Earlier this week, a man by the name of Charlie Kirk was killed by a single gunshot during one of his infamous speaking events at a university in Utah. Online discourse reacting to the incident has been profuse, diverse, and passionate. One of the final courses I took in my Master’s of Theological Studies wasContinue reading “On Violence, Faith, and Justice: Responses to the Charlie Kirk Incident”
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Theological Studies Essays
Through my Master’s of Theological Studies program I wrote several research papers, some of which I feel should be available for a wider readership. For your reading pleasure, this post makes them available. Please give them a read if you’re interested and let me know what you think! A Theology of TaijiquanOriginal version written forContinue reading “Theological Studies Essays”
Read, Watch, Listen: Towards A Healthy Masculinity
Read #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing by Emily Joy Allison Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein Boys: What It Means to Become AContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen: Towards A Healthy Masculinity”
Read, Watch, Listen: Centering Women
Read #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing by Emily Joy Allison 90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality by Allison Yarrow Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of menstruation by Jen Gunter Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Suprising New Science That Will TransformContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen: Centering Women”
Faithful Voting Discernment: A Guide to Faith and Politics
As I write this, we are currently seeing the outcome of an underdeveloped political theology in the US and facing the specter of consequences related to an underdeveloped political theology in my own country of Canada. As a political science alum and Master’s student in theological studies, I’d like to provide a methodology that canContinue reading “Faithful Voting Discernment: A Guide to Faith and Politics”
Read, Watch, Listen – Recommended Resources For Resistance Against Right-Wing Populism
This week, the second Trump Presidency began in the United States of America. In my own place of residence in Ontario, Canada, we face provincial and federal elections this year that are currently indicating four years of right-wing populism being given complete control of our legislative and executive branches. As such, I have compiled thisContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen – Recommended Resources For Resistance Against Right-Wing Populism”
Read, Watch, Listen – Faith, Gender, and Sexuality
This is a compilation of resources specifically addressing the intersection of faith and spirituality with gender and sexuality. Read Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women by Kate Cooper Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate onContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen – Faith, Gender, and Sexuality”
Read, Watch, Listen – September 2024 Roundup
Read Imminent: Inside The Pentagon’s Hunt For UFOs: Written by the Former Head of the Pentagon Program Investigating UAPs by Luis Elizondo: A thought-provoking and accessible read from one of the most famous figures in contemporary UAP discourse. Worth reading and thinking about whatever one thinks about the legitimacy of the UAP phenomena. Theology andContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen – September 2024 Roundup”
Read, Watch, Listen: Faith & Spirituality
Read Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelism by Molly Worthen Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking. A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: 2nd Edition by Walter Bruggerman et al. Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking. Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships by James V. Brownson Notes: Personal favourite. Scholarly, butContinue reading “Read, Watch, Listen: Faith & Spirituality”
Ash Wednesday Reflection 2024
In many Christian liturgical traditions today marks the start of Lent and is also referred to as Ash Wednesday. One of the ways to mark the occasion is to receive ashes, often made of the burned remnants of the palm leaves from the previous year’s Palm Sunday, in the form of a cross on theContinue reading “Ash Wednesday Reflection 2024”
The Dreamers' Corner 