First Impressions #77: Father James Martin on the Seven Last Words of Jesus
The final utterances of Jesus Christ on the cross are particularly meaningful to his followers. Father James Martin speaks with First Impressions host
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“A deeply textured trove of learning and reference”: The Gift of David Jones – By Francesca Brooks
Francesca Brooks on Ariane Bankes and Paul Hills, The Art of David Jones It was in the afternoon sunshine at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
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Making the Qurʾan Turkish: Translation and Power in the Ottoman Empire – By Micah Hughes
Micah Hughes on M. Brett Wilson’s Translating the Qurʾan in an Age of Nationalism What could be more unassuming and unexceptional than translation?
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Whose God was Slain? Anthropology and the Diversity of World Christianity – By Jason Bruner
Jason Bruner on Timothy Larsen’s The Slain God Is anthropology inherently inimical to the truth claims of the Christian faith? In The Slain
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How Do We Think Human/Animal Differences? – By Ken Stone
Ken Stone on Matthew Calarco’s Thinking through Animals One of the most striking developments in the humanities and social sciences has been the
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First Impressions #76: Grawemeyer Award Winner in Religion: Susan R. Holman
Why is religion so important for thinking about global health today? This a special edition of First Impressions featuring the winner of the 2016
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MRBlog | OPINION: Rev. Barber’s Moral Movement to Reconstruct Democracy By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Writing for the New York Times, Charles Blow recently confessed a sense of dread that many Americans feel in this year’s Presidential campaign: “Sometimes
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Conversations in Black: Sylvester A. Johnson
Monica Miller and Christopher Driscoll talk with Sylvester A. Johnson Dr. Sylvester A. Johnson is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Religious
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First Impressions #75: Sean McCloud on Fighting Demons in American Culture
A haunted present is often the symptom of a repressed past. Dave Krueger speaks with Sean McCloud author of American Possessions: Fighting
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MRBlog | DISPATCHES. In Line for Donald J. Trump by Charles Halton
Charles Halton talks with people waiting for a Trump rally A week or two ago I heard that Donald J. Trump was staging a
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