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If Richard Dawkins is honestly interested in liberating women oppressed by patriarchal religions—that is to say, if he’s not just interested in the suffering of religious women as a foil for his atheistic evangelism—then Richard Dawkins needs to shut up and listen. In fact, we all do. As with all things of any significance,...
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Jesus, why you so angry? We get it already. You have some problems with your religious leaders and institutions. But why you no focus on the positive? Why you always gots to be so negative? That whip ain’t very Christ-like, now is it? You’re obviously a very troubled soul. I pray for you. I...
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I was fortunate enough to be able to make two films this past summer, both featuring my brother Jim. I’ve known for about a month that one of them, Revolution, is to win an award at this year’s WorldFest-Houston. But I’ve just this evening learned that the other one, Who Art in Heaven, will...
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One of the films I made last summer, Revolution, has been selected to screen (twice) at the 46th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. This marks the second year in a row Jim Stark’s glorious visage will grace the screens of Houston’s AMC Studio 30. Click here to see Revolution‘s entry on the WorldFest-Houston website. What...
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I’m very pleased to be able to say that my professor, Chris Rollston, has officially accepted a visiting professorship at George Washington University beginning in the Spring semester. You can read his announcement here, as well as his note of thanks to his friends, colleagues, and students, here. This marks the end of a...
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In seeking liberation for themselves and subversion of the dominant meta-theologies, contextual theologies often do violence to or ignore other marginalized voices. For instance, Womanist theology—theology done from the experience of black women—has brought up the issue of where  black women fit into white women’s theology, especially in relation to the history of oppression at...
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Much has been said over the past six weeks to disparage the character of Dr. Christopher Rollston as an academic and a Christian. But what has been painted is a distorted and ultimately false portrait of the man who has touched deeply the lives of countless students and Christians throughout his career. What follows...
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Today, Inside Higher Education published an exposé revealing pieces of information surrounding Dr. Christopher Rollston’s plight at Emmanuel Christian Seminary. It brings to the forefront a letter written to Dr. Rollston by ECS President Michael Sweeney detailing several of the justifications for his (still pending) termination. It does not reveal the entire contents of...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about apocalypse. It might be because I’m reading The Walking Dead (a zombie apocalypse graphic novel) and Y: The Last Man (all the men on the planet except for one mysteriously die). Perhaps it’s because I’ve been reading Derrick Jensen’s Endgame. (Jensen is a reluctant apocalyptic prophet, who calls us to...
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