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Christopher BensonMusic

The Double Entendre of African-American Music: A Lesson for the Church

The Double Entendre of African-American Music: A Lesson for the Church

TexUncategorized

The Rebel and the Cause

The Rebel and the Cause

Christopher Benson

Why We Need the Dark - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jesus taught that “people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil” (John 3:19). As an anthropological and ethical statement, this is unequivocally true. But do we need physical darkness? In a National Geographic article entitled […]

Christopher BensonFormation

Time Poverty and the Sabbath

Time Poverty and the Sabbath

Christopher Benson

Crazy Ivar: Walking Gently on the Earth - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A Meditation on Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! Shortly after the death of Nebraska pioneer John Bergson, his children––Alexandra, Lou, Oscar, and Emil––go on a “pleasure excursion” to buy a hammock from Crazy Ivar, who obtained the name from his hermetic […]

Jake Meador

On Land and Its Marks

On Land and Its Marks

Tex

St. George, Patron of Tolerance? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

St. George is an unlikely candidate for “saint most likely to promote tolerance and ecumenical understanding” these days.  The legendary soldier is most often pictured astride a gallant warhorse, nobly piercing a large dragon with his lance or spear while […]

Christopher BensonLiterature

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

Jake MeadorLiberal ArtsMarriageTheology and PracticeSocietyFormation

Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding

Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding

TexPoliticsEthicsAnthropologyPhilosophySociologyembodimentWar/International RelationsLiberal ArtsSocial TrendsTheology and PracticeSociety

Carrying the Fallen

Carrying the Fallen

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Dangers of New Media--All Posts

The Dangers of New Media--All Posts

Rebecca ElizabethUncategorized

A Study Revisited (US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study)

A Study Revisited (US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study)