Scalp Locks, Gaia, and the Incarnation: History and Theology in James Cameron’s Avatar
A review of James Cameron’s new film AVATAR that explores the historical and theological ideas of the film.
A review of James Cameron’s new film AVATAR that explores the historical and theological ideas of the film.
In this essay, Ben Suriano responds to Jon Stanley’s claim that there are at least two (very biblical) ways that every Christian would do well to “quite rightly pass for an atheist.” The essay argues that every Christian should rather “quite rightly pass for a Christian” because the predominant form of atheism is in fact the core metaphysical and ontological assumption that makes possible the imperial logics operative in both the Roman and modern order.