Amy Frykholm
In search of Rumi’s live heart
Looking for an Arabic translation of a favorite line, I found myself on a treasure hunt.
The Samaritan Woman’s Well of Interpretation with Caryn Reeder (S3:E2)
“Sin is not part of the story.”
There’s Something about Mary Magdalene, with Elizabeth Schrader Polczer and Diana Butler Bass (S3:E1)
“What if the text was changed to suppress Mary Magdalene as not only the first witness of Jesus in John 20, but as the Christological confessor, which would make her a central character in the Gospel of John? Not one of several women, but a central character.”
S3 Bonus Episode Back to the Desert: Mary of Egypt with Amy Frykholm
“As Christianity moved to an empire-based movement, women lost a lot of power. So it makes sense that they would have gone into the desert, looking for ways to pursue their path in Christianity in ways that allowed them greater freedom.”
What do people who’ve lost everything bring with them?
Stephanie Saldaña reminds us that refugees carry a whole world inside them.
An architecture of care in Calais
At the Maria Skobtsova House, refugees and volunteers work to counteract the cruel logic of the refugee crisis.
Searching for home in the world’s religions
“Why is it that being a Buddhist Christian is often flagged as a problem,” asks theologian John Thatamanil, “but being a capitalist Christian is not?”
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
How secularism feels
Donovan Schaefer sets out to correct the misrepresentation of secularity as the realm of pure reason.
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The women of midcentury moral philosophy
Two new books explore the intertwined scholarship and friendship of Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Midgley.
Julian the theologian
We ignored her for hundreds of years. Then we reduced her to a slogan.
The journey to a lost Mennonite colony in Uzbekistan
Sofia Samatar’s memoir takes readers through a landscape of prismatic identities and wandering passions.
Theology in carceral context
“What does it mean,” asks Willie Francois, “to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
A dinner party where women talk food
Alissa Wilkinson imagines Maya Angelou hosting Hannah Arendt, Octavia Butler, Laurie Colwin, and others.
When abortion is mere abstraction
What’s missing from the debate is the wisdom of first-hand experience.
Feeling US history
School districts and legislatures aren’t just challenging textbooks and curricula. They’re challenging feelings.
Thinking about God’s desire with the medieval mystics
“I have the sense that Mechthild of Magdeburg’s whole life was lived in pursuit of her divine beloved.”
The end of endless wars?
Andrew Bacevich and Samuel Moyn each seek a reckoning on how the United States uses its military abroad.