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...
Good Faith MediaThe next four years will be trying, but let us not move forward in despair. People of faith must unite to find solidarity in the beauty and love in this world. As people of good faith, we can move forward, focusing on the lights that push out the...
ReligionProfTwo new reviews have appeared online about Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist. Dave Courtney writes about my book: Every once in a while I come across a book that I finish, set down, and immediately want to discuss with everyone and anyone....
The ConversationOver the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.
Feminism and Religion"Celtic myth tells of the Oran Mor, the Great Song of Creation that upholds life itself. I remember my sense of wonder and excitement when I first stumbled across this concept in The Mist Filled Path, written by Scottish/Irish/American shaman Frank...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaWhat I know to be true–especially now–is that if churches want to live out the Gospel in their communities, they have a responsibility to create safe spaces for marginalized people. And to do that, change is not an option. It is a requirement. The...
Good Faith MediaOn January 20th, we will observe two significant national events–Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I don’t know that I could ever imagine a greater dichotomy than that represented by these two men: their lives and legacies,...
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...
Political TheologyWhen Israel fights Hamas, very little is left for Mizrahim and women, but these two domestic Others of Israeli society are there as a form of resistance to the globalized lexicon of “War on Terror.” Both enable conceptualizing Gaza also in domestic...
The ConversationMartin Luther King Jr. popularized the term ‘beloved community’ and gave it his own meaning. But the still-cited phrase was coined decades before.
Canopy ForumView from the Arc de Triomphe in France by Pierre Blaché (CC0 1.0.) In a definitive study of the origins, drafting, and intent of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Johannes Morsink calls attention to a deep, widespread division of opinion...
Barth NotesFrom disgraced former MP Andrew Bridgen, in interview with William Coleshill of “GB Resistance”: I passed details of people who are engaged in child trafficking into the UK. Names, names of all those. Nobody wants to act about it. It’s big,...
Good Faith MediaIf my theory about the Kennedy paradigm is correct, Nixon’s prevarications focused voters’ attention on morality, leading to the election of Carter in 1976. A similar conclusion might be drawn regarding Biden’s election in 2020. Weary of Trump’s...
Good Faith MediaIn the anxiety of such anticipation and the inability to see exactly how such events will play out, we can easily feel isolated or choose to remove ourselves from the clamor of the chaos in hopes we can ignore it until it all goes away. But our...
Good Faith MediaBy turning away from the pageantry of the inauguration, we are not shirking our responsibility as citizens. We are reclaiming it. Critics may call this an abdication of civic duty, but in truth, it is an act of defiance against the mythologies that...
Feminism and Religion"Author’s Note: I originally wrote this in the fall when Andrea Robin Skinner started going public with her own story. It has taken me a while to contemplate posting it. It feels like this is such a common story that it needs to be shared. We all...
White Too LongNot a single senator probed the most dangerous part of Hegseth's background: his support for white Christian nationalism.
Wabash Center BlogRecently I attended the Wabash Center’s Curiosity Roundtable, where we heard from Dr. Iva Carruthers in one session. Her presentation was titled “AI and Ubuntu in the Age of Metanomics.” […]
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraTwo new biographies enhance our knowledge of John Lewis, the late congressman and civil rights hero The post Protest and Politics first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsTwo new biographies enhance our knowledge of John Lewis, the late congressman and civil rights hero The post Protest and Politics first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
The ConversationCardinals play an important role, whether in serving as papal ambassadors or in shaping public opinion, and they have done so over the centuries.
The ConversationChristians are diverse in terms of race, denomination, theology and other factors. Yet on average, some of their views are growing more similar, a scholar argues.
Feminism and Religion"Yesterday’s post which you can read here, ended with this line from the Grandfather, “The young people will become confused and when all is finally lost then the Creator will return to restore not just the Tewa but all tribal peoples to the land.”...
Canopy ForumOrdesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). This article is part of our virtual symposium and essay series, “Masking Religious Freedom Violations.” Read more here. Despite common assumptions, our social and...
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...
Ancient Jew ReviewJill Hicks-Keeton and Matthew Novenson discuss Hick-Keeton’s Good Book.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraA reply to Oppenheimer, Brooks, and Magid The post When Is David Brooks a Christian? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsA reply to Oppenheimer, Brooks, and Magid The post When Is David Brooks a Christian? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Political TheologyRather than starting from a diagnostic superficiality of her image, a seemingly inevitable lure as evidenced by the myriad books about Weil that display her photo on their cover, when we really dwell with Weil’s writing in relation to her...
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...
The ConversationAbout 4% of dogs and 12% of cats remain unvaccinated against rabies, posing risks for society.
The Conversation‘Gentleman’s Agreement,’ a novel by Laura Z. Hobson, was considered groundbreaking for its depiction of everyday prejudice.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraPhilosopher Charles Taylor explores how poetry steps in where the divine recedes The post The Consolations of Poetry first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsPhilosopher Charles Taylor explores how poetry steps in where the divine recedes The post The Consolations of Poetry first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Feminism and Religion"Moderator’s Note: Sara wrote this in 2019. This is its first publication and has grown all the more pertinent now. Sapawe is an ancestral Tewa Pueblo located outside of El Rito. Until this weekend I had never been to the ruin. I didn’t know, for...
The ConversationA scholar of Tibetan Buddhism discusses how she challenges her students to rethink their preconceived notions of death, the afterlife and the concept of the ‘other.’
Religion in United States HistoryBrigham Young University Religious Education and the Moral Education Professorship
Political TheologyThose experiencing rejection because of their sociopolitical identities can know that God does not condone discrimination, that God’s promises are a proclamation of reversal. Source
Feminism and Religion"This post was originally published on Oct. 8, 2012 While the “war against Marija Gimbutas,” rooted in what my friend Mara Keller calls “theaphobia,” is being waged in the academy, her theories continue to unlock the meaning of hundreds of thousands...
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The Domination ChroniclesRevealing a Hidden Dimension of the International Human Rights Framework
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...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraLatter-day Saints finally have fun with fear. Will Jews and Baptists be next? The post “Heretic” Rescues Horror from the Catholics first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsLatter-day Saints finally have fun with fear. Will Jews and Baptists be next? The post “Heretic” Rescues Horror from the Catholics first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.