simplistic tropes reinforces a colonizer-colonized dynamic, one which has enabled the Indian state to justify its control over the region. The post Indian Occupation in Kashmir: From State Building to Dismantling the...
Contending ModernitiesWhat happens when the postcolonial state itself becomes an agent of colonization and not merely one of its victims? The post Introduction to Symposium on Colonizing Kashmir appeared first on Contending Modernities.
The ConversationEmployees often gravitate toward co-workers their own age, but relationships with colleagues at other stages of life have personal and professional benefits.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraAs a hirsute hetero ’90s SoCal teen, I made my choice The post Confessions of a Once-Bearded Lady first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsAs a hirsute hetero ’90s SoCal teen, I made my choice The post Confessions of a Once-Bearded Lady first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
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Ken ChitwoodPhoto via Publishers Weekly. In Islam: A New History, the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400–year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity.Why is a new...
Ken ChitwoodLara Wolf (Sira), Maimie McCoy (Carol), Jeremy Piven (Harold), Adam Garcia (Benny), Isaac Gryn (Paul) in “The Performance.” PHOTO courtesy GVN Releasing. It was not an ideal spot for a...
The Conversation‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.
Political TheologyA colonial understanding of resurrection has only associated it with life after death, whereas a decolonial Dalit theology engages with new life experiences by breaking the grounds of death here and now, in life before death. Source
Bible For Normal People BlogIn this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared and co-host Aaron Higashi talk with Roberto de la Noval about the doctrine of universalism, the belief that all people... The post Episode 294: Roberto de La Noval – Universalism as a Doctrine...
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Marginalia Review of BooksDENNIS SCHULTING | To be is to be intelligible, to be knowable. Being itself is logos, spirit, or a self-knowing...
Marginalia Review of BooksBENJAMIN BALL | Freedom, generosity, all of these core tenets of liberalism are already embedded in what it means to do democracy well...
An und für sichThere are a number of candidates for “the book that predicted Trump,” from Octavia Butler’s eerily prescient near-future dystopia that purported to “Make America Great Again” to Corey Robin’s The Reactionary Mind. I have occasionally quipped that...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Diasporic Alignments appeared first on April Online.
Political TheologyThe Western inability to recognize Palestinians as fully human is often attributed to Islamophobia, framed as a post-9/11 construct that portrays Muslim violence as a threat to the liberal West. However, this perspective remains superficial. To...
The Domination ChroniclesWhat Happens When "True Believers" Assume that Forcibly Imposed Domination is God's Will?
The ConversationThe more Americans isolate themselves from people in the other political party, the more stereotypes take over. In turn, that pushes people to isolate even more.
The ConversationIt may seem natural to use phrases like ‘ambitious’ or ‘think outside the box’ in job descriptions. Here’s when and why recruiters should rethink their approach.
Political TheologyIt is imperative to respect the claims of conscience behind the pacifist convictions often associated with the rejection of the modern state. But if Catholic social teaching is going to incorporate nonviolence more fully, it also must develop the...
Barth NotesIn the Radio Times, Stephen Graham talks about writing the much-discussed Netflix television drama Adolescence: “Where it came from, for me,” explains Graham, who co-created and wrote Adolescence with Jack Thorne (The Virtues, Toxic Town), “is...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraIf you think we don’t need universities, consider the gecko The post The Lizard Theory of Higher Ed first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsIf you think we don’t need universities, consider the gecko The post The Lizard Theory of Higher Ed first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
An und für sichFrom mid-April to early May we’ll be hosting the next AUFS book event on Rajbir Singh Judge’s recent book Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia. Rajbir is Assistant Professor in History at California...
Marginalia Review of BooksDANIEL WOOLF | Nostalgia does not deserve its somewhat bad reputation as misguided sentimentality, or as a fetishistic celebration of ...
Du Mez CONNECTIONSMaking sense of things
Ancient Jew Review“In When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven, Neis uncovers a world of reproductive uncertainty, making a convincing case for taking the rabbis’ scenarios and debates at face value – as constitutive of ancient world-making.”
Bible For Normal People BlogIn Episode 2 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke uncover the turbulent and hidden history of women in the Southern Baptist Convention. The story... The post Episode 2 – The Invisible Woman appeared first on The...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraOur greatest modern poets insisted they were in dialogue with—or even channeling directly—the divine. Would we like what these gods had to say? The post The Ugly and Beautiful Gods first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsOur greatest modern poets insisted they were in dialogue with—or even channeling directly—the divine. Would we like what these gods had to say? The post The Ugly and Beautiful Gods first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Popular Culture And TheologyBy Matthew Brake “I know what it’s like to lose. To feel so desperately that you’re right, yet to fail nonetheless.” Many of us recognize this quote from the peak of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After ten years of movies, and six years after his...