Hellbound? on Halloween: A Live Chat with Director Kevin Miller about Mimetic Theory and Hell

October 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
From Kevin Miller's blog: Hellbound? Exploring Faith and Film, Good and Evil

Who would you like to see bound to Hell to suffer eternal conscious torment? Okay, it’s a petty question, but we’ve all thought about our enemies suffering eternally in hell. There’s a particular, albeit vulgar, satisfaction in imagining certain people who have wronged us suffering the horrors of hell. Something in us yearns for justice [Read More...]

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Why I Am In Jail

May 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As I write this note, it is 12:30PM and I’m sitting comfortably in my office at the NC Council of Churches. At 3PM, though, I will be in the gallery at the NC Legislature, and by late this afternoon I may find myself in jail. [Read more...]

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The Perversion of ‘Them’

January 5, 2011 By 4 Comments

Once we ask the ominous question “Who are they?” by inherent contradiction we are then led to the question “Who am I without a ‘They’?’ That question is laced with enough trepidation that it keeps the bravest of people out of the light and deeper into the dark.
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