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The Subversion Will Not Be Televised: An Interview with Vinoth Ramachandra

This interview explores the themes of the book "Subverting Global Myths," by Vinoth Ramachandra, which investigates modern narratives of terrorism, human rights, science, and religious violence.

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Ghazal for Emmett Till

A poem in the ghazal form that elegizes Emmett Till, an African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman.

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: An Interview with Eugene McCarraher,...

In part two of this three-part interview, Christian historian and cultural critic Eugene McCarraher reflects on the “Obama Doctrine,” Niebuhrian realism, and the usefulness of maps.

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War as the New Normal: An Interview with Andrew Bacevich

In this interview, Professor Andrew Bacevich discusses American exceptionalism, foreign policy, the irony of American history, and the place of war in U.S. culture.

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Neither Triumphalism nor Retreat: A Conversation about Faithful Presence with...

In this conversation, distinguished professors James K. A. Smith and James Davison Hunter discuss Hunter’s newest book, TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

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The Real Jeff Koons: Consumer Culture and the Grammar of Desire

In 1980 the young artist Jeff Koons presented his first major solo exhibition, a window installation at New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art, titled, appropriately, The New. Alongside hermetically...

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The Subversion Will Not Be Televised: An Interview with Vinoth Ramachandra

The Other Journal (TOJ): Dr. Ramachandra, it is an honor to talk with you about your recent book Subverting Global Myths and about how your work might help us understand faithfulness in the current...

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Ghazal for Emmett Till

Quiet now your tongue You’re in this cotton land Oaks swing long limbs of men on this cotton land You come with song stuck under your heels like heat The moist pinprick of flesh Jazz of this tin land...

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: An Interview with Eugene McCarraher,...

The narrative of the historic presidency of Barak Obama is a hotly contested one. What is different, “audacious,” or status quo about this presidency is daily debated by pundits of all stripes. This...

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War as the New Normal: An Interview with Andrew Bacevich

In a polarized American culture, few voices transcend the dichotomies of Left and Right. Professor Andrew Bacevich is one voice that both parties listen to, and while his critique of American policy...

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Neither Triumphalism nor Retreat: A Conversation about Faithful Presence with...

James Davison Hunter, the LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory at the University of Virginia, has a habit of writing very important books. His 1991 book,...

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The Real Jeff Koons: Consumer Culture and the Grammar of Desire

In 1980 the young artist Jeff Koons presented his first major solo exhibition, a window installation at New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art, titled, appropriately, The New. Alongside hermetically...

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