Shining a light on the truth, followed by some sort of atonement, seemed the right thing to do, especially at a time of rising and relegitimized white supremacy in the United States.
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The Evolution of René Girard
How one man made us think differently about religion, violence and desire
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Stan Lee showed us nerds (and Catholics) can be heroes
As wild and wonderful as Marvel Comics characters’ superpowers might be, their back stories are always grounded in reality.
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The road from T. E. Lawrence’s Damascus to Syria’s civil war
Lawrence’s triumphant arrival in Damascus in 1918 might be said to have been the spark that ultimately ignited a powder keg of factional rivalries and distrust.
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How to experience the Bible in a digital world
A 21st-century arts collective revives illustrating the Bible for the digital age.
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Jordan Peterson understands your suffering
Peterson urges his followers to seek deep meaning rather than superficial happiness. But can he create a community?
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An Olympic salute to black power: what it means 50 years later
When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the Olympic podium, their act drew widespread criticism. Now Colin Kaepernick is the face of Nike.
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Kanye West, S.N.L. and the incoherence of modern life
Kanye is id-made-flesh, an extreme and uncomfortable example of what we all look like when turned inside out.
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Can you build a profitable church on the margins?
A new season of the podcast “Startup” takes us into the church planting movement
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Meet Atticus, the Instagram poet who never takes off his mask
“Atticus is a storyteller, observer…. He loves the ocean, the desert, whiskey and playing with words.”