Category: Theology
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Man of Steel (Not God of Krypton) – A Radical Review
I saw Man of Steel last night, and, as a big ‘superhero’ film thought I’d post some reflections on it in the light of After Magic, which deals with the superhero archetypes seen in the recent Batman and Spiderman films. Spoiler Alert As a quick outline, the film opens with a crisis on Krypton. The people…
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I don’t Believe in Ghosts, I Believe in Ghosts
I’ve been really enjoying The Returned – a French thriller currently airing in the UK on Sunday evenings. (Watch the latest episode here.) It concerns the (apparent) return of some young people to a small town in the Alps, some 10 years after they had died. Giving lie to the easy words ‘I wish they…
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After Magic
A friend has been reading After Magic recently, and while chatting on the phone to them I picked up a copy again and turned to the section they were on… then ended up re-reading it myself! It was good to do, having had a bit of distance from it for a while. I am…
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Defeating Terror, Overcoming Fundamentalism: Life ‘After Magic’
In the wake of the horrific attack in Woolwich last week there is an urge to find ways to understand. I’ve tried to take some time in doing so… Some have turned to history, some to religious texts, but convinced that our best works of art can be taken seriously as comments on the human…
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Paying Attention, Not Glazing Over: The Power of Genuine Human Presence
In response to a piece extolling the possible virtues of new technology for precipitating an educational revolution, I wrote a piece on HuffPost Tech reflecting on my own practice as a teacher, and how I feel technology should function in the classroom. It’s the kind of conversation (one of so so many) I wish I…