Resources

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Selma & Straight Outta Compton

Selma & Straight Outta Compton

Selma Directed by Ava DuVernay; Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Coman Domingo; 2014; PG-13 ...
The Internet and Righteous Anger

The Internet and Righteous Anger

Jacobs, Alan "The Online State of Nature: Why has Internet discourse devolved into a 'war of every man against ...
Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Miramax Films, 1996; Directed by Billy Bob Thorton; Starring Billy Bob Thorton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, and ...
A Faithful Presence

A Faithful Presence

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World By: James ...
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Columbia Pictures, 1994; Directed by Frank Darabont; Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, & Bob Gunton; ...
Birdman

Birdman

Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro Iñárritu does not make movies about ...
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959; Directed by William Wyler; Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, ...
The Decline of the Secular University

The Decline of the Secular University

By: John Sommerville (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) Summary: Are American universities equipped ...
Professors Are People, Too

Professors Are People, Too

Mathewes, Charles "Job, Career, Vocation, Life" Inside Higher Ed (December 13, 2013) Charles Mathewes, Carolyn ...
All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

By: Cormac McCarthy (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992) Summary: Cormac McCarthy is one of America’s most ...
Why Is There Anything At All?

Why Is There Anything At All?

Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story By: Jim Holt (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012) Jim ...
Suffragette

Suffragette

Directed by: Sarah Gavron Suffragette is a serviceable look into the history of feminism by way of the ...