Author Archives: RodtRDH

About RodtRDH

Formerly known as Rod of Alexandria, Rod the Rogue Demon Hunter Preacher of Hope | Black Scholar of Patristics | Writer for Nonviolent Politics. Destroyer of Trolls. It must be that angry puppy.

Marvel’s #Avengers, Religion and Gender #whedony

“You have the Blue Stick of Destiny.” The world of comic books and the world of religion, which in my own personal context, is Christianity, have a lot of similarities. You have your political ideologues: Hawkman, he’s a conservative, and … Continue reading

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#Avengers, Religion, and Race #whedony

TOWARDS AN AVENGING ASSEMBLY WE CALL CHURCH I have often talked about the racial stereotype of the Angry Black Man, that monster black intellectuals like President Obama and Tiger Woods have tried to avoid. For many the Angry Black Man … Continue reading

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Joss Whedon’s #Avengers and Religion #Whedony

HOW TO WATCH COMIC BOOK MOVIES AS AN ANGRY BLACK MAN (theologian) You know, I have been really stoked about this movie. And it didn’t disappoint. His Marky Markness, Joel (linked here) wrote about some of the eschatology of Joss … Continue reading

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#Eureka!: James Cone, Science Fiction, and the Historical Jesus

I have really started to love Syfy’s Original series Eureka; I can’t get enough of it, along with a couple other SyFy original shows, but last week’s episode made a relevant point about myth “versus” reality/historicity, a point which I … Continue reading

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Dominionist David Barton Continues To WhiteWash The History of Slavery

The Color Of Thomas Jefferson’s Enemies I have written on here before about the Christians who call themselves Dominionists, and who want to set up a Domination System in the name of Jeebus. In fact, I argued, given the Dominionist … Continue reading

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