Theology
Whiteness rooted in place
“All of our efforts at changing the social fabric of this country must begin with changing the geographic fabric.”
Diana Butler Bass’s love letter to Jesus
Freeing Jesus is not the kind of book we expect from someone with a PhD.
Rubem Alves builds altars of word and song
The bold visions of the grandfather of liberation theology
The kingdom of heaven is like the Brooklyn Public Library
What it has it must freely give away.
Elaine Enns and Ched Myers explore a theology of restorative solidarity
How can a people paralyzed by facing its history move forward?
Karl Barth’s affair with Charlotte von Kirschbaum wasn’t the only major conflict behind his theology
Christiane Tietz explores them all in the first full-length biography since Eberhard Busch’s in 1976.
Take & Read: Practical theology
Five new books about the practice of ministry after our recent calamities
Have Steve Jobs and his gadgets made us less human?
It’s possible he created more problems than he solved.
Albert J. Raboteau changed both American religious studies and African American studies
He was among the first to ask, What is religion for a people birthed in the cradle of chattel slavery?
Living and leading from our mortality
“Yearning for life is a part of what it means to be human.”
Who is welcome at the communion table?
Maybe the grace experienced in the sacrament precedes belief.
A psalm of waiting as the pandemic continues
All plans feel like grass withering in the sun these days.
The New Testament’s most dangerous book for Jews
Reading and preaching Hebrews without supersessionism
Climate change is a symptom of deeper planetary dysfunction
Five ideas for treating the greater disease
An epidemic of moral injury
Christians have an opportunity to transform a faith that has fueled genocide, slavery, war, and kleptocracy.
Pastoral care is part of Christian formation
A response to Will Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas
Can John Rawls help Christians understand justice?
Two new monographs provide religious entry points into the political philosopher’s thought.
On her deathbed, St. Clare of Assisi blessed God
Her radical final words confounded me for years.
A Palestinian evangelical’s supersessionism
Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?