Bradley B. Onishi
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Bradley B. Onishi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Religious Studies department at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is one of the contributing authors of Christian Mysticism: An Introduction to Contemporary Theoretical Approaches (Ashgate, 2009) and has published in the areas of contemporary continental philosophy and the history of Christianity. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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Occupy Wall Street, Nirvana, and the Kingdom of God?

Posted October 9, 2011 | 20:08:09 (EST)

I was in Jr. high school when Kurt Cobain's raspy, almost incomprehensible voice exploded into the mainstream on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. From the time the music video aired on MTV (MTV showed music videos in those days) to the day Kurt--our generation's Jimmy Hendrix--committed suicide, his voice and...

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Love and Devotion: The World Cup and the 'Religion' of Soccer

Posted June 10, 2010 | 15:14:00 (EST)

I was sweating profusely, which didn't help with my lack of excitement about the whole day. When you are 14 years old, the idea of doing anything -- especially anything to do with your parents on a perfectly good summer day -- isn't usually met with much enthusiasm. My friends...

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I Once Was Found and Now I Am Lost: Reflections on the Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Lost

Posted May 24, 2010 | 08:55:00 (EST)

By Bradley B. Onishi with Albert Silva

It is not a matter of gods or of God. Lost's narrative was never about deities. Yet, the manifestations of the metaphysical and paranormal were obvious from the pilot to the finale. From start to finish, Lost gave us demons, spirits, voices, hauntings,...

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