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So why doesn’t China let it’s citizens read Political Jesus?
Image by inju via Flickr Thanks to Christian Salafia for the heads up on the story. Along with Salafia, Joel Watts & co. , as well as those guys still looking for Jesus when they are right next to...
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Movie Review Tri-Blog (Rod)- Green Lantern
Image via Wikipedia EVERYDAY MASCULINITIES Yesterday, I promised to post a movie review of the Green Lantern film, from a cultural studies perspective. Whatever you do, please ignore the professional...
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Sunday Funnies: A New post at Real Men of Genesis is up!
I just updated and posted on Real Men of Genesis. One Pastor Says the Holy Ghost Calls us to be girly men. RodtRDHRod the Rogue Demon Hunter, Preacher of Hope | Black Scholar of Patristics | Writer for...
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Theologian Roger Olson has thoughts about Father’s Day
So, please celebrate your dad if he’s been a good dad and speak kindly of the men who have spoken well into your life. And do whatever you can to help turn around this negative image of men and fathers...
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The Fall to Empire
The following contains brief excerpts from a forthcoming article in Testamentum Imperium. We have all heard the same story, about a garden, about a woman that leads the world into sin, and God curses...
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On Independence Day: Immigration & The Church
Empire & English-Onlyism Versus Pentecostal Existence & Christian Freedom Instead of doing a negative rant on nationalism as idolatry, I decided the best way to discuss Independence Day/July...
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@PastorMark : I have a confession as #manlyman
Okay, so I gave in. I am going to go ahead and make a confession about how much of a manly man I am. Jason and Joel and Christian each have made theirs. Here is mine. 1. I cry every single time I watch...
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Help Needed: Systematic/Constructive Theology Works By Women
Amanda is calling for a little help in looking for systematic or constructive theology texts written by women. I’m working on a blog project, and I need some help. Can anyone point me to systematic...
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Race Wars Episode II: The Confederacy Strikes Back
Recently, the the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has been considering a license plate designed by the Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans. Earlier this year, a few states made moves to celebrate...
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Can Science Fiction and The Post-colonial Co-exist?
This was the question that was running across my mind as I was reading SCIENCE FICTION, IMPERIALISM AND THE THIRD WORLD: ESSAYS ON POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE AND FILM by Ericka Hoagland and Reema Sarwal....
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Book Review: Edward Said’s Orientalism
Finishing this text was an accomplishment, and I am so happy I took my time with this book. So much to absorb. I have high hopes of reading it again I tried avoiding simplistic summaries and...
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The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pregnancy: Colonizing Women’s Bodies
I have to admit that I agreed with probably the first 5 minutes and change of this video, with a few qualifications. First of all, on the Virgin Birth, there were stories in other religions which...
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Ishmael & Immigration: A Postcolonial Reading of Genesis 16
Last week, I finished Edward Said’s Orientalism, and I could not help myself thinking about how the way Orientalism infects our reading of Scripture. One of the largely unchallenged biases we read into...
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U.S. Air Force Scraps Just War Teaching
Thanks to Truth Out, Air Force is now stopping a class taught by chaplains on Just War Theory for the use of nuclear weapons. First of all, let me be clear here, the use of nuclear weapons is no way...
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Brian MacAverey’s Blog Has Moved, and with a Postcolonial Makeover!
Brian hasthat his blog has moved. He has begun a series on one of my favorite books, Joerg Reiger’s Christ and Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times. Quite exciting. Check out: Silent Weapons For...
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Science Fiction & Politics: Did Octavia Butler Foresee Our Current Disaster?
I came across an interesting article that takes a look at Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. I am still working through her Kindred, but in the future I plan to read the Parable series. “The age...
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Newsweek Continues Its Blatant Sexism; NOW comes to Michelle Bachmann’s Defense
So Sean Hannity and other Self-Righteous Talking Heads can NOW Shut up! Huffington Post on How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah Palin?-Newsweek Houston, I think we have a gender problem. Yesterday,...
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The Federalist Papers p1 of 2: A Christian Theological Critique
Today, I begin the first of a two part series on the Federalist Papers authored by Publius in 1787, I mean Alexander Hamilton, I mean James Madison. You get my drift. This first piece is a look at the...
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Science Fiction & Sexism: Joel on Star Trek: Voyager
I would argue that with the final episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the t.v. series of Star Trek ended. No more spin-offs or series happened. You tell me anything different, you are a heretic....
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Julie Clawson on Torchwood as Postcolonial Science Fiction
I just love it when postcolonial theory and science fiction on television fit together just so nicely. I am also big fan of this years Torchwood series: Miracle Day. I find it intriguing, just like the...
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