Shakespeare Contra Nietzsche by Andrew Lanham
In the 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, one of his most influential afterlives has been in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, who thought
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Why Isn’t the Rhetorical Real? The Case of Epiphanius of Cyprus – By Todd S. Berzon
Todd S. Berzon on Young Richard Kim’s Epiphanius of Cyprus Epiphanius of Cyprus (ca. 315–403 C.E.) has never been held in especially high
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Grace and Transformation – By Susan Eastman
Susan Eastman on John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift In a remarkable movie called “The Fisher King” (1991), Robin Williams plays a homeless
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Freud and the American Death Drive by Patrick Blanchfield
If ever a person could kill a joke, it was Sigmund Freud. “Here is an American anecdote: ‘Two not particularly scrupulous businessmen had
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First Impressions #82: Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez on the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
In the nineteenth-century United States, the Virgin Mary appealed to Protestants just as much as she did to Catholics. Dave Krueger speaks
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Impolite Conversation #11: Fracturing of the Christian Right and the Religious “Gender Gap”
This month we talk to Carin Robinson, co-author of Onward Christian Soldiers:? The Religious Right in American Politics, about the current state of the
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First Impressions #81: Redskins: Insult and Brand by C. Richard King
Exploiting an imagined “Native Americanness” for profit or pleasure is a common feature of the American experience. Kristian Petersen talks with C. Richard
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Marla Frederick on Race, Gender, Religious Broadcasting and Social Media
Nyasha Junior talks with Marla F. Frederick Dr. Marla Frederick is Professor of African and African American Studies and the Study of Religion
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Uyghur Histories – By James A. Millward
James Millward on Rian Thum’s The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History Though Western media and political circles still tend to treat Islam in
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Onward Christian Strangers – By Omri Elisha
Omri Elisha on Anna Strhan’s Aliens and Strangers? Nearly a generation has passed since a time when anyone would be surprised to learn
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