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Greg Garrett

(He/Him)
  • Professor of English, Baylor University and Writer and Speaker, Freelance
Austin
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Covers:  Race, religion, politics, film, pop culture, literature
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The enduring appeal of Watergate

The enduring appeal of Watergate

The Spectator — On 24 April the series Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell and Sean Penn as Watergate-era U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, will premiere on Starz. It joins a multitude of books, films, and TV shows about Watergate, starting with the Oscar-winning All the President's Men (1976) running through to 2017's The Post.
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Is Gone with the Wind to blame for Trumpism?

Is Gone with the Wind to blame for Trumpism?

The Spectator — 'America is merely a story the nation tells itself,' the historian and cultural critic Sarah Churchwell writes in The Wrath to Come. Of the many American stories, few are more disturbing than the complex one represented by the rioter Kevin Seefried inside the Capitol on 6 January 2020.
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Baldwin, Bobby and the necessity of hard conversations

Baldwin, Bobby and the necessity of hard conversations

Baptist News Global — I've been engaging in hard conversations about race for the past seven years. Sometimes I'm asked if they matter, if anything can change hearts and minds. Not long ago, a friend who is a devout Christian and a person of genuine good will wondered if I was wasting my time, people being what they are,...
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The Best Books on Zombies | Five Books Expert Recommendations

The Best Books on Zombies | Five Books Expert Recommendations

fivebooks.com — What is the 'zombie apocalypse' and why does it matter to so many readers, gamers, and viewers? Greg Garrett explores the classic books on zombies and explores their meanings.
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An afterlife for our times

An afterlife for our times

The Tablet — Images of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory loom large in popular culture, but less so in Scripture. The human imagination bridges this gap and creates music, films, games and novels that help us to make sense of our lives ccording to several polls taken in the past few years, belief in God and belief in life after death do not necessarily go together.
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Faith in the Election: In Trump We Trust?

Faith in the Election: In Trump We Trust?

patheos.com — [Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Faith and the Election.] A few months ago, a host on a BBC Radio Sunday morning faith and values show asked me to explain the popularity of Donald Trump among American Christians to his baffled audience, and I took a deep breath.
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Rape, Football, and the Soul of a University

Rape, Football, and the Soul of a University

HuffPost — "What if what you do to survive Kills the things you love?" Bruce Springsteen, "Devils and Dust" Some people are telling the Baylor rape scandal as a story of hubris: small private university aims for the stars to achieve wins and dollar signs, falls to earth, the victim of its own extravagant ambition. But I think it's a betrayal of its core principles. Here's why.
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"They killed Kenny!": "South Park," "Lost," "Batman" and our modern sense of heaven

"They killed Kenny!": "South Park," "Lost," "Batman" and our modern sense of heaven

Salon — In literature and pop culture, our visions of the afterlife are all about the afterlife we think we need.
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Politics, faith and mission: A talk with Tim Alberta on his book and faith journey

Politics, faith and mission: A talk with Tim Alberta on his book and faith journey

Baptist News Global — You may have watched Tim Alberta recently on 60 Minutes, Meet the Press, Firing Line or a full house of cable news shows. His rigorously researched and painfully personal bestseller The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why white American evangelicals came to be in the...
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