doubt Archives - The Other Journal

32: Family

Wounds and the Wounded

Jack Harrell explores the reality of faith and doubt with two old friends and a shotgun.

29: Health Care

The Weight and Wonder of Everything We Do Not Know

Lucy Bryan
March 15, 2018 / Praxis

Lucy Bryan turns to science to help her understand her abiding religious uncertainty.

16: Race

Racism, Art, and the Darkness of Truth: An Interview with Barry Moser

Barry Moser & Becky Crook
November 18, 2009 / Creative Writing

In this interview, artist Barry Moser discusses racism, religion, and working amidst mystery.

Best Pictures

Alissa Wilkinson
June 26, 2009 / Filmwell

What do you think about the Academy’s decision this week to have ten, not five nominees for Best Picture?

11: Atheism

Spring Prayer

Courtney Druz
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.

11: Atheism

Why Every Christian Should ‘Quite Rightly Pass for an Atheist’

Jon Stanley
April 3, 2008 / Theology

In this essay, Jon Stanley looks at the Christian life as transcending the categories of atheism and theism.

11: Atheism

The Benefit of (the) Doubt: Revisioning the Role of Doubt for a Genuine Spirituality

Tom Ryan
March 12, 2008 / Theology

Critiquing historical movements of modernity in the western church, Tom Ryan argues in this article that seasons of doubt are equally as important for faith as times of certainty, and are even necessary for fostering a genuine spirituality within the church.

11: Atheism

Holding on

Luci Shaw
March 11, 2008 / Creative Writing

In this poem, Luci Shaw evokes sharp images of winter, mystery, nihilism, and death.