#TakeAKnee Reveals Anxiety About Nationalism
Once again Sundays have become a space of political debate. The act of kneeling has become valiant or offensive depending on whom you speak to. However, this particularly Christian pose […]
Victims, Violence, and Voyeurs: The Darker Side of Third Spaces
By Patrick M. Johnson **WARNING – THIS POST DISCUSSES ACTS OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING: SEXUAL ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING, AND TORTURE** Note: All photographs are stock photos of actors and are not intended […]
Holy Moly, it’s Holy Week!
Is Anyone Out There?
Earlier this year, NASA announced the discovery of the “first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star” called TRAPPIST-1. Three out of the seven planets appear to […]
The Potential and Limitations of Political Icons
During the many protests that have been held in the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, one image has been prominent on various signs and posters. The image is […]
Mormonism and Time: The Impact of Mechanical Time and Hypermediation on Practice and Authority in the LDS Church
This two-part series will focus on Mormonism and time, it will examine how time, and various conceptualizations of time, have impacted the ways that Mormonism is practiced and resisted; it […]
Inaugural (Civil) Religion
Ashley Campbell Almost a month ago, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. His inauguration was followed by women’s protests across the nation and the world. […]
Slacktivism, no more: “Sanctifying” Digital Humanitarianism in a Hypermediated Refugee Crisis
In the global media coverage of the present refugee crisis in Europe, digital activism has yet again received a bad name. All too familiar charges of slacktivism or armchair activism […]
The Digital as Salvation: A Digital Poetry after the Sewol Ferry Disaster
“Oh, my God…” You mumble to yourself. Several rescue ships are floating around a big ferry capsized, but you see no actual activities. The ship, which has been sinking slowly over […]
Third Spaces 