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Christ and Capital: Money Changers and the Lord’s Table

Geoffrey Holsclaw gives a brief history of social impetus for capitalism and considers the Eucharist as a true paradigm for economic exchange.

16: Race

Back to the Alter: Revisiting Evangelicalism’s Problem with Race

A review of Paul Louis Metzger’s CONSUMING JESUS: BEYOND RACE AND CLASS DIVISIONS IN A CONSUMER CHURCH.

15: Aesthetics

Partaking in the Holy Mysteries: An Interview with Scott Cairns, Part II

Andrew W.E. Carlson & Scott Cairns
June 11, 2009 / Creative Writing

In this Part II of this interview with the Scott Cairns, the poet describes his unique views on the mystical nature of poetry and connects them to his understanding of sacrament.

15: Aesthetics

Partaking in the Holy Mysteries: An Interview with Scott Cairns, Part I

Andrew W.E. Carlson & Scott Cairns
June 10, 2009 / Creative Writing

In this interview the accomplished poet Scott Cairns describes his unique views on the mystical nature of poetry and connects them to his understanding of sacrament.

15: Aesthetics

Telling the Truth about Ourselves: Torture and Eucharist in the U.S. Popular Imagination

William T. Cavanaugh
May 8, 2009 / Theology

Distinguished theologian William T. Cavanaugh looks at the contemporary debate around torture (if the U.S. does torture and what torture constitutes) and gives a contrasting narrative to the one typically used to contextualize torture–the Eucharist.

14: Death and Dying