(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) Well I hope that someday buddy We have peace in our lives Together or apart Alone or with our wives And we can stop our whoring And pull the smiles inside And light it up forever And never go to sleep My best unbeaten brother This isn’t all I see […]
In this essay, Dr. Story discusses the book of James’s message to the powerful rich and the vulnerable poor, a message that is especially relevant to the socioeconomic issues in the twenty-first century.
(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) “But there can’t be any love… ’cause there aren’t any people.” (She’s So Lovely) If Bazin was right when he said, “the cinema more than any other art is particularly bound up in love,” then The Wrestler is just barely cinema. It is nice to look at, and is […]
Why should governments provide funding for the arts? This essay explores three mainstream political answers and provides a sociocultural alternative.
In this essay, Professor Anthony Baker explores the limits and possibilities of Alain Badiou’s Promethean politics before turning to the theology of Clement of Alexandria as a resource for a truly radical, even revolutionary, politics.
This essay considers political disenchantment as an act of religious engagement.
(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) I am not sure exactly what the “secret of the grain” is other than a metaphor for the mysterious way in which families stay together despite financial hardship, longstanding bitterness, and infidelity. The original title of the film translates simply as “couscous and mullet,” a dish as simple and […]
(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) “To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams.” (de Chirico) “For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, […]
(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) Posted on December 16th, 2008 A few days ago Ben Meyers posted 10 Theological Theses On Art, which were then creatively responded to at This Blog, which posted 10 Alternative Theses on Art. I would like to respond to both, as I find it difficult to fully identify with each […]