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Pop Religion | Two Nations in One Womb: Professor Abimbola Adelakun on Is God Is, Destiny, Sin, and the Religious Imagination of Black Rage
It would be easy to read Aleshea Harris's Is God Is as a revenge thriller: twin sisters set out to kill the father who burned them as children. But the film, Harris’s feature directorial debut, plays more like a parable, folding inherited trauma and ...
June 12, 2026
Pop Religion | Outside of History: 'Marty Supreme' and the American Dream
Professor Sarah Hammerschlag on what Marty Supreme reveals about postwar American Judaism, the limits of meritocracy, and survival. What does ping-pong have to do with capitalism, fascism, and the American Dream? The Academy Award-nominated Marty Su...
March 3, 2026
Pop Religion | Hunger and Thirst: Embodied Religion in The Testament of Ann Lee
Professor William Schultz on charisma, confession, and the making of the Shaker movement. In an age wary of charismatic leaders, it would be easy to read Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee as another story of religious fervor and control. Inste...
February 20, 2026