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May 2017

May 04, 2017

Butler University Course to Teach “Strategies of Resistance” against Trumpism

Even the Daily Mail is reporting on a course at Butler University that explores the election of...

May 02, 2017

Harder Than I Thought

This morning the two recent statements by president Donald Trump coalesced in my mind into...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

This Section Made Possible By…

Via Paul Barford. I love that the cartoon alludes to phrasing commonly encountered on PBS...

March 16, 2017

Jesus and Paul of Ryan

Nicholas Kristof has depicted a conversation between Jesus and Paul Ryan. Here is an excerpt: Click...

March 10, 2017

More Fake News in a Galaxy Far Far Away

Another meme exploring what inappropriate counterclaims of "fake news" and other distraction tactics might sound...

March 08, 2017

Do You Renounce Satan?

From Bill Bramhall in the New York Daily News. It is symptomatic of the transformation of...

March 07, 2017

Special Edition “Make America Great Again” Hat

This special edition Donald Trump campaign hat came to my attention via Facebook, and I...

March 02, 2017

If It Happened Today, In Our Galaxy…

If the Star Wars movies had been commenting on very recent events, this is how...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Statement from Princeton Seminary Faculty

The faculty of Princeton Theological Seminar have issued a statement about president Donald Trump's approach...

February 21, 2017

Is Voter Fraud an Issue Here?

February 18, 2017

Putting Jesus on ICE

For those who may not be from the United States, ICE on the back of...

February 17, 2017

Donald Trump Fulfills Prophecy

Last Sunday in my Sunday school class, I confess that I poked fun at the...

February 12, 2017

The Savior The Religious Right Had Been Waiting For

There is in fact a lot to be grateful for in connection with Donald Trump....

February 11, 2017

Fatal Terrorist Attacks in the United States Carried Out by Refugees

An article in The Washington Post confirms the information in the graphic above. And going back...

February 06, 2017

Which Roman Emperor is Donald Trump?

Two online sources have suggested that Donald Trump resembled either Nero or Commodus. Any chance...

February 06, 2017

Metacriticizing Donald Trump

The Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship unit in the Society of Biblical Literature expresses its opposition...

February 05, 2017

Israeli Settlements Explained

HT Danut Manastireanu

February 03, 2017

AAR Sociology of Religion Statement on the Executive Order

I became aware of another statement from an academic group and wanted to add it...

February 03, 2017

Guns vs. Refugees: Hypocrisy Illustrated

We see one practical example of the above in the decision of Republican politicians to remove laws...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

America’s Choice: Table or Wall?

I expect you have heard the saying above before. Indeed, I suspect that I may...

January 31, 2017

Mike Pence on Muslim Immigrants, 2015-2017

None other than J. K. Rowling drew attention to this tweet from Mike Pence from...

January 31, 2017

SBL Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Statement on Immigration

From the Society of Biblical Literature's "Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology" program unit: Statement on...

January 31, 2017

Butler President on Immigration

Butler University's president Jim Danko offered the following statement yesterday: PRESIDENT DANKO’S STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION...

January 30, 2017

Academics Against the Immigration Ban

There is a petition that all academics are invited to become signatories of:  I have submitted...

January 29, 2017

Biblical Scholars Stand With Refugees

If it has been disheartening to see the actions of America's president and his supporters,...

January 28, 2017

Alternative Heaven

From cartoonist Pat Byrnes. Is any further comment necessary? Is it necessary to point out...

January 27, 2017

Has Dystopian Literature Prepared You For This?

A friend shared this image on Facebook: It seems to me that in quite a...

January 16, 2017

Donald Trump’s Inauguration: The Twilight Zone Returns

This appeared in the Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide yesterday:

December 2016

December 27, 2016

Netanyahu vs. Jesus

There is a long history of uncritical support for Israel among American conservative Evangelicals. Somehow the...

December 21, 2016

Rogue One and the Ethics of Empire and Rebellion

"Rebellions are built on hope." But so too are empires. Yesterday I finally saw Rogue...

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