Theology
Djokovic against the gods
Humans crave stories that create order, whether they’re about the supreme being in the universe or the greatest tennis player in history.
The poetic space of the liturgy
What if we suspend our disbelief, collapse our ironic distance, and allow ourselves to go in?
The all-knowing cloud and the cloud of unknowing
Clouds evoke the sublime. What about the cloud that stores our data and mediates its flow?
Virtuous friendship
Prudence and constancy might not sound like much fun, but they create the load-bearing relationships communities need to flourish.
Everything from nothing
Theologian Brian Robinette argues that the beleaguered doctrine of creatio ex nihilo is both important and practical.
Did God intervene to save Trump’s life?
Underneath this question lies layer upon layer of ever more troubling theological questions.
Episode 41: Theologian Elizabeth Johnson, author of Come, Have Breakfast
A conversation with theologian Elizabeth Johnson about God as creator, rock, dove, verb, and more
OncoMouse and me
A genetically engineered animal helped me rethink the imago Dei. It might also save my life.
Moltmann the teacher
Studying theology with him offered me new possibilities for justice and abundant life.
What does it mean to be an inclusive church?
Being a community means welcoming those with diverse views, not cocooning oneself with like-minded people.
Hair like wool
Both Daniel and Revelation compare God’s hair to wool. White enslavers used to say the same thing about hair like mine.
Consciousness all the way down
If consciousness is universal and the universe is fine-tuned for life, Philip Goff argues, then there must be a cosmic purpose.
What is the rainbow in Genesis a reminder of?
This year during Pride month, God seems to have a lot of rainbow defenders online. But they aren’t getting the Bible story quite right.
What does ‘Christian nationalism’ even mean?
Could it really be all the different things people say it is?
Too much mystery?
Leaving evangelicalism allowed me to embrace the mystery of faith. I wonder if I’ve taken it too far.
Karl Barth in a nutshell
Marty Folsom does what no previous scholar has done: make Church Dogmatics available to all.
Gathering for good
On a Copenhagen street, emergency responders and passersby formed a spontaneous community.
The making of God
“I don’t believe in God as character,” says poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, “but I do believe in God as plot.”
Reflecting on our reflection
Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.