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You Can’t Theologize a Virus

April 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Anthony B. Pinn However, theodicy never satisfies in the long term, and its failure is even more graphic as the coronavirus devours life. In fact, theodicy is a dangerous consideration as it disrupts reason and threatens to challenge faith. 

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Annabelle Creation: A Creation Story for Catholic Secret Keeping?

August 17, 2017 2 Comments

Nicole Symmonds All of this because evil is not destroyed at its root.

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Living with a Zombie Apocalypse: 7 Questions for Greg Garrett

August 09, 2017 Leave a Comment

Greg Garrett The sacred entered into this book in powerful ways, but my favorite moment comes in the final chapter in the book, which basically asks, “Is a zombie apocalypse a bad thing or a good thing?”

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The Power of Names

December 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Hussein Rashid While some of this discussion may seem to be semantic, it is about the power of naming. The questions of power and control depend on the ability to name. Without proper naming, we see conflict where there is none, and read politics as theology.

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Religion in the Post-Colonial Humanities: An Interview with Kathryn Lofton

April 30, 2015 1 Comment

What are the current conditions and imminent possibilities for the Study of Religion? In this interview with Marko Geslani of Emory University, Kathryn Lofton, scholar of American Religion and incoming chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University, discusses the state of the field in light of the crisis of the humanities, the institutional location of religion departments, graduate training, and undergraduate teaching. 

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The Bible in Comics: Genesis

March 05, 2014 Leave a Comment

  By Beth Davies-Stofka, PhD The Bible was written on scrolls, papyri, and parchment and rendered in languages ancient or dead. For some religious people, it would seem an act of disrespect, if not sacrilege, to translate its stories and lessons

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