This essay addresses the problem of capitalism by suggesting a theology of communitas, particularly as actualized in the coffee industry through the concept of After Trade.
A conversation with contemporary artist Kristen Cochran about her recent rock contour photograph/performances as well as her experiences of support structures for artists.
The following is a guest post by Kyle David Bennett. Kyle is a recent PhD graduate from Fuller Seminary in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. Before moving to NYC last year he taught philosophy at Azusa Pacific University and theology and ethics at Providence Christian College. He now teaches religion at The King’s College. […]
Zachary Thomas Settle: Feeling for Justice: Season 5, Episode 12 Last night’s Breaking Bad episode, “Rabid Dog,” picks up right where the previous episode left off: with Jesse dousing Walt’s house in gasoline. This episode, though, begins with Walt’s perspective, and we watch in eager anticipation as he frantically searches for Jesse. The most interesting […]
I feel like I have a lot to say on this topic, but, to be honest, I’m not sure I care enough–which, I think, may go hand in hand with this soon-to-be hackneyed observation of mine: It seems that the only people not interested in Neo-Anabaptism, despite all the branded/popular Christian writers trendily screaming about […]
Pop-culture, Demons and Philosophy Recently, I enlisted a friend to see The Conjuring with me. The movie claims to be based on real events, which seems to be a standard feature for these types of films, and depicts the haunting of a family upon moving into a new home with a grisly past, yet another […]
Zachary Thomas Settle: Faithful to the End: Season 5, Episode 11 Lauren wrote last week on the idea of sin, as its represented in the last few episodes of Breaking Bad, as a sort of commitment, a commitment that one has to honor. I think Lauren is right. Walt, is a man of utter faithfulness; […]
Nothing like titling a post after one of the best Dead Kennedy’s songs ever (Kill the Poor)–especially since, decades later, it remains terribly relevant. Just when you thought NC could not get any worse, anyone who attempts to feed the homeless in or around Moore Square in Raleigh, NC will be arrested. True story. Those […]
The doctrine of vocation, emerging from Martin Luther’s theological genius and taken up by the other Reformers (and handed down to us today) has functioned to bring about the sanctification of ordinary life as Charles Taylor as others have rightfully noticed.[1] Where there was once a hierarchy in which churchly vocations (e.g., monks, priests) were […]