By David L. Dickey Today marks a special Holiday for us “spooky kids” of the 1980’s. Not only are we in the middle of October, with most of us elbow deep in the process of transforming our homes and yards (and workplaces and cars and whatever else we can afford to) into tombs, graveyards, haunted…
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Traditionalism, Modernism, and the Spirit of the Crowd
By Cole DeSantis The French philosopher, literary critic, anthropologist, and sociologist René Girard has garnered much attention among certain Christian theological circles. Bishop Robert Barron once published an article on his Word on Fire blog in 2015 in which he described Girard in the title as a “Church Father.” James B. Murphy, a professor at…
Pop Culture and Theology 