theology, philosophy, and The wire Tran, Jonathan editor of compilation, author. Werntz, Myles editor of compilation, author. text xxu Eugene, Oregon Cascade Books [2013] monographic eng

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xii, 315 p. : 23 cm The church in The wire : prophetic witness as a prop in urban America / James H. Coston -- Living on set : a year spent living and working in Baltimore City / Whitney Johnson -- "Way down in the hole" : systemic urban inequality and The wire / Anmol Chaddha and William Julius Wilson -- Marlo's city of words : tempting a natural theology of language / Jonathan Tran -- Sexual communication and institutional dysfunction in The wire / David Matzko McCarthy -- Realism and utopia in The wire / Fredric Jameson -- "This is me" : Ronald Pryzbylewski, mis-performance, and transformation in The wire / Brian Bantum -- Down in the hole : melancholy, vulnerability, and the puncturing of Black masculinity / Joseph Winters -- The ethics of counter-insurgency in The wire / Jacob L. Goodson -- Keeping the devil down : the church on The wire / Nekeisha Alexis-Baker -- Depravity and hope in the city : Karl Barth in conversation with The wire / Keith L. Johnson -- On naming the work of God : ecclesiological witness and theological transformation in The wire / Myles Werntz -- "It don't matter that some fool say he different ..." : the pretense of Frank Sobothka's self-sacrifice / Joseph Wiebe -- Earthly peace in the halls of city schools / Peter Boumgarden and Kristen Deede Johnson -- The communication of the nameless / Daniel Colucciello Barber -- The wire, or, what to do in non-evental times / Slavoj Žižek. edited by Jonathan Tran and Myles Werntz. Includes bibliographical references and index. Wire (Television program) Television broadcasting Religious aspects Christianity PN1992.77.W53 C67 2013 9781608998517 (softcover) 1608998517 (softcover) 2013388283 150611 20150702110013.0