In a reply to an interesting interview with theologian Conor Cunningham, here at The Other Journal, commenter Denis Devcich says the following: Creationists have no problems with fossils – they had to be rapidly buried in order to be preserved as fossils, and this fits in with Noah’s flood. Yes, the dinosaurs were created with […]
Rhetorically speaking, it’s unbelievable that the media has recently directed (nearly) all of its attention to the “Birthers,” a group which is currently championed by author, businessman, and television personality, Donald Trump. Then again, this is America. So maybe it’s not so “unbelievable” after all! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the highly […]
Throw together a disaster brought about by superhero Speedball, the Norse gods, and the Sinthia Schmidt, aka Sin daughter of Captain America’s nemesis the Red Skull, and the setting makes itself for Marvel Comics’ event “Fear Itself.” This event, while having several stand alone limited series, will run throughout a large number of Marvel titles. […]
We are finally getting some press on this lovely book that includes contributions from folks such as John Milbank, D. Stephen Long, and Rosalee Ewell. If you have ever wondered what the Radical Orthodoxy movement might learn from the Radical Reformation (or, vice versa) this is the book for you. If you haven’t ever entertained such […]
Music has interacted with other media for decades—from film scores to television theme songs, radio music stations to news stories and podcasts—music rarely stands alone. When music does stand “alone,” as in perhaps the case of music for the sake of music such as with live symphony or rock music performances, it remains ever mediated. […]
Contrary to what you might think, this is not a picture of princess-to-be Kate Middleton trying on her wedding dress before her upcoming nuptials on Friday. Despite its verisimilitude, this is the work of Alison Jackson (check out her website), an […]
Neal DeRoo and John Panteleimon Manoussakis, eds., Phenomenology and Eschatology: Not Yet in the Now (Ashgate, 2009). Reviewed by R. Alexander Tracy Alex Tracy is the Associate Pastor at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church in Savannah, Georgia. He received both his B.A. in philosophy and his M.Div. from Emory University, and will receive his Ph.D. […]
[We are offering three different reviews of this book–kind of a review symposium from different angles. You can find the first review here.] John Milbank, Slavoj Žižek, and Creston Davis, Paul’s New Moment: Continental Philosophy and the Future of Christian Theology (Brazos Press, 2010). Reviewed by Nathan Barczi Nathan Barczi is an economist and an […]
One interpretation has collapsed; but because it was considered the interpretation it now seems as if there were no meaning at all in existence, as if everything were in vain. – Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power[i] I grew up in a family obsessed—blessedly so, I believe—with what we might call the “biblical specifics.” Baptized […]
