Aug 2, 2026, 5:33 PM|theology and film
The overall narrative revolves around a compelling question: Are we alone? Spielberg’s answer is unequivocal: we are not. However, in this film he ventures into theological and epistemological territory, playing with religious symbols and long-held beliefs. He not only answers the question of extraterrestrial life but also dares to place the origins of the divine within the same extraterrestrial realm. Furthermore, he suggests that such a revelation could shatter the existing social order and humanity’s most deeply held beliefs once this “truth” is finally disclosed.
Apr 25, 2026, 7:00 AM|religion & politics
The unceasing influx of information and misinformation generates an overwhelming abundance of eclectic yet superficial and meaningless content, which dulls moral perception, fragments reason, and replaces the useful information with noise. In such an environment, lacking substantive meaning and characterized by pervasive nihilism of post-modern ideology, figures such as Nick Fuentes, emerging “conservative” influencers Sneako, or existing like Candace Owens have become prominent public personalities.
Jan 17, 2025, 4:00 AM|religion & politics
Christianity cannot be separated from its Jewish roots; rather, it is the fulfillment of a distinctly Jewish story. The Christian faith is grounded in the covenant God made with Israel, beginning with Abraham and unfolding through the Law, the prophets, and the worshiping life of Israel. Jesus himself was a Jew, born under the Jewish Law, formed by synagogue worship, and understood by his earliest followers as the Jewish Messiah. The very title ‘Christ’ (Messiah) has meaning only within Jewish messianic expectations, and the Christian claim about Jesus presupposes the reality of Israel’s covenantal history.
Feb 12, 2026, 4:00 AM|theology and film
A legendary television series, The Walking Dead, was far more than a conventional post-apocalyptic survival narrative situated within the familiar conventions of the zombie genre. Rather, it functioned as a paradigm and simulacrum of tragic, agonizing reality, exposing the eschatological fragility of late modern civilization and dramatizing the impending collapse of civilization. What appears as popular entertainment reveals itself, upon closer examination, as a theological-political allegory of the contemporary world.
Nov 2, 2025, 2:00 AM|religion & politics
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Sep 17, 2025, 1:00 AM|religion & politics
The most recent and perhaps most disturbing event that has shocked the nation is the political assassination of conservative pundit and activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot during a debate at Utah Valley University, the opening event of a planned debate cycle across American campuses in which he engaged students on religious, economic, and political issues. While addressing the pressing topic of transgender violence, he was struck down by a single sniper’s bullet fired from 200 yards away. The perpetrator, Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old student from Utah, has since been apprehended. Robinson, however, did not act in a vacuum. He was radicalized through exposure to far-left ideology and emboldened by defamatory narratives in the “progressive” ideology, which repeatedly portrayed Kirk as a Nazi, racist, and bigot. Significantly, Robinson’s path toward extremism unfolded in spite of his conservative upbringing—a fact that underscores the pervasive and corrosive power of ideological indoctrination.
Aug 8, 2024, 9:00 PM|religion & politics
Christian Nationalism is a term coined and often used by far-left or left-leaning sociologists and political scientists to discredit, label, and denounce policies or ideas that aim to interpret our political reality from a perspective of Christian tradition and exercise it within the constitutional limits. It is a derogatory term often used to generalize and categorize Conservative Christianity as inherently biased, bigoted, racist, intolerant, theocratic, ideological, and ultimately totalitarian.
Jun 3, 2022, 2:00 AM|religion & politics
Sometimes, cultures, religions, and ethnicities that shared the same space for centuries become fierce rivals, forcing their irreconcilable differences to develop to such an extent that they see war as the only option. The Balkans have had their share of conflicts, destruction, and atrocities, leaving scars too deep to heal. The question is: have they seen the end of it, or will the frozen conflict lurking beneath the fragile peace unleash its deadly force again?
May 13, 2025, 7:25 PM|religion & politics
One of the undeniable facts of the modern era is that education is the key to the past, the present, and the future. In the aftermath of apartheid and the quest for freedom from racial segregation, Nelson Mandela spoke the truth when he said: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Mar 3, 2023, 5:00 PM|religion & politics
Can theological discourse develop unhindered by the political and social context in which it evolves? Is there a contextual theology in the Western Balkans as an anamnestic critical interdisciplinary discourse that aims to examine the conflict’s causes and consequences, explaining them theologically, contributing to the efforts of overcoming similar conflicts in the future? How important is it for the memory to be represented within the theological discourse in Western Balkans, burdened with history and violent clashes?
Jul 3, 2024, 7:00 AM|religion & politics
Dostoevsky's genius reaches its pinnacle in the poem of the Grand Inquisitor. This ecstatic and prophetic moment of socio-political analysis of the saeculum obscurum of the Roman Catholic Church dramatically polarizes the unadulterated Christianity represented by the prisoner Jesus—an illustration of the marginalized, disenfranchised, and enslaved human being—against the institution of power, embodied by the authoritarian theocratic dictatorship and the politicization of religion in the person of the Grand Inquisitor.
