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An Ecological Grammar of Violence

An Ecological Grammar of Violence

August 5, 2020

Matthew J. Lynch

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day…

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The Temple of Creation: Part Two

The Temple of Creation: Part Two

July 29, 2020

Trevor Laurence

Part One of this exploration began with the observation that the Old Testament frequently depicts the cosmos as…

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The Politics of Feasting

The Politics of Feasting

July 22, 2020

Ian Paul

Luke 14 emerges in a sequence of episodes that don’t look to the modern reader to be very…

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The Temple of Creation: Part One

The Temple of Creation: Part One

July 15, 2020

Trevor Laurence

Throughout the Old Testament, the biblical authors describe God’s creation with a variety of architectural metaphors. God’s upper…

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Direct Speech and the Art of Interpretation

Direct Speech and the Art of Interpretation

July 8, 2020

James Bejon

As Robert Alter rightly points out, the Old Testament prefers to avoid indirect speech. By way of illustration…

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Stop Looking Away: What an Obscure Bible Character Shows Us about George Floyd’s Death

Stop Looking Away: What an Obscure Bible Character Shows Us about George Floyd’s Death

July 1, 2020

Christine Jeske

In times like these I look to Rizpah. As our nation responds to the latest in the long…

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The Prayers of the Saints and the Judgment of God

The Prayers of the Saints and the Judgment of God

June 24, 2020

Trevor Laurence

For many around the world, the experience of the last several weeks and months has been profoundly destabilizing…

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Are We, Indeed, the Stewards of Eden?

Are We, Indeed, the Stewards of Eden?

June 17, 2020

Sandra L. Richter

I gave my first public message on the issue of environmental stewardship in 2005 at Asbury Theological Seminary’s…

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The Prophetic Theater of John the Baptist

The Prophetic Theater of John the Baptist

June 10, 2020

Trevor Laurence

Quite often in the Old Testament, the prophets of Israel who speak the word of the Lord to…

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The Eucharist, the Kingdom, and the World

The Eucharist, the Kingdom, and the World

June 3, 2020

Porter C. Taylor

The Eucharist is by far the most complete examination of the whole Divine Liturgy in Alexander Schmemann’s substantial…

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Pentecost, Sinai, and God’s Harvest

Pentecost, Sinai, and God’s Harvest

May 27, 2020

Trevor Laurence

In the Bible, time is liturgical. The lights in the heavens are given to mark the appointed feasts…

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Celebrating the Ascension in a Time of Pandemic: The Dialectic of Absence and Presence

Celebrating the Ascension in a Time of Pandemic: The Dialectic of Absence and Presence

May 21, 2020

Adonis Vidu

The current pandemic has generated some very contradictory reactions. There are those that, for a variety of reasons…

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