…a way of dealing with such uncertainties. It is far easier to be playful when times are smooth and risk-free. Serious meditation is for troubled times, a search for deeper…
…the conclusion of his contribution, “not so much an alternative or ‘lost’ genealogy of sovereignty, rather… an interruption of the seamless narrative of transition to political modernity.” It is in…
…is this season that makes these events seem appropriate. Advent teaches us that the divine does not whisper through the powers-that-be, but through the lowly, downtrodden, the no-bodies. “In the…
…Minnesota. This scheme realized Ireland’s dreams of white Catholic land acquisition and use. His plans to erect schools on that land demonstrate the seamless way his Americanist bent—his enthusiasm for…
…famous by Plato’s dialogue) were just such occasions, which confirmed one’s membership of an aristocratic male culture. Yet, in both settings there were patterns of deep-seated inclusivity, which surfaced periodically…
…the Seer, in his vision of heavenly justice, imagines the overcoming of Roman empire, through the envisioning of a ruptured cosmic order: When he opened the sixth seal, I looked,…
…peasant mobilizations offer not so much an alternative or “lost” genealogy of sovereignty, rather, they represent an interruption of the seamless narrative of transition to political modernity. When histories of…
…when scripture was written. Even if you removed all of the verses that conservatives use to condemn same-gender relationships you would have to search pretty carefully to find the handful…
…480 BC) and Salamis (sea, 480 BC), and the destruction of Persepolis by Alexander the Great (330 BC), to which one might add the battle of Carrhae (53 BC, between…
…of the role antagonism plays in dehumanization. It’s not as if Calley harbored deep-seated prejudices against the Vietnamese before the war, the framing of the conflict itself was sufficient to…
…symbolic use of salt in offerings and sacrifice, as well as in sealing God’s covenant with Israel (Numbers 28:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5). In short, when Jesus said, “You are the…
…boy in search of medical treatment.[4] Widely regarded as one of the darkest days of the Troubles, Bloody Sunday left a legacy of pain that time has not healed. Despite…