Heaven Without God?: How a Fourth Century Theologian Solves the Dilemma of NBC’s ‘The Good Place’
[WARNING: This contains spoilers for the final episode of NBC’s The Good Place ] ‘Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try’, sang…
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Netflix’s ‘Marianne’ and the Little Man of God
‘He was not a bad man but he was also not a nice man either. I am not sure that being nice was actually…
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The Religious Turn in Fleabag
At the centre of the first season of the BAFTA-winning comedy Fleabag is the gleefully promiscuous eponymous protagonist, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, whose answer to…
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Re-Enchantment and Post-Secularity in Game of Thrones
Question: What do Daenerys Targaryen, The Unburnt, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, and yourself—with fingers hovering idly over trackpad and eyes bouncing across…
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Review: How to Survive the Apocalypse
Alissa Wilkinson and Robert Joustra. How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids,…
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Reading in the Dark
“Why is it that you like to read such dark stories?” As a literature professor at a small evangelical Christian college, I often get…
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Theology of the Body in Modern Horror
In the history of the development of the horror novel certain periods become associated with certain social and cultural anxieties. The classic example is…
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Review: Don’t Stop Believin’ (in pop culture)
Robert K. Johnston, Craig Detweiler, Barry Taylor, eds. Don’t Stop Believin’: Pop Culture and Religion from Ben-Hur to Zombies, Louisville, Westminster John Knox Press, 2012…
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Why Clergy Should Watch Fantasy and Science Fiction
What might make a good Sabbath habit for a clergy person in front of the TV or laptop screen? And what could possibly be…
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