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Monday :: February 8, 2010

Why Lord? Haiti and the God-Question

by J. Kameron Carter

January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake, the same strength quake that rocked San Francisco in 1989, brought the little island nation of Haiti to its knees. Some news outlets have reported that nearly one-third of the nation’s population, or somewhere in the neighborhood of about 3 million people, have been affected either by being killed, maimed, or left homeless. It is not an exaggeratio . . .

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Wednesday :: February 3, 2010

In Praise of Dishonest Managers: The Economic Crisis in Light of Luke 16:1–9

by Daniel M. Bell Jr.

What Went Wrong? We are over a year into the current economic crisis, and it is still not clear what happened. Even as the same folks who did not see the meltdown coming are trying to convince us that the inevitable recovery has begun, there is little or no consensus about what led the celebrated global economy to the brink of collapse. Was it the c . . .

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Wednesday :: January 27, 2010

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: An Interview with Eugene McCarraher, Part Three of Three

by Chris Keller

In the rapidly changing political and economic conditions of our time, it is important that we consider existential questions of how to live as Christians. As we seek to answer these questions, historian Eugene McCarraher offers an incisive, prophetic voice from that rare vantage point of historical competency and theological literacy. In . . .

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Wednesday :: January 20, 2010

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: An Interview with Eugene McCarraher, Part Two of Three

by Chris Keller

The narrative of the historic presidency of Barak Obama is a hotly contested one. What is different, “audacious,” or status quo about this presidency is daily debated by pundits of all stripes. This president, like those before him, is a polarizing figure, yet the country seems intent on uncovering the historical significance of the presidency in the present tense. Generally speaking, . . .

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Friday :: January 15, 2010

Scalp Locks, Gaia, and the Incarnation: History and Theology in James Cameron’s Avatar

by Wen Reagan

DISCLAIMERS: (1) There are spoilers ahead. (2) I am neither a well-read theologian nor a seasoned film critic, so take all of this with a grain of salt (or, as they do on Pandora, with a grain of unobtainium). There are few movies that haunt me, that move beyond entertaining, even beyond immersive, to create an experience that lingers. In t . . .

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