23Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do…
…‘paradigmatic form’ of the ‘governmental machine’. This initial formulation gave me some hope that Agamben’s notorious searches for origins would at least be qualified. Privileged, if not a paradigmatic laboratory,…
…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…
…Minister Orit Strook’s description of the period as a “miracle,” in the words of an officer who told his soldiers before entering Gaza that when he set aside the dead…
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…
…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…
…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…
…at once fiercely critical, ironic, contemptuous, erudite, and enlightening as he engages thinkers both living and dead on the relationship between blood and its many metaphoric and literal representations. This…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…