Michael F. Pettinger

Michael F. Pettinger was a professor in the literature and religious studies programs at Eugene Lang College/The New School, where he taught courses on medieval lit and the history of Christianity. He co-edited and contributed to a collection of studies entitled Queer Christianities (NYU Press, 2015). He is currently working as a freelance writer and educator.

Archive, Culture, History/TheologyOctober 30, 2019

Supernatural Drama ‘Evil’ Provides No Easy Answers to Questions of Faith, Reason, and the Nature of Evil

By Michael F. Pettinger

Whether it’s the mysteries of technology or the inscrutable malice of the people around us, Evil explores the individual’s sense of powerlessness and the possibility that even an institution as flawed and problematic as the Catholic Church might offer within it the seeds of hope.