Radix Redux: Characterizing American Religious Radicalism
Geoffrey Pollick reviews American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice by Albert J. Raboteau Continue Reading →
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Excursions in Unbelief: Retrieving Religion’s “Antitype” in U.S. History
Geoffrey Pollick reviews Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation by Leigh Eric Schmidt Continue Reading →
“Don’t Leave Me”: Resisting, Reconfiguring, and Representing Identity in Jill Soloway’s “Transparent”
Geoffrey Pollick explores modes and moments of disidentification in season three of “Transparent” Continue Reading →
Of Rosaries and Revenge: Anticolonial Imaginations of The Legend of Tarzan
“The Legend of Tarzan,” a much-hyped reboot of the popular relic of Western colonialism, suffers from its attempt to build a conscience into a character who never had one, argues Geoffrey Pollick.
Losing Its Religion? Orange Is the New Black’s Postsecular Spiritual Turn
Geoffrey Pollick watches religion move through the background of Orange is the New Black‘s fourth season. Continue Reading →
Hail, Coen! Finding Religion in the Films of Joel & Ethan Coen
Geoffrey Pollick reviews a book about the Coen brothers alongside their new movie, Hail, Caesar!. Continue Reading →
Rituals of Transformation in Jill Soloway’s “Transparent”
Geoffrey Pollick analyzes the use of ritual in Jill Soloway’s television show “Transparent.” Continue Reading →
In the News: Calligraphy, Coens, a Caffeinated Casket and much more!
A round-up of recent religion news. Continue Reading →
In the News: Conversations, Congratulations, and Collaborations
A round-up of recent religion news. Continue Reading →
Daily Links: Brave Old World Edition
What we’re consuming. Continue Reading →