Books
Ways of Knowing, Ethics of Care in Piranesi’s Labyrinth
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi evokes an ethics of care within a mythical landscape haunted by continuous loss. By Courtney Sender
Centering Black Evangelicals and Their Stories
A Q&A with Todne Thomas on her latest book, Kincraft: The Making of Black Evangelical Sociality. By Adam McNeil
Contemplative Prayer in Christianity
A reading list from Stephanie Paulsell’s seminar.
Dune, or the Order of Time
Convergences of messianism, religion, and politics in Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dune Messiah resonate with his time and our own. By Charles M. Stang
Calvin, Capitalism, and Predestination
Benjamin Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism prompts us to consider the conditions under which the idea of divine chosenness might appear in our social landscapes. By Michelle Sanchez
Religion, Economics, and the Stories We Tell
Benjamin Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism challenges scholarly truisms by showing how a set of Protestant theological claims influenced economic thought and practice. By Devin Singh
Encounters with the Possible
A Q&A with Charles Hallisey on his new book, Poems of the First Buddhist Women: A Translation of the Therigatha. By Sarah Fleming
The Deliciousness of Truth
Black and Buddhist: In the face of white supremacy, Buddhism reteaches us how to relate to truth and to one another. By Pamela Ayo Yetunde
A Full-Bodied Dharma
Black and Buddhist: Contributors to this volume take refuge in embodied practice and in vibrant community. By Judith Simmer-Brown
Freedom Doesn’t Happen in a Day
Four voices celebrate the publication of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Buddhism offers practical tools to work through intergenerational trauma. By Cheryl A. Giles
Film & Television
An African Ecological Ethics of Invitation
An African’s take on Journey of the Universe. By Mohammed Girma
Cancer Rites and the Remission Society
50/50 captures the rites and rituals of cancer patients. By Paul Stoller
Way, Truth, and Life in Art
Lech Majewski’s film, The Mill & the Cross. By Mary M. Anderson
The Wordsmith’s Two-Edged Power
Don Draper uses words to shape reality in Mad Men. By Peter Boumgarden
Determination vs. Determinism
Determination vs. Determinism in The Adjustment Bureau. By Kevin Madigan
Ash and Breath: Christ on ‘The Road’
A Christological reading of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and the film based on it. By Charles M. Stang
A Homeland Imagined and Consumed
Swades: A nonresident Indian rediscovers ‘home.’ By Richard Delacy
Perfect Machines, Avenging Angels
The New Sci Fi: Battlestar Galactica and The Sarah Connor Chronicles. By Brett Grainger
The Tip of an Ideological Iceberg
Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family. By Kathryn Joyce
Battles of Wills
Stalingrad and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. By Kevin Madigan
