Arts & Culture
Is she bad?
Both May December and Eileen are meant to make us a little queasy as our moral judgments come up short.
Episode 35: Theologian Kwok Pui Lan, author of The Anglican Tradition from a Postcolonial Perspective
A conversation with theologian Kwok Pui Lan about colonialism, the Anglican church, Desmond Tutu, and more
A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
The tree of God’s mysteries
The Jewish Kabbalah tradition offers a way of understanding God in the world—one that has profoundly influenced Christianity.
Burial with dignity
Allison Meier sees cemeteries as great repositories of cultural history—and as spaces deserving of reverence.
The wedding may be the most important scene in Killers of the Flower Moon
In Martin Scorcese’s telling of the Osage Indian murders, all the violent contradictions of history unfold in domestic intimacy.
Episode 34: Theologian Mitri Raheb, author of Decolonizing Palestine
A conversation with theologian Mitri Raheb about current conditions in Palestine, Christian Zionism, Biblical interpretation, and more
The literal drama of church history
Life in the Roman and Byzantine empires was utterly theatrical.