Learning to Read the Victorian Church – By David Frazer Lewis
David Frazer Lewis on Michael Hall’s George Frederick Bodley and the Later Gothic Revival in Britain and America What do Victorian churches mean?
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Displaced Anxiety: Medieval Christian Representations of the Jew and Christian Self-Reflection – By Deeana Klepper
Deeana Klepper on Sara Lipton’s Dark Mirror The past few years have seen a stunning increase in violent attacks directed against Jews and Jewish
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Belief Is Not Dead: Science, Theology, and Culture in Graham Ward’s Unbelievable – By Sarah Lane
Sarah Lane on Graham Ward’s Unbelievable The topic of belief can seem an awkward guest in contemporary discussions of epistemology. Tacitly or openly
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Angels: Here, There, and Everywhere – By Robin Darling Young
Robin Darling Young on Ellen Muehlberger’s Angels in Late Ancient Christianity “Some have entertained angels unaware,” according to the author of Hebrews —
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A Broken Resurrection: Faith and the Future in Toni Morrison’s New Novel – By Andrew Lanham
Andrew Lanham on Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child Like fantastic prisms made of words, Toni Morrison’s novels each refract a singular history
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Thomas Merton and the Benefit of Recollecting Ancient Christian Worship – By Lee M. Jefferson
Lee M. Jefferson on Andrew B. McGowan’s Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective A Sufi scholar once
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The Logic of God: A New Look at an Old Reason to Believe – By Joshua Rasmussen
Joshua Rasmussen on A.D. Smith’s Anselm’s Other Argument Can belief in God be based upon reason? Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033-1109) thought so.
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Peddler on the Hoof – By Shari Rabin
Shari Rabin on Hasia Diner’s Roads Taken A colleague and I once came up with a party game for the field of American Jewish history.
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Metaphor and Its Limits – By Ellen Muehlberger
Ellen Muehlberger on Douglas Boin’s Coming Out Christian in the Roman World Douglas Boin starts his new book by revealing a secret about himself:
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Confessions of a Hollywood Liberal: American Sitcoms and the Culture Wars, from Norman Lear to “Parks and Recreation” – By L. Benjamin Rolsky
L. Benjamin Rolsky on Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America A little over a month ago, the critically acclaimed situation comedy “Parks and
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