I want to be very clear here that I do not mean to trivialize death and cancer. Pancreatic cancer is particularly vicious. It is remarkable that Steve Jobs lasted as long as he did. Maybe due to the remarkable amount of money he had — after all, he was able to take up a residence […]
Last Spring I taught a seminar for the Institute of Citizenship and Social Responsibility at Western Kentucky University called, Living Lives that Matter. I was probably the least qualified person on campus to teach it. It’s not that I haven’t lived an interesting life (combine a fierce Peter Pan complex with an often unexamined allegiance […]
This and the following post come from the recent panel discussion hosted by the new Political Theologies Seminar at Marquette University. The seminar is interested in theologies that intersect with contemporary political, social, economic, and cultural life. Participating faculty are Dr. D. Stephen Long and Emeritus Fr. Thomas Hughson and the coordinator is David Horstkoetter. […]
After an earnest fifteen-year abstention from meat, Alissa Herbaly Coons finds solace in the stockpot, coming to terms with her place in the food chain and the glory to be found in the breaking not only of bread, but of bones as well.
Thanks to all who have participated. Here are the two winners. Name: In The Far Country Meditations on Christianity in a post-secular world. The title is from Barth’s CD, IV/1. Name: From Here Out Theme: All speaking/writing is “from here out”. As Christians the “from here out” is the infinite Word and his body the […]
I have just a few questions for the fine folks endorsing “See You at the Pole.” 1) Why a pole? For starters, it looks pretty damn pagan to me (and nothing against paganism–I love me some river nymphs). I wonder if it’s because Christians in the United States have turned their nation-state into an object […]
We hope readers both old and new will find a new energy as the Church and Postmodern Culture conversation migrates to the hospitable environs of The Other Journal. For the last several years we’ve pointed back-and-forth to one another; our new location here solidifies that partnership. We’re grateful for this new home and hope to […]
A few years ago some psychologists performed an experiment to see if college students who read a violent story would display more aggression afterward if they were told that God sanctioned the violence than if they were told the story was merely from an “ancient scroll.” The story they chose was from the book of […]
Click here for a short article I recently wrote for the fine people at Jesus Radicals. I was thinking there was a point to it, but then I read it and realized that I may have imbibed too much Taoism of late. It may or may not be a good thing. Hard to say.