Author: Greg Garrett
Greg Garrettis the author of We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2; Stories from the Edge: A Theology of Grief; The Gospel according to Hollywood; and Holy Superheroes!: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film.He is a novelist, a professor of English at Baylor University, writer-in-residence at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church.
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By Greg Garrett
We Americans are privileged to live in a highly mobile society; for many of us, some climate change can be mitigated by heating and air-conditioning. But for the poor in the United States, and for many people around the globe, natural disasters and t...
By Greg Garrett
In this study we'll discuss three scenes from the film An Inconvenient Truth that demonstrate the science of global warming. In the process of our viewing and discussion, we'll explore theological and ethical questions as well as scientific ones: Wha...
By Sabrina Fountain, Greg Garrett
Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us. Pa...
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By Greg Garrett
Crash features an extensive cast of characters whose lives intersect in powerful and sometimes dangerous ways. The movie focuses on the problem of racial intolerance. The first appearances of characters in the film invite us to establish our own prej...
By Greg Garrett
Tendemos a asociar el dolor primariamente con traumas mayores de la vida como la muerte de una persona en la familia, un divorcio, o una enfermedad. Sin embargo, el dolor tambin puede surgir como respuesta a un cambio o a una prdida, incluyendo aquel...
By Greg Garrett
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in the early morning hours of December 30, 2006, in Baghdad, just days after his final appeal had been denied. Those hoping for an easy resolution of sectarian violence by his trial and execu...
By Greg Garrett
Known for his hate-filled rhetoric and his various protests, Rev. Fred Phelps's death in March 2014 sparked a lot of controversy. In this free, one- session downloadable "In the News" study, "Fred Phelps: Responding to His Death," Christians will rec...
By Greg Garrett
The 2014 Oscars ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 2. The annual Academy Awards show sparks conversations on designer clothing and predictions of who will take home the golden statues. Of course, there is also discussion about the movies that ...
By Greg Garrett
This book will thrill movie buffs and casual fans alike. In an engaging style, author Greg Garrett looks at the theological elements in dozens of classic and new classic Hollywood films, including a discussion about what the new openness to spiritua...
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By Greg Garrett
We tend to associate grief primarily with major life traumas such as a death in the family, a divorce, or an illness. But grief may also emerge in response to any change or loss, including those that we might view as largely positive. Moving away fro...
By Greg Garrett
Should the United States support calls for a cease-fire and a political solution to the current conflict between Lebanon's Hezbollah faction and the nation of Israel?Few countries have a more complicated pattern of religion, politics, and recent hist...
By Greg Garrett
Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first- century mythology. Greg Garrett helps us see the profound depth that can be found in the glossy, fast-paced, and often viole...
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Katrina
Flood Lines and Fault Lines
By Greg Garrett
On August 29, President George W. Bush returned to the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast to admit that America had failed those most affected by Katrina. One year after the coast was badly damaged by winds and waves and the city of New Orleans was all ...
Lost
Live Together or Die Alone
By Greg Garrett
Lost is one of the most popular television shows of recent memory; a show in which physical drama--Will they survive?--and spiritual drama--Will they be redeemed?--go hand in hand. From the first episode, when a jet airliner flying from Australia to ...
By Greg Garrett
Munich, a 2005 Academy Award nominee for best film and best director, goes well beyond the usual Hollywood film in dealing with a topical problem. In telling the story of an Israeli death squad given responsibility to assassinate those responsible fo...
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