Author: Jared Stacy

• Close Encounters of the Theological Kind

  I should’ve known this article was inevitable. As a researcher of conspiracy theory, I keep tabs on communities where conspiracy theories are concentrated. One of those is the UFO/UAP (unidentified…

  

• We Built This City On Conspiracy Theory

  There’s a ‘new’ conspiracy theory emerging on digital spaces like TikTok and Instagram. (Just search the hashtag.) Today, I want to offer a few quick thoughts on what it is,…

  

• Fortune & Glory and Nostalgia

  As film technology advances, the way we use it says something about our deepest longings. How theology intersects with de-aging in our favorite films and franchises… Get ready for more…

  

• What We’re Missing With Musk

  Elon Musk is now the self-proclaimed “chief twit”. His acquisition of Twitter has sparked strong reactions on the right and left. One question concerns both sides: will Donald Trump tweet…

  

• “Was Jesus Nice?” Is The Wrong Question

  Asking if Jesus was “nice” or “mean”, whether he mocked his opponents or was winsome, is a proxy war. We are trafficking in baptized concepts of male domination and female…

  

• A (New) Lost Generation

  In the classic World War I novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Remarque described the effect of the Great War on the men who fought it: “It is…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: Benjamin Lay

  Benjamin Lay (1681-1759) was a Quaker activist who practiced a radical form of abolitionism drawn from his Christian convictions in the Quaker tradition. He wrote one book, published by Benjamin…

  

• The Triumph of Christianity?

  The politics of conservative evangelicalism today seem fueled by equal parts nostalgia and paranoia. Nostalgia for the Bible Belt and paranoia of cultural and political winds. These winds of anxiety…

  

• Why We Better Call Saul

  The series “Better Call Saul” wraps this week on AMC. Over the last 6 seasons “Better Call Saul”—with its tale of Jimmy McGill turned con-man lawyer Saul Goodman—took on a…

  

• What Bonhoeffer Said When Hitler Survived

  Today marks 78 years since the failed 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. 78 years ago, and nearly 500 miles away, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in Tegal prison. He was waiting…