Sexuality and Religious Authority in the Black Church
Joseph Winters on Monique Moultrie The intersection of Christianity and black female sexuality is a site of tension and complexity. On the one hand,
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From Medieval Brilliance to Modern Beauty
Natalie Jones on the Melody of Love One of the most defining characteristics of medieval mystical writing is its use and style of
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First Impressions #91: Josef Sorett on A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics
Most of the major African American literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular. In reality, religion
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First Impressions #59: The Study Qur’an
Kristian Petersen talks with Caner Dagli of College of the Holy Cross, Maria Dakake of George Mason University, and Joseph Lumbard of American
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Mallory Ortberg will join us at AAR/SBL, seize @MarginaliaROB
We have some exciting news to share. Mallory Ortberg will be joining us at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta! Mallory Ortberg is
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First Impressions #40: Lauren Winner
Art Remillard talks with Lauren Winner about her new book, Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God. Winner
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Gratitude to our Departing Editorial Director
Three years ago a small team worked every day through the summer months to craft what would launch in January 2013 as the
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Directions in the Study of Religion: Titus Hjelm
Kristian Petersen talks with Titus Hjelm, Lecturer at University College London, about social constructionism, and his new book Social Constructionisms: Approaches to the
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Religion and Hip Hop: Grammar of the Real World
[AUDIO] Timothy Michael Law talks with Anthony Pinn and Monica Miller In this interview, MRB Editor-in-Chief Timothy Michael Law talks with Prof. Anthony
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Top 10 Most Read of 2014
The 10 most read reviews and essays from the past year 1. The Vanishing Jews of Antiquity — Adele Reinhartz on the question of translating the Greek
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