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Junco Politics

Junco Politics By Richard Bohannon I came upon my first dark-eyed juncos on an early Spring afternoon in 2012, new binoculars and a tiny book of Minnesota birds in my back pocket. A small flock Read more…

February 16, 2022

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Anything Goes… What Trumpism and the Covid-19 Pandemic Can Teach Us About Climate Crisis

Anything Goes… What Trumpism and the Covid-19 Pandemic Can Teach Us About Climate Crisis By Oliver Krüger These days, we Europeans are quick to diagnose a post-factual age in light of recent events in the Read more…

April 14, 2021

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Wounds and Lies that Bind: The Need to Believe

Wounds and Lies that Bind: The Need to Believe By Marcia Pally It’s two weeks since the seditious riot at the U.S. capitol. It’s two months of Donald Trump’s refusal to concede an election whose Read more…

January 19, 2021

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Do Better than Barmen: “Say Our Names”

Do Better than Barmen: “Say Our Names” By Anna Mercedes Shortly after 9/11, 2001, I was in graduate school studying theology just outside of New York, and much of my theological analysis was turned toward Read more…

October 21, 2020

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Pandemic Pandemonium

Pandemic Pandemonium By Catherine Keller Photo: Le Pandemonium, by John Martin, 1841, Le Louvre Pandemic and pandemonium—was it mere alliteration insistently linking those two words in my head? They seem disconnected: the pandemic has Read more…

June 3, 2020

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COVID-19 and Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

COVID-19 and Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” By Justine M. Bakker The first time I saw Highway Gothic, a 2017 installation by artists Ellen Gallagher and Edgar Cleijne, I was struck by the use Read more…

May 12, 2020

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Spiritual Interruption

Spiritual Interruption By Anna Mercedes This time of year I observe the Christian season of Lent, traditionally a period of penitence and reflection. This year, I’m observing it as a season of interruption. Lent begins Read more…

March 10, 2020

Short Essays

Making Senses: Poetic Knowledge of Nature in Science, Art, and Shamanic Ritual

Making Senses: Poetic Knowledge of Nature in Science, Art, and Shamanic Ritual by Kocku von Stuckrad Download a PDF Version of this essay (6 MB) Abstract The five senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching Read more…

August 24, 2018