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Of Witches and the Holy Spirit: Christian Film Production in Ghana – by Katrien Pype

September 10, 2016January 31, 2017

Katrien Pype on Birgit Meyer’s Sensational Movies Nollywood is a Lagos-based film industry that has been captivating wide audiences in Nigeria and its ... [Read More]

La Dolce Vita: Desires and Despairs of Latin American Migrants in Rome – By Hillary Kaell

May 9, 2016May 10, 2016

Hillary Kaell on Valentina Napolitano’s Migrant Hearts and the Atlantic Return Arrayed in white before the crowd at St. Peter’s in Vatican City, ... [Read More]

Faith in Motion: Techniques and Technologies of Prayer in the Appalachians and Beyond – By Bruno Reinhardt

May 9, 2016May 10, 2016

Bruno Reinhardt on Anderson Blanton’s Hittin’ the Prayer Bones In his 1964 classic Understanding Media, Marshall McLuhan argued that increasing mediatization has transformed ... [Read More]

Onward Christian Strangers – By Omri Elisha

April 23, 2016April 26, 2016

Omri Elisha on Anna Strhan’s Aliens and Strangers? Nearly a generation has passed since a time when anyone would be surprised to learn ... [Read More]

Reparations, Not Reconciliation – By John Senior

April 23, 2016April 26, 2016

John Senior on Jennifer Harvey’s Dear White Christians Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me, the wrenching and beautifully rendered epistolary ... [Read More]

Let No One Despise Your Youth – By AnneMarie Mingo

April 23, 2016April 26, 2016

AnneMarie Mingo on Rufus Burrow Jr.’s A Child Shall Lead Them Recent social movements from DREAM Activists to the Arab Spring to Black ... [Read More]

A Virtuous Village, a Pure Voice: The Moralization of Semiotic Form in the Christian Pacific – Webb Keane

February 29, 2016March 1, 2016

Webb Keane reviews Handman’s Critical Christianity and Harkness’s Songs of Seoul What does being a Christian guarantee? For many empirical observers, theology will ... [Read More]

Babylon’s Imperial Allure – By Phillip M. Sherman

February 29, 2016March 1, 2016

Phillip M. Sherman on Erin Runions’s The Babylon Complex Mythology matters. The stories we tell ourselves, individually and collectively, shape our experience of ... [Read More]

Holy Ghosts – By Christopher Mayo

February 1, 2016April 29, 2016

Christopher Mayo on Rebecca Suter’s Holy Ghosts Francis Xavier kicked off a “Christian century” when he arrived in Japan in 1549. Over the ... [Read More]

Charisma and the Place of the Prophet in Our Times – By Girish Daswani

February 1, 2016February 2, 2016

Girish Daswani on Ruy Llera Blanes’ A Prophetic Trajectory In 2013, T.B. Joshua, the controversial Nigerian prophet and founder of the Synagogue Church ... [Read More]

Modern Christianity

Of Witches and the Holy Spirit: Christian Film Production in Ghana – by Katrien Pype

La Dolce Vita: Desires and Despairs of Latin American Migrants in Rome – By Hillary Kaell

Faith in Motion: Techniques and Technologies of Prayer in the Appalachians and Beyond – By Bruno Reinhardt

Onward Christian Strangers – By Omri Elisha

Reparations, Not Reconciliation – By John Senior

Let No One Despise Your Youth – By AnneMarie Mingo

A Virtuous Village, a Pure Voice: The Moralization of Semiotic Form in the Christian Pacific – Webb Keane

Babylon’s Imperial Allure – By Phillip M. Sherman

Holy Ghosts – By Christopher Mayo

Charisma and the Place of the Prophet in Our Times – By Girish Daswani

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