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- Nikki Finke: A Life in Deadline Hollywood
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- Lynn Hunt and the Cultural Turn
- The Jewish Jesus and His Interpreters: Amy-Jill Levine and the Return of the New Testament to Second Temple Judaism
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Category Archives: Personal
Growing Up Adventist: A Dialogue Between Luke Ford and Gary Chartier II
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Growing Up Adventist: A Dialogue Between Luke Ford and Gary Chartier
Learning to live in community. A sense of belonging. Seventh-Day Adventism is a whole life system from diet to worship to study. I felt like I was on the periphery. I wanted to be in the burning middle. All the … Continue reading
I’m Live On My Cam Interviewing Prospective Stalkees
Click here to apply. My requirements are few — be hot and breathing.
My Abba’s Still Got His Fastball
Though racked by pain and illness, my dad still held ’em spellbound at Loma Linda University Saturday afternoon. But let’s talk about me. I leave my phone off the hook 90% of the time and then check my messages about … Continue reading
My Dad Speaks At Loma Linda University On Shabbos
Jared Wright writes: The Good News Tour won’t be the only show in town September 5 & 6. At his newly refurbished blog, AdventistExpressions.com (a reincarnation of Progressive Adventism), LLU professor of religion Dr. Julius Nam writes that Dr. Desmond … Continue reading
I Didn’t Convert To Judaism To Be Comforted
I spoke the other day to a reporter about the conversion crisis in Israel. I said that the religion I joined was exclusivist and elitist and that I expected it to challenge me. Judaism and Jewish community can be as … Continue reading
Luke Ford Modern Love
I got a message this morning from Amy Klein, formerly of the Jewish Journal, that she has an essay on me in the New York Times’ Modern Love section. Here: “Why don’t we write a story about Luke Ford?” my … Continue reading