Hierophagy: The Sacramental Recapitulation of a Literary Trope
Christopher West examines the Eucharist as an instance of sacred eating.
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What’s So Holy about Matrimony? A Feminist Theological Reflection
Kimberly Humphrey ponders her husband’s name change and the difference marriage makes for discipleship.
Eat This Chip. Drink This Pop
The Super Bowl spectacle provides an intersection of Christ and culture with an ad that won’t be shown.
Graced Occasions: An Interview with Ron Hansen
Ron Hansen’s fiction is tight and rich. Each of Hansen’s writings carries a certain arc: the plains of the American West, the sanctuary of a hushed convent, and the frenzied deck of theDeutschland are both terse and beautiful, places where redemption is particularly fitted to each character’s peculiar, compelling humanity. In this interview, Hansen talks […]
Back to the Alter: Revisiting Evangelicalism’s Problem with Race
A review of Paul Louis Metzger’s CONSUMING JESUS: BEYOND RACE AND CLASS DIVISIONS IN A CONSUMER CHURCH.
Creation Consciousness, Commons Commitments
Creation is sacred space. It is born continually from divine vision, and fashioned by the creative power of the Spirit exercised directly or indirectly, through divine action in the present or as a result of divine action in the past. Creation is sacred because the transcendent-immanent Spirit dwells in it, and experiences material reality and […]