The Myth of the Christ Figure
Mythological embodiment is a common allusion used in everyday English. A Herculean task is something that is difficult to accomplish, an Achilles’ Heel is a weak...
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The Spectacle of Excess: Roland Barthes, Wrestling, and the Eucharist
In 1957, during his structuralist stage, Roland Barthes published a book of collected essays titled Mythologies. Barthes’ whole project in Mythologies was to analyze...
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The Anxiety of Use: A Reading Behind Paul’s Epistle to Philemon
In verse 20 Paul argues that in order to properly participate in the ministry of the gospel Philemon should turn into a type of Onesimus. In this verse, Paul argues that he wants Philemon to become onaimen (a benefit). This is accomplished by laying aside the dictates of the law for a mandate of grace. A true Christian, Paul seems to be arguing, is defined by their love and compassion for those who are absolutely distinct from them. A Christian’s power and authority lies in their ability to identify and become like the least, the refuge, the impoverished, the imprisoned, and the oppressed. This is the final message we have from of Paul in the Bible; it is a summation of his ministry.
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Renunciation and Simplification
Two of the most devastating things to a dynamic spiritual life are a lack of responsibility and an overwhelming sense of self worth displayed as guilt and shame. In his...
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Irony is Wasted on the Young: Metamodernism and Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young.
To be clear, the film is really about the working class, and I can’t speak on behalf of the working class, I can’t make their film of course… But they have to be...
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