Peter J. Leithart. Shining Glory: Theological Reflections on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2013. It’s not your average big-budget, Brad Pitt–starring movie that receives a book response from a systematic theologian. But Peter Leithart is not your average systematic theologian. And Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is not […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. HBO Go will be available to non-cable subscribers and Friends coming to Netflix in 2015: Some world-changing conflicts start with speeches. Others, with explosions. Yesterday, a war began with a […]
Tell me the landscape in which you live and I will tell you who you are. —Ortega Y Gasset Alan Durning, founder of the Seattle-based Sightline Institute, recounts the story of a trip he took to the Philippines. After interviewing several elders as part of the trip, he was introduced to a frail old […]
Some interesting factoids that might put history into new perspectives: Your entire perception of history is totally whacked out, and we’re going to prove it. With the help of illustrious image manipulator AuntieMeme, we’re about to drop a history bomb of knowledge on all your asses. Real talk. Ikea is now making furniture that you […]
I don’t think I have ever bumped into a principle of sociology stated this way anywhere, but a subculture may be defined by its ability to mock itself. The defining characteristics of contemporary Evangelicalism are not dogmatic. This is surprising, given that Evangelicalism as a movement began as a set of theological distinctives packaged with […]
We are going to change directions a bit at Filmwell for a few cycles. Consider this an experiment that requires your participation, should you be interested. Typical posting on films, TV, and other media that capture our attention will continue. But we are going to try something different when it comes to the longer […]
One’s neighbor is often not even the people next door but the people of one’s home, household, workplace and religious community. One’s neighbor is the person of the opposite gender. —Mercy Oduyoye, Beads and Strands Flawless Execution Beyoncé Knowles has done myself, and many like me, a huge favor. Through the popularity of her […]
Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Is the “democratization” of the Bible actually a good thing? An interesting perspective on reading the Bible: The story of how the text of the Bible was set down and […]
Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you. —Wendell Berry The World and the Earth On a July evening, I sat in a hotel outside the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. Mahmoud Abu Eid, a Palestinian Muslim and family friend, told his story to a group of American […]
