Fleshed out
I propose that every theological system also has an associated sociology, such that we can fully understand the claims of a theological perspective only…
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On privilege and plunder
My small community at Kalamazoo Peace House has been reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new book, Between the World and Me (Spiegel and Grau, 2015). Structured…
Read MoreStolen bodies
At the onset of the Civil War, our stolen bodies were worth four billion dollars, more than all of American industry, all of American…
Read MoreClifton Park
I demanded that my mother take me back to the park with three swimming pools. Summer was so much hotter then. At night fans cooled us…
Read MoreThere’s language
Fie, fie upon her! There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every…
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Taking it on the chin
The first time I got socked in the jaw it came as a total surprise. At 14 years old, I was already close to…
Read MoreNowhere to happen but bodies
Our big ideas have nowhere to happen but bodies. In this sense, my religion is the shape my love takes, the direct devotion of…
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What We Leave Behind
Battle Creek, Michigan (2016) I remember once wanting to do a project on the paperwork that runs through our lives, and how bureaucracy strips…
Read MoreSort of intimate
It seems like the popular imagination persists in thinking of God as, I don’t know what, some sort of noble stoic man in the…
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Femininity and The Big-Boned Gal
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Denise Frame Harlan explores memories of her…
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