Taking Our Final Destination to Heart: Nobody Cheats Death
The Final Destination films tap into the gospel truth we try to avoid with protein shakes, exercise routines, and Cadillac healthcare plans.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Reflections on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
This religious fervor for keeping people in their place is what has allowed caste systems to endure, like a virus in the human heart.
Reflections on Tom Waits’ “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis”
Waits’ inimitable barroom baritone paints a vivid picture of a lonely soul living at the edge of Christmas.
Oppenheimer: The Burden of Guilt and the Limits of the Immanent Frame
Oppenheimer was looking for more than assurances of a peaceful, weapons-free future. He was looking for absolution.
Finding the Divinity of Jesus Christ Superstar’s Countercultural Messiah
Once you get past all the counterculture posturing, Jesus Christ Superstar gets one crucial thing right about the gospel accounts.
