The Other JournalFor everything the Bible says about money and possessions, its message can be ambivalent. As Walter Brueggemann puts it, “One can find in Scripture almost anything on the topic one wants to find,” and the Bible’s discussions of wealth and...
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The Domination ChroniclesLet’s examine the phrase “mandatory vaccines.”
Wabash Center BlogI was the only Hispanic student in my elementary school. In high school I was always in some kind of conflict because I was still the only Hispanic. My whole […]
An und für sichAs I have been writing my posts on the relationship between Trump and neoliberalism, a feeling of futility has sometimes set in. Who cares about this abstract question amid all the wreckage he has already created? My first response to such a demand...
NAASRInterlocutions II: The Extra/Ordinary “There is nothing more difficult to convey than reality in all its ordinariness.” (Pierre Bourdieu, On Television, 1998) “Crisis is not exceptional to history or consciousness but a process embedded in the...
NAASRCALL FOR PAPERS – FEBRUARY 2025 – METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION See the full CFP here. The editors of Method and Theory in the Study of Religion (MTSR) would like to announce calls forpapers on four special topics: 1) On Money, 2) The...
Marginalia Review of BooksPHILIP BALL | Conflicts can in fact be tremendously fertile, alerting us to areas where more work is needed . . .
An und für sichIn my last post, I awkwardly name-dropped a book to admit I hadn’t read it — namely Robert McDonald’s Works Like a Charm: Incentive Rhetoric and the Economization of Everyday Life, available wherever fine books are sold. Since then I have in fact...
Church HistoryWhen: June 21, 2025 in Bath Submit abstract and brief bio by: March 31, 2025 2025 marks the 250th anniversaries which commemorate the American Revolution. Not only a period of geopolitical upheaval, it saw a transformation in the theologies and...
Religion MattersGuest Blog: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters Danish anthropologist Rane Willerslev documented his personal experiences with a group of Siberian hunters called the Upper Kolyma Yukaghirs in his book, Soul Hunters. He...
Popular Culture And TheologyTitle – Religion and AI Romance in Popular Media: Wired for Love Edited by: Amanda Furiasse, Nova Southeastern University As AI-driven love stories become increasingly central to cultural narratives, they provoke fundamental questions about love,...
Religion in United States HistoryJoin Jenny Caplan, Associate Professor and The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati, on Monday, February 10, 2025 at 7 PM eastern for a discussion on "Jews in Space on Screen!" Amy Weiss, Assistant...
Religion Link Popular Culture And TheologyCall for contributions Title: Theology, Religion, and Mad Max: Rising from the Ashes Edited by: Yael Thomas Cameron, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Vernon W. Cisney, Gettysburg College, and Jon Hoskin, Phd. Mad Max is a...
Popular Culture And TheologyCFP: Religion, Popular Culture, and the Nineties Edited by Ilaria W. Biano Although initially dismissed as “a holiday from history” (Will), a “frivolous if not decadent decade” (Rich), and a “time of trivial pursuits” (Halberstam) (cf. Chollet and...
Mapping the Doctrine of DiscoveryIn this special lecture episode, host Philip P. Arnold explores the urgent need for a value change for survival
affecognitiveVerso Press listed Anna Kornbluh’s 2024 text as one of its must-read publications of 2024, and I heartily concur. To …Continue reading →
The Other JournalThe theological case that the gospel makes a claim upon our money and our shared economic life has already been convincingly made, for anyone with ears to hear. From Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to Cornel West and Delores Williams, Black...
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An und für sichThough I haven’t written much on neoliberalism lately, I still dip into the literature now and again. The next book in my queue, Robert McDonald’s Works Like a Charm: Incentive Rhetoric and the Economization of Everyday Life, has put me in mind of...
ReligionProfI read an article that sounded like more of the hype that has surrounded AI from the outset, claiming that AGI is just around the corner. AGI, as a reminder, stands for Artificial General Intelligence. It claimed that AI was already demonstrating...
American Indian Law AllianceFor Immediate Release The American Indian Law Alliance takes very seriously the safety of all Indigenous Peoples. We have seen the ICE raids directed by the Trump Administration happening across the country and have heard of reports that many...
Religion in United States HistoryThe BYU Charles Redd Center for Western Studies annual awards and funding season is upon us!
Religion in United States HistoryFor 20 years, the Presbyterian Historical Society’s Research Fellowship Program has awarded annual research and travel grants to eligible scholars, students, and independent researchers in a broad range of fields including mission history, social...
Mapping the Doctrine of DiscoveryThis episode emphasizes the complexities surrounding Indigenous rights, law, and spirituality, centering on Michael McNally's insights from his book Defend the Sacred. It discusses the limitations of current legal frameworks in protecting Native...
