The Rings of Power Review

with Laura Van Dyke
As many Lord of the Rings nerds already know, Season 2 of The Rings of Power has recently concluded. With its over 1-billion-dollar price tag – and the inclusion of Tom Bombadil, even! – one would expect a lot of hubbub. And there is! It spans everything from intense annoyance to absolute adoration.

We wanted the opinion of a Tolkien scholar and nerd, which we are delighted to share.…

Film Review: Jesus Revolution

by Ed Aust
The film Jesus Revolution tells the family story of the beginnings of the Jesus Movement, and the evangelical revival that took the Church and the nation by surprise in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story the movie tells…

Album Review: Barbara Higbie, “Murmuration”

by Ed Aust
A Grammy-nominated, Bammy award winning composer, pianist, fiddler, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Barbara Higbie has performed on more than 100 albums. Her latest, "Murmuration," is intended to soothe.…

Film Review of Wise Blood (1979)

by Sharon Gallagher
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Most good things share the quality of being perennial, and Flannery O’Connor’s work is certainly that. It is for this reason that Sharon’s review of the film Wise Blood is included in this Radix issue.…

Review of Daniel Lanois’ Heavy Sun

by Dan Ouellette
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While Daniel Lanois isn’t well-known as a solo artist, in the past four decades he has become recognized as a renowned genius for imparting his alt-eclectic producing touch on high-profile projects.…

Liturgical Time in Artistic Form

by Phillip Aijian
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This unique contribution provided by the artist and poet Phillip Aijian demonstrates not only the skill of an experienced craftsperson gifted with detail and vision, but beautifully reveals how art and theology can meaningfully contribute to each other.…

Film Review of Joyeux Noel (2005)

by Sharon Gallagher
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Joyeux Noel, an Oscar nominee for best foreign film in 2006, is something I highly recommend for Christmas viewing. Based on the true story of an impromptu WWI truce, this film deserves to become a Christmas classic, along with the well-loved parables of redemption, A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life.…