Humor and Hope from Passover to Purim
Joel S. Kaminsky on the significance of humor in biblical persecution A number of years ago I wrote an essay examining the humorous elements
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Making the Arab World: A Review
Yoav Di-Capua Reviews Fawaz Gerges Sayyid Qutb’s friends and associates are finally talking. They didn’t say much in prison during the 1950s and 1960s,
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Christian Wiman Illuminated
Scott Casleton Reviews Christian Wiman’s He Held Radical Light The poet possesses the power of transfiguration. Like Phalaris’ bronze bull transforming the cries of
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Cafe Culture, Judaism, and World Making
Avery Robinson Reviews Shachar Pinsker Well over a century before “pumpkin spice latte” was uttered in Europe, coffeehouses were in the vanguard of Western
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Christian Machismo?
Ross Wignall Reviews Brendan Jamal Thornton Juan Carlos was a drug dealer and user until he found God at the Pentecostal church in
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Midwifery, Spiritualism, and Modern Birth
Audrey Farley Reviews Wendy Kline “It was the most amazing experience of my life, feeling him come through my body,” Brazilian supermodel Gisele
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The Anxiety of Influence
Devin Singh responds to D. Stephen Long In my introduction to Divine Currency, I note in passing a set of concerns that often
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Confession and Cosmopolitanism
Frederick Klaits Reviews Jason Bruner What happens when people’s cultural and social horizons undergo dramatic shifts? For those who have experienced colonial rule,
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Antisemitism, Adorno, and the Theory of Hate
James Loeffler reflects on antisemitism and intersectionality After last October’s synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, American society responded in predictable fashion: Politicians and communal
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Paul and the Cosmic Tyrant: Sin and Emergence Theory
Wesley Hill on Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans A pastor friend in the midst of sermon preparation recently emailed
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