Popular Culture And TheologyBy Dr. Frank G. Bosman We are in the year 1960. The Third Reich has solidified its political, cultural, and military dominance over Europe and North America since their 1946 victory over the Allied Forces by means of nuclear technology. All...
Sowing the SeedThe little experiment that could is going strong into 2025. Here's a recap of our 2024 season of Off-Script: Conversations on Scriptures, Scholarship, and Our Subfield. And come learn about our new Off-Script listserv and Sowing the Seed newsletter.
Barth NotesFrom the Daily Express: Sky News uproar as star ‘tells producers to cut audio’ during Southport interview Sky News’ Sarah-Jane Mee sparked outrage after she was caught ordering her producer to cut a conversation as she reported live outside...
The Domination ChroniclesLet's Look at What's Up Ahead
affecognitiveHistorically, laziness, or sloth (as my Puritan ancestors might call it) counts as one of the “seven deadly sins,” meaning …Continue reading →
Barth NotesFrom a statement by Reform leader Nigel Farage MP: Reform UK are today calling for the Director of Public Prosecutions at the CPS to resign. The judge made clear in his sentencing that Axel Rudakubana had a detailed interest in genocides and...
Religion MattersGuest Post: Susan Katz-Miller and Dalia El Ariny What do you think of when you hear the word “interfaith”? Perhaps your town gathers people of different religions for an annual Thanksgiving service. Or, maybe you get together more regularly, for...
Sowing the SeedHappy to share that my study notes on the Letter of Paul to Philemon are out now in the Westminster John Knox's NRSV-UE Study Bible.
Religion Link Barth NotesFrom a recent Times TV review (as quoted by Broadcast): Naturally, even before Accused: The Fake Grooming Scandal aired, there were people on Twitter/X accusing C4 of focusing on this rare and terrible case of a young woman who fabricated abuse...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Alexiana Fry. I had the pleasure of recently presenting alongside several others at a conference called “Barbie and the Bible: Conversations in Pop Culture, Gender, and Theology,” put on by Fuller Seminary and the University of Dayton. In...
Reading ReligionDear Reading Religion Subscribers, Our 2025 is off to a great start here at Reading Religion. The editors have curated a Best of 2024 Reading List and published the year’s first “Four Books” feature. In... READ MORE The post Reading Religion...
Religion MattersGuest Post: Elsa Kunz, History Department, The Webb School This semester, I have the privilege of teaching a high school elective about lived religion in the contemporary United States. For many of my students, if not all, this course will be their...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Tamisha Tyler, EFSR Co-Editor In the Summer of 2023, American audiences were delighted with the new Barbie movie. The film not only sparked nostalgia in its audiences, but it also served as a take on women’s empowerment and discovery. Its...
Andrew WhiteheadExploring the paradox of the American Christian Right emphasizing "character" in political leaders while enthusiastically supporting characters like Trump.
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Jaeda Calaway. She stands with hands raised to each side, crayon marks on her face, an ill-fitting dress with paint stains, and hair haphazardly cut short. She is “Weird Barbie.” She offers “Stereotypical Barbie” a choice represented by the...
The Other JournalChurches don’t close because they lose their vision (or fulfill it), and they don’t close when they get too small. Churches close their doors when they run out of money. Often the demise of a congregation is dressed up in other language, but the...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies2025.01.03 | Todd D. Still and David E. Wilhite. The Apologists and Paul. Pauline and Patristic Scholars in Debate. London: T&T Clark, 2024. Pp. xiv + 346. ISBN: 9780567715456. Review by Jonathon Lookadoo, Presbyterian University and Theological...
Religion in United States HistoryBrigham Young University Religious Education and the Moral Education Professorship
affecognitiveOn this past New Year’s Eve (2024), The New York Times published Rukmini Callimachi’s article, “One Set of China. Five …Continue reading →
Reading ReligionBy Maxwell Kennel Anabaptist and Mennonite studies is a broad interdisciplinary conversation with distinct subfields and institutions with differing approaches to its study, several of which intersect with the scholarly... READ MORE The post Four...
The Other JournalHave you witnessed the moment when a young mother first sees her newborn child? Mother is holding her infant to herself, gazing into their face in rapture, smiling a joyous, self-giving, surprise-filled, welcome. Recently I learned from a seasoned...
The Other JournalI want to begin by thanking Esther Meek for her reflections on, as she describes it, the encounter of oneself with the other. In her sensitive essay, Meek describes the “primal encounter” between mother and infant that sets the foundation for...
The Other JournalI am grateful for the opportunity to interact with Esther Meek’s thoughts around the significance of the other and the real, all of which are a gift to the school. In her essay, she invites us to consider the importance of the early “face-to-face...