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From Job to Kevin: Scripture and Scripturalists in the Leftovers

February 07, 2018 Leave a Comment

Jill Marshall People do things with texts, in fictional worlds and in the real world.

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Comedy Central’s “Nathan For You”: Kafka for Late Capitalism

December 15, 2017 Leave a Comment

Daniel Anderson Yet there is a deeper connection between Kafka and Nathan For You. It lies in their insight into the utter control their worlds’ institutions wield over people.

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On Getting to Know the Seemingly Different: 7 Questions for Kyle Conway

December 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Kyle Conway But the paradox of salable diversity is not insurmountable. Over the course of six seasons, the show’s makers found ways to push against the limits they faced.

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Indian Summers: Free Ramu Sood Edition

December 05, 2015 Leave a Comment

This is our final post in a series of discussions about the PBS Masterpiece series Indian Summers that aired on PBS. Sacred Matters’ managing editor Michael J. Altman and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, assistant professor of religion at the University of Vermont, will offer their reviews of the series as it airs in the United States. NOTE: THERE ARE SPOILERS. 

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Indian Summers: “For Europeans to Commit Murders is an Impossibility” Edition

November 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

This is our fourth in a series of discussions about the PBS Masterpiece series Indian Summers, airing Sunday nights at 9 pm EST on PBS. Sacred Matters’ managing editor Michael J. Altman and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, assistant professor of religion at the University of Vermont, will offer their reviews of the series as it airs in the United States. NOTE: THERE ARE SPOILERS. 

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Indian Summers: Find Your Seat at the Table Edition

November 06, 2015 Leave a Comment

This is our third in a series of discussions about the PBS Masterpiece series Indian Summers, airing Sunday nights at 9 pm EST on PBS. Sacred Matters’ managing editor Michael J. Altman and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, assistant professor of religion at the University of Vermont, will offer their reviews of the series as it airs in the United States. NOTE: THERE ARE SPOILERS.

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There Be Monsters: A Warning

August 28, 2015 1 Comment
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Kelly J. Baker I decided to begin a project on zombie apocalypses, in part because of The Walking Dead’s popularity but also because of burgeoning amount of zombie media, the books, films, products, television shows, memes, and apps that center on zombies. My decision also hinged on the uncritical embrace of zombies by fans, critics, friends, relatives, and my students.

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Don Draper: Dharma Bum, Priestly Sage

May 21, 2015 1 Comment
"Mad men smoke" by amira_a, March 10, 2012. Available via Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/amira_a/6969843819/.

S. Brent Plate In episode 9 of the final season of Mad Men, Don Draper sits in his empty Manhattan penthouse, having lost his wife and all his domestic possessions. A few episodes later he is driving his Cadillac through the western states with nothing but a bag of belongings. In the ultimate scene of the penultimate episode he gives his car to a local grifter. These final episodes turn Don into a Dharma Bum, some modern-day bodhisattva eliminating attachments through carefree wandering. He’s straight out of Japhy Ryder’s vision in Jack Kerouac’s 1958 novel Dharma Bums.

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“Looking” for Spirituality and Truth

January 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
Luís León The second season of HBO’s ground-breaking mini-series Looking aired this week, January 11, at 8:00 PM. The premiere on January 19 of last year marks a milestone for lgbt-themed television drama: a realistic and edgy depiction of young gay men set in San Francisco, with a multicultural cast (albeit still mostly focused on white men). Even while it’s a coup in the struggle to advance lgbt rights—depicting and thus familiarizing audiences with the interior lives of gays—creating empathy and affect— it is at once an advance in efforts to understand the human condition.  

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