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Rethinking Easter: Towards Radical Inclusivity

…who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained…

…has no works, is dead, being by itself.” James writes this after he has excoriated classism within the church, where the rich were being given preferred seating and treatment and…

A Church Reforming … Into What?—John 2:13-22

13The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.14In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their…

From Mountaintops to Valleys

…Son of Man had risen from the dead. Mark 9:2-9 The unsettling splendour of the transfiguration, the needs of the world and the disciples’ despair, are all captured by Mark…

Between Nostalgia and Critical Memory

…With hands clasped about the pulpit, I looked out onto empty pews, imagining the countless people who had filled those seats over the decades. I shuddered ever so slightly, remembering…

Vulnerability

From Myanmar to Mariupol, from the streets of Memphis to the waves and winds of the Mediterranean Sea: resistance to violence takes many forms. So does political protest against precarity….

The Politics of Inhospitality—Genesis 18:1-15

…one said, ‘I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.’ And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. 11Now…

Surviving through the Storms of Life

…not just on land; it’s on the sea as well. Many folks seek to cross international borders through northern Africa in search of improved human and material resources, asylum from…

The Politics of Hannah’s Opened Womb—1 Samuel 1:4-20; 2:1-10 (Alastair Roberts)

…than ten sons?’ 9 After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside…

Discovering Easter Joy—Mark 16.1-8

…Where is death? Seek it in Christ, for it exists no longer; but it did exist and now it is dead. O life, O death of death!” [St. Augustine, Sermon…

Julia Kristeva

…horror, nausea, and repulsion. While Kristeva’s theory of abjection has already profoundly influenced feminist theory, some have argued that her thought is incompatible with a feminist politics. Judith Butler and…

Pacific Resistance Unmasking the Old Normal in the Era of Covid 19

…of expression, freedom of association, and protection from arbitrary search and seizure.” Similar “emergency” actions have been taken by the government in Vanuatu and Samoa. The region’s dependency on tourism…