by joelabrown | Apr 8, 2018 | Film and Religion, Race and Religion, Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics
Abstract The April issue of the Forum features John Sianghio’s (University of Chicago) essay, “How Black Panther Betrays Dr. King’s Dream.” Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has conquered the world. Beyond being a box office blockbuster, communities of...
by joelabrown | Mar 1, 2018 | Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics, Scholars' Roundtable
This month’s issue of the Forum features a recent panel discussion co-sponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion on the theme, “Religion and Religious Expression in the Academy and Public Life.” The panel included...
by joelabrown | Feb 2, 2018 | American religious history, Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics
In “American Evangelical Support for Donald Trump: Mostly American, and Only Sort-of ‘Evangelical’,” John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (Ph.D. ’87), responds to David Barr’s (University of Chicago) essay featured in this month’s issue of...
by joelabrown | Jan 26, 2018 | Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics, Scholars' Roundtable
In “On Political Theology and Religious Nationalism,” Benjamin Lynerd (Christopher Newport University) responds to David Barr’s (University of Chicago) essay featured in this month’s issue of the Forum, “Evangelical Support for Trump as a...
by joelabrown | Jan 16, 2018 | Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics
The January issue of the Forum features David Barr’s (University of Chicago) essay, “Evangelical Support for Trump as a Moral Project: Description and Critique.” The rise of Donald J. Trump to the presidency has caused a crisis of misunderstanding in...
by joelabrown | Nov 22, 2017 | Enhancing Life, November-December 2017, Religious Ethics
Anne T. Mocko (PhD ’12) contributes the next installment in our new extended issue with her essay, “Attending to Insects.” The essay is part of Professor Mocko’s current Enhancing Life manuscript, Eco-Karma: What Western environmentalists might...