Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig is a doctoral student in religion, philosophy, and politics at Brown University. She writes regularly for The Week and Salon.

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Articles


A Sufferable Faith

October 16, 2014

If there were a definitive, immediately satisfying theological answer to the problem of suffering, every person on earth would know it, because we’ve all had occasions on which to demand it.


Suffering and Suffering-With

October 6, 2014

Christ’s example in Gethsemane reminds us that suffering together matters, that it means something.


Christian Narratives of Female Sexuality

September 30, 2014

A little less heavy then, on the poetically etherealized female form, and a little heavier on the generalizable merits would be a welcome shift in this growing genre of Christian literature.


Papal Perspectives on Peace

September 8, 2014

It’s worth considering why Pope Francis has maintained a consistently hesitant tone toward intervention against ISIS.

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Of Satanic Subterfuge

August 24, 2014

The nature of the Satanists’ mission highlights a weakness in our public discourse when it comes to naming that which is inauthentic, especially under the cloak of rights language.

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Non-Monogamy: Sin By Any Other Name

July 30, 2014

If we accept that monogamy and non-monogamy exist as neutral alternatives, then God’s commandment to observe sexuality strictly on monogamous, marital terms seems an arbitrary choice.

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Christians, Campaigns, and Collateral Damage

July 29, 2014

The persecution of Christians in the middle east reveals, in bloody relief, the grave shortcomings of American partisan politics.

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Choosing Transformational Marriage

July 16, 2014

Marriage can’t be hacked. And it’s no surprise that successful marriages are those that thrive on transformational rather than ‘romantic’ virtues.