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Beth Felker Jones
Beth Felker Jones teaches at Wheaton College in Illinois. She is the author of Faithful: A Theology of Sex.
Hamilton is so much bigger than Hamilton
Being in the audience felt like a communal experience, almost a liturgical one.
March 17, 2017
J. K. Rowling’s wizards in the Jazz Age
Fantastic Beasts diagnoses how rising fear leads to demonizing others.
December 5, 2016
The Night Of and the nights after
On HBO's new series, a young Muslim is accused of murder. But whether he's guilty isn't the point.
October 27, 2016
A rebel mom and her nemesis
It’s too bad that Bad Moms sets up its conflict as one between women.
September 12, 2016
Redeeming lemons
Lemonade is a spectacular piece of visual theology. It offers hope for healing—not a generic healing, but the healing of black, female bodies.
June 20, 2016
Repeat testimony
In an era of partisan politics, it's difficult to tell the truth. The complaints about Confirmation reveal a lack of progress.
May 13, 2016
Women’s war stories
A new film and a hit podcast both feature women telling war stories—a role that’s usually reserved for male protagonists and male narrators.
March 28, 2016
Battling wills
In Jessica Jones, the superhero villain's control over people is chilling because we recognize it. It plays out in ordinary abusive relationships.
February 16, 2016
Magic on Normal Street
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street uses a combination of magic and realism that depicts real life far better than any other family television show I've seen.
December 28, 2015
Retelling the old, old stories
I just got back from Disney World with my kids. The trip set me thinking about how stories get told and passed on.
November 11, 2015
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Rom-com in the flesh
Do Trainwreck and Catastrophe herald a resurrection of the rom-com genre? Or merely a grotesque reanimation?
August 21, 2015
Breaking the codes
Of all the violence on Game of Thrones, one scene from the fifth season stands out in public opinion as particularly horrific.
July 6, 2015
Policing and race
Scandal and New Girl are not ordinarily “about” race. But as national conversations on police violence intensify, they’ve stepped into the discussion.
May 27, 2015
Unlikely sage
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a strange combination: a relentlessly upbeat comedy about surviving abuse.
April 15, 2015