CrossCurrents: Creative Nonfiction—A Genre Made for Religion Writing

CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice.

In the June 2015 issue of CrossCurrents:

“Nonfiction Religion, Jumbo Shrimp, and Other Apparent Oxymorons: An Introduction” by Brook Wilensky‐Lanford

“Activism and Inwardness” by Nathan Schneider

“Unbound: Religion Runs Free on the Internet” by Mary Valle

“How The Apostle Gets Religion” by Patton Dodd

“Sticks and Stones: Watching The Jesus Film with Muslims” by S. Brent Plate

“Where the Law Rock Lies” by Eric O. Scott

“‘Throw Me the Idol, I'll Throw You the Whip’: Sacred Stories, Holy Theft, and the Task of the Religion Writer” by Peter Manseau

“Belonging Without Believing” by Kaya Oakes

“Your Children Are Not Your Children: Kahlil Gibran's Counter‐Cultural Bible” by Brook Wilensky‐Lanford

“Trees, Walking: Praying on Prednisone with Flannery O'Connor” by Ashley Makar

“Why I Am and Am Not a Calvinist” by Briallen Hopper

“First‐Person Plural : Nonfiction Religion Writing for All of Us An Afterword” by S. Brent Plate