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Magic, Faith, & J.M. Neale’s Sermons on the Holy Name of Jesus

Neil Dhingra -
Magic is manipulation and control. John Mason Neale's sermon series on the Holy Name of Jesus express an anti-magic, faith in a living God.
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Personhood Ousted from the Heart of the Cosmos

Abigail Woolley Cutter -
Sometimes it pays to go back to an early theory, even one that has been found wanting. Sometimes there’s a gem that has been...
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Encanto

Hannah Matis -
By Hannah Matis A year ago — was it only a year ago? — Pixar released Soul, with its gorgeous evocation of an African-American neighborhood in...
Books & Culture

Recovering the Magic in Onward

Sam Keyes -
By Sam Keyes Pixar’s new Onward, made available early on Disney Plus thanks to the pandemic, is a wonderful movie. Of course I was going...
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The Narnia Church

Andrew Petiprin -
Narnia is best understood as analogous to the Church, where all kinds of magical things and all kinds of brokenness exist side-by-side.
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I’m going to shrive you

Sam Keyes -
We do not understand the technology of our redemption. Is the sign of the cross any more "magical" than my iPhone? On a psychological level, it is probably less so.

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