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Jesus and the Economics of Scarcity

…is deadly, and with the ever increasing gap between the rich and the poor, life expectancy for the poorest is shrinking. She was writing this before the global pandemic of…

When Faithfulness to God Hurts Our Neighbor

…the dead (Hebrews 11:17–9). As early as the 2nd century CE, Christian interpreters such as Melito of Sardis also began to see in Isaac a type of Christ—both characters willingly…

…the Latin verb transcendo (trans + scando), which means to climb or rise over. It is, if you like, a dead metaphor, a word whose original metaphoric function has been…

The Politics of Transfiguration: Transformation’s Shadow Side (Luke 9:28-36)

…expression. Inquiries and submissions may be sent to [email protected].] In the lectionary, Transfiguration follows the season of Epiphany with one last display of light. The lights flare brilliantly and momentarily…

The Politics of 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14

…These include David’s nephew, Joab, whose men had killed David’s other son, Absalom, as well as Shimei, the relative of the dead King Saul who had cursed David when he…

Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

…planet’s growing bubble of greenhouse gas is changing the climate, producing an overall warming of global temperatures, increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, melting icecaps, raising sea levels, extending…

Friendship in Dark Times: Fragments on Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Literatures

…Muslims is in deep shit. Since I am not a dead woman walking in the streets of Gaza in search of her beloved, I’m rather busy trying to measure the…

Rethinking Genealogy, Rethinking Race

…decidedly not biological, and if treating it as such has patently deadly social and ecological effects, is there an ongoing attachment to narrating racial identity through biology? What is the…

A Sensuous Eastertide

season of Easter is a season of resurrection, and there is space for all to find God in a sensuous disruption to the regular rhythms and patterns of each day….

Religion and Civil Society: From Alienation to Constitutive Resistance

…ago the people of north-eastern Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt, and the Cobourg Peninsula interacted and exchanged with the Muslim Makassans searching for trepangs (sea-slugs). Items exchanged included turtle-shell, pearls, and…

From Servitude to Service

…them through the waters of the Reed Sea. Moses’ first order of business after leading them across the sea is to retrace his steps to Sinai so the people can…

From Servitude to Service

…by Pharaoh’s hand by bringing them through the waters of the Reed Sea. Moses’ first order of business after leading them across the sea is to retrace his steps to…