A Voice in the Oregon Wilderness: Doug Frank’s Revelation of a Gentler God
Doug Frank. A Gentler God: Breaking Free of the Almighty in the Company of the Human Jesus. Eugene, OR. Wipf & Stock, 2010. $22.40. I must confess, at the outset, that I know Dr. Doug Frank. I...
View ArticleMaster Signifiers and the Survival of Evangelicalism: An Interview with David...
In his latest book, “The End of Evangelicalism?”, pastor and professor David E. Fitch explores the possibility of evangelicalism surviving, in some form, throughout the 21st century. Fitch utilizes...
View ArticleBell Rings True: A Review of Rob Bell’s Love Wins
One interpretation has collapsed; but because it was considered the interpretation it now seems as if there were no meaning at all in existence, as if everything were in vain. – Friedrich Nietzsche,...
View ArticleA Sacred Longing: A Review of Simone Weil’s Waiting for God
Mary Van Denend reflects on Simone Weil's "Waiting for God," a seminal piece on Weil's understandings of grace, affliction, and our "sacred longing" for God.
View ArticleCelebrity and Iconicity: Some Preliminary Sketches
That contemporary America is captivated by the phenomenon of celebrity is hardly a contestable observation. Even those of us who try to limit the impact of celebrity on our life find that its tenacity...
View ArticleAnxieties of Influence: Performance Art, Celebrity, and the Self
I have one goal as an artist: not to sit on my ass. For me, art is action in all of its variety of forms. Performance artists, then, should be pushing the boundaries of action, daring to engage with...
View ArticleGaga à Gogo
I remember the first time I saw Lady Gaga perform on TV. She was seated at a very large and very pink piano brimming with plastic bubbles. She had barely tickled the flamingo ivory before strutting...
View ArticleFaithful to the Work: An Interview and Two Poems with John Leax, Part I
An elder statesman in art and faith circles, John Leax (Jack to friends) is a poet and essayist of hard-earned, humble wisdom, and as such, he avoids the spotlight. The author of books like Country...
View ArticleFaithful to the Work: An Interview and Two Poems with John Leax, Part II
Read part one of our interview, plus two more of John Leax’s poems (and audio) here. An elder statesman in art and faith circles, John Leax (Jack to friends) is a poet and essayist of hard-earned,...
View ArticleThis Is the Way the World Ends: A Conversation between Kara N. Slade and Amy...
Dystopian novels—stories of the future going badly wrong—have apparently now surpassed the vampire and fantasy genres in the young adult fiction market. The books, and the phenomenon of their...
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