February 17, 2022 / Theology
Mary McCampbell shares how reading Shakespeare and Frederick Douglass changes minds about racial injustice.
Mary McCampbell
February 17, 2022 / Theology
February 17, 2022 / Theology
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John Schweiker Shelton
November 9, 2017 / Perspective
November 9, 2017 / Perspective
John Schweiker Shelton reviews Undomesticated Dissent by Curtis W. Freeman.
Lauren D. Sawyer
January 9, 2017 / Theology
January 9, 2017 / Theology
Lauren D. Sawyer addresses the appropriation of black Jesus through the work of James Cone and civil rights era fiction.
Doug Frank & Jonathan Hiskes
October 17, 2016 / Praxis
October 17, 2016 / Praxis
In this interview with The Other Journal, Doug Frank discusses moving away from abusive theology toward a way of life that embraces love and suffering.
Taylor C. Ross
October 11, 2016 / Perspective
October 11, 2016 / Perspective
Taylor Ross considers how the recent unmasking of Elena Ferrante reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of language and literature.
Scott Schomburg
September 17, 2015 / Perspective
September 17, 2015 / Perspective
Marilynne Robinson’s novels have become almost synonymous with loneliness, but solitude here remains entangled with a less acknowledged trope—an enveloping and dazzling darkness.
Jerilyn Sambrooke
January 31, 2013 / The Church & Postmodern Culture
January 31, 2013 / The Church & Postmodern Culture
A Review of Jacques Rancière’s Mute Speech Jerilyn Sambrooke “There are some questions we dare …
Tripp York
September 14, 2012 / The Amish Jihadist
September 14, 2012 / The Amish Jihadist
I’ve been asked to teach a Religion and Literature course next semester. I cannot tell …
Chad Lakies
December 16, 2011 / The Church & Postmodern Culture
December 16, 2011 / The Church & Postmodern Culture
The International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture has just listed two new CFPs for …