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NATALIE KENDEL
ARTICLES & BLOG OF A THEOLOGIAN


Sanctified Thinness: The Intersection of the Adventist Health Message, Norwegian Cultural Ideals, and the Emergence of Eating Disorders
Abstract This essay explores the convergence of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) “health message”, Norwegian societal emphasis on health...

Natalie Kendel
May 19


Reading The Bible in 100 Days: What I learned
I read aloud The Bible in 100 days. And I learned some surprising things in the process.

Natalie Kendel
May 5


Palestine: Our Litmus Test
How is Palestine, and our response to the genocide, a litmus test to Christians?

Natalie Kendel
Apr 10


White Men & White Boys: The Weakest Link
The weakest link in any society has, without fail, been white men and white adolescent boys. They are the weakest members. History...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 31


Atle Haugen: a racist pastor and genocide-apologist (Palestine Stories: Ep. 3)
Atle Haugen is a Norwegian Adventist pastor, editor of the Adventist magazine, "Adventnytt", and Bible teacher at TVS, the Norwegian...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 29


I'm Lebanese (Palestine Stories, Ep. 2)
Snow White I am Lebanese. I am half Danish, half Lebanese, and Norwegian by nationality. But people don't exist as halves; they exist as...

Natalie Kendel
Sep 25, 2024


People-Watching at Oslo Train Station (Palestine Stories, Ep. 1)
I recently travelled through Oslo S - the central train station in Norway's capital city. It was a particularly busy day since it...

Natalie Kendel
Aug 21, 2024


Let Justice Roll
“Let Justice Roll like a River” is the title of my new single, and has also been the prayer I've gone around actively praying for nearly...

Natalie Kendel
Aug 12, 2024


The "Gift" of White Empathy
White Feminism makes the "gift" of its empathy dependent on whether or not White people are able to understand the experiences of the...

Natalie Kendel
Jul 27, 2024


You Can't Have Access To Me And Avoid Palestine
Let me make myself perfectly clear. To all my patrons, readers, followers, online acquaintances: I want my words and actions to be so...

Natalie Kendel
Jun 8, 2024


The Chosen People, Widows, & Orphans
Amid the Palestinian Holocaust that is currently raging, there is a thought that is weighing on many people's minds. Or perhaps it is...

Natalie Kendel
May 29, 2024


The Conscience-Cushioners Among Us
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory. It states that individuals are less likely to offer help to...

Natalie Kendel
Apr 5, 2024


One Beautiful Sabbath Morning
It's a beautiful Sabbath morning. The church parking lot is full. People stream into the Adventist church, clutching their Bibles with...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 22, 2024


Research: The Hidden Work
A large part of my work as a theologian is research. A large part of my work as a singer-songwriter is research. Research is what I'm...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 11, 2024


The Projecting of The Coloniser
A quintessential behaviour which we see enacted by colonisers and White Supremacists is the projection of their own violence and ugliness...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 8, 2024


2023: The year I tried to convince fellow Christians that genocide is wrong
I wish there was a more poetic or less razor-sharp way to sum up the dominant experience of 2023, but the reality defies subtleties. And...

Natalie Kendel
Dec 22, 2023


13 Things Christian Communities Could Learn From LGBTQ+ Communities
The LGBTQIA+ community has modelled some values and practices which Christian communities would benefit from learning.

Natalie Kendel
Jun 5, 2023


When Old Men Plant Trees
What happens when we dare to replace personal legacy-hunting with playing a longer game?

Natalie Kendel
Jun 4, 2023
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