Christopher Nolan’s Haunted Humanism
Ahmed Elbenni on Christopher Nolan spoiler alert Interstellar is often read as a direct expression of Christopher Nolan’s theology of exclusive humanism, which
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The Critics versus Queen
If we’re lucky, we’ve killed a man. A self that has to pass away for something new to be born. People are buying
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First Impressions #102: Birgit Meyer on Ghana’s Hollywood
Christianity has greatly shaped popular filmmaking in Ghana. Kristian Petersen talks with Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht,
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MRBlog | Two Reviews of Risen (2016)
Religious Studies professors at my institution (Rhodes College) were recently offered tickets to an advanced screening of Risen (Sony 2016). My colleague and I
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First Impressions #44: Ranen Omer-Sherman
Dave Krueger talks with Ranen Omer-Sherman about his new book Imagining the Kibbutz: Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film. Omer-Sherman is the
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Directions in the Study of Religion: Nathan Abrams
Kristian Petersen talks with Nathan Abrams, Professor at Bangor University and member of the Advisory Board of MRB, about Jews, Jewishness, and Judaism in
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