April 25, 2008 / Creative Writing
In this poem by Courtney Druz we are challenged to “grow beyond the brittle carapace” of our selves and “leap like an ibex” from the “crags” of our doubt.
In this issue we seek to pursue greater insight into the question of atheism by moving beyond the walls of this narrow science-religion debate and reintroducing a historical perspective. Our writers explore how modern atheism may be far more than merely an intellectual position within a certain scientific framework, and rather a more pervasive cultural ethos. Moreover, in this issue we search out how this ethos has settled deep within the structures that underwrite and organize the shape of all modern social reality.
In this poem by Courtney Druz we are challenged to “grow beyond the brittle carapace” of our selves and “leap like an ibex” from the “crags” of our doubt.
This article reviews the book, “Christian Theology for a Secular Society”
In this essay, Christine Sine explores the Christian reasons for living in community, especially in contrast to atheistic ideologies.
This article examines Christianity’s relationship to immigration in America.
This article reviews Carrie Newcomer’s album, “The Geography of Light.
In this poem, Brandi Gentry uses a recently discovered medieval psalter as poetic bridge to tangling with faith and understanding resurrection.
This review of the book, “Everyday Theology” by Kevin Vanhoozer explores the ideas of cultural change and Christian identity.
In this essay, Jon Stanley looks at the Christian life as transcending the categories of atheism and theism.
In this poem, Luci Shaw metaphorically considers the cycles of collapse and reformation that define the spiritual life.