My take on Sir Ridley Scott's Exodus story. Featured in LancasterOnline's Faith and Values section.
Film Review of Exodus: God and Kings
“The Gospel According to America: Black Demons and the Original Sin of Slavery”– #EtownEngage
In (WCH) REL 226: The New Testament, I gave a talk called “The Gospel According to America- Black Demons and The Original Sin of Slavery?” Our conversation began with a twist on the debate, “Is America a Christian Nation?” Instead, students paired up and named reasons why people argue “yes” and “no.”
Teaching Religion 101 –The Old School and the New School
On August 29, 2014, members of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion shared tweets on what they had been taught as students and what they are teaching now as professors. Thanks to everybody who was a part of it. And a special thanks to the Forum for Theological Exploration, Seminarium, and the … Continue reading Teaching Religion 101 –The Old School and the New School
Racism–It’s not for Saturday Morning Cartoons or Sunday School Curricula Anymore!
Yesterday in my Bible and Race in the United States of America class, I asked students how differently they might read the Bible were it introduced with the following disclaimer:
Biblical Disproportion, or How Not to Share Your Views on Facebook
For a moment can we put aside images of a god who would sacrifice a child to save the world or destroy the world save for one family? Whatever one makes of such images, we cease to be human if their imagery fails to haunt us.
