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Cone of Shame: A Spiritual Crisis in the Humanities

By Beatrice Marovich

…this whole speculative and ontological debate a bit dizzying—both personally and intellectually. But I’m absolutely fixated on it. I think about it all the time. What would really happen if the abstract, theoretical line between human and animal were to collapse? Or if it were to become so complex and varied that we couldn’t really see where it starts and stops? This isn’t, in any immediate sense, a religious issue. But it has spiritual stakes an…

Papal Profanity: The Vatican’s Pagan Museum

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…that leads you from the private space of the Vatican Library to the suddenly, shockingly public space of the Museums. The end of the tour he choreographed was the courtyard where his two favorite statues were, the Laocoön Group and the Apollo Belvedere. And he ensured that they were all on public display—not in 1503, but in 1767. That leads to the second major misconception the book addresses, in its pivotal central chapter. In a word, it’s not…

South Carolina Fight Club

By Sarah Posner

…conic Fight Club quote for me: Newt *is* Tyler Durden. “First rule of the values party is there is no values party!” @RDispatches SC Fight Club bit.ly/z1XKAy — peter manseau (@petermanseau) January 22, 2012…

Sanders Gets “B-” for Religious Outreach at Liberty U Appearance

By Daniel Schultz

…en, it came across as a litany of one inequality after another. Voters simply don’t respond to facts, especially when they’re recited by someone as different as a Brooklyn-born Jewish socialist is to a mostly southern Evangelical college crowd. But getting into the nitty-gritty of scripture and telling the crowd point blank “Turns out my platform is what your own faith tells you to do”? That would be different, and effective if done well. I can ap…

Day of (Anti-Bullying) Silence Shows “Pro-Family” Activists to be Anti-Gay Bullies

By Julie Ingersoll

…chool.” Seems pretty orderly—and not the least bit disruptive—to me; frankly I’m a bit surprised that students don’t have the right to remain silent even in the classroom. Really? We can force them to talk? Do we want to force them to talk to keep them from protesting bullying? SaveCalifornia responded to today’s planned Day of Silence by advocating that “morally sensitive” Christian parents have their children participate in a walk-out to prot…

Cronus, Chronos, and Christ

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…t when he claimed to be singing a Hesiodic song himself, he referred to Italy proudly as “the land of Saturn” (Georgics 2.173). No Greek had ever referred to the Greek mainland as “the land of Cronus”; such a boast would have seemed bizarre. What Virgil meant by that name is complicated. He essentially re-invented this Saturnus/Cronus figure as a mythic, and subsequently deified, king of Latium who reigned during the Italic Golden Age (Georgics 1…

Billy Graham Is Probably Not the Author of His Own “Final Chapter”

By Elesha Coffman

…ere I Am strongly suggests that the book is, in fact, pseudepigraphic—falsely named. Billy Graham is the sole author listed for this book. His son Franklin’s name appears on a three-page foreword, and, perhaps more tellingly, Franklin is listed as the copyright holder. The foreword asserts that Billy began drafting Where I Am immediately after completing the 2013 book The Reason for My Hope: Salvation, intending that his outline for the latter boo…

Boo! Trump’s Lead With Religious Voters Not As Bigly As You Might Think

By Daniel Schultz

…among Hispanics, 84-12. A few back-of-the-envelope calculations put us firmly in “Holy shit” territory. Even assuming a generous 50-50 split of black, Asian, and other Catholics, Clinton comes out ahead something like 56-36. It’s highly unlikely the race will be that much of a blowout among Catholics, much less Americans overall. Still, strong turnout from Hispanic voters could do serious damage among the religious support Trump needs to win. Even…

Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean

By Josiah Daniels

…, Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book and Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Blonde (initially titled Boys Don’t Cry) only further emphasizes how gospel themes are being increasingly used as a mode of resistance. Since its release at the end of summer, the album’s message has continued to spread far and wide, making its latest round in the news cycle this week when Kanye West threatened to mount a boycott against the Grammys if Blonde wasn’t nominated. Ocean has i…

Louis C.K., Paige Patterson, and the White Male Forgiveness Charade

By Dianna Anderson

…noting that power dynamics meant any consent he obtained was not necessarily willingly given. But the idea that C.K. did not realize that what he was doing was wrong—especially after rumors flew in 2012 about how bad his behavior was—is absurd on its face, and is yet another attempt to frame the discussion as a good man who simply didn’t know that what he did was wrong Redemption of the man who has done bad things is dependent on this final princ…