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Expanding the Definition of Yoga

MRB February 16, 2017 0

Ellen Gough on Christopher Key Chapple’s Yoga in Jainism In November of 2015, Jennifer Scharf’s yoga class at the University of Ottawa was cancelled after the university’s student federation expressed concerns that yoga was

Built for Today, Living on in Tomorrow

MRB February 16, 2017 0

Evan McWilliams on Gretchen Buggeln’s Suburban Church Those who grew up in the sprawling postwar suburbs of the United States typically pass by the churches that dot the landscape, surrounded by cracked pavements and

“Every age is a Canterbury Pilgrimage”: <em>Art and the Sacred in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain</em> – by Emma Mason

“Every age is a Canterbury Pilgrimage”: Art and the Sacred in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain – by Emma Mason

MRB January 28, 2017 0

Emma Mason on Kathryn Barush’s Art and the Sacred Journey in Britain In a short blog, “The Story of Brexit, in the style of Mideast reporting,” Adam Kotsko imagines the current state of the

The Dictionary is Holy – By James Chapin

MRB July 20, 2016 1

The book lords over my living room. A shelf sags under its weight of ink and wood-pulp. Inside are pages the size of napkins at an Italian restaurant, 2666 of them, printed in three

MRBlog | What Jews Kvetch About When They Kvetch About Bernie Sanders

MRB April 15, 2016 0

By Sandra Fox How the Democratic candidate for President is the newest pretext for an old debate over acceptable American Jewish identity In the past weeks leading up to the Democratic primary in New

MRBlog | Invoking Francis: Bernie on the Border

MRB March 25, 2016 0

By Sarah “Moxy” Moczygemba Religion and the religious language used by candidates and their supporters is a common topic of debate and analysis during most American election seasons. We’re still eight months away from the

Things I’ve Seen: Loyd Grossman

MRB July 21, 2015 0

Things I’ve Seen Can an artwork change your life? In the new series Things I’ve Seen, we interview people whose lives have been transformed by art. First up is Loyd Grossman, who went from

Blood: The Element of Christianity. A Forum on Gil Anidjar’s <i>Blood</i>

Blood: The Element of Christianity. A Forum on Gil Anidjar’s Blood

MRB March 2, 2015 0

A Forum edited by Nina Caputo “Is there such a thing as ‘the Christian Question?'” Gil Anidjar’s Blood: A Critique of Christianity opens. “The reading I offer, the argument I ultimately propose, is that between presence

Political Theology and Divine Violence: A Forum on Ted A. Smith’s <i>Weird John Brown</i>

Political Theology and Divine Violence: A Forum on Ted A. Smith’s Weird John Brown

MRB February 18, 2015 0

A Forum Edited by Davey Henreckson Does religion intensify violence? Does religion complicate attempts to address violence? Ted A. Smith argues that theological reflection can rather enhance public conversations about violence and race in America. The Marginalia Review