Theology
The roots of my deconstruction
The cracks in my faith came slow, like when plants grow under concrete.
In the face of climate change, how do we tend to our spirits?
In true agrarian fashion, Norm Wirzba suggests starting small.
An even better Bible
The leaders of the NRSVue project talk about translation, reception, and what Bibles are for.
What sort of Christian story is viable in our time?
I’m hoping for one that’s lyrical, chastened, hallowed.
The feeling I no longer pray for
One of the reasons I left my childhood faith tradition is that I didn’t feel what I was supposed to feel.
We do not read alone
Brad East offers a rigorous argument for the ecclesial context of scripture.
Can we be reconciled to God without being reconciled to one another?
Jonathan Augustine starts where Barth left off, moving from salvific reconciliation to social reconciliation.
Returning to a book that shaped my imagination
Is there a word for nostalgia tinged with trauma?
The Christian God is a queer God
I cannot begin to imagine anything queerer than the doctrine of the Trinity.
A liturgy in the borderlands
Alvaro Enciso plants crosses where migrants have died, to keep them from disappearing into oblivion.
Who’s responsible for coincidence?
Our spiritual lives would grow if we could step beyond the false notion that God arranges our circumstances.
The quiet rise of Christian dominionism
Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.
Meet the Church of Sweden’s archbishop-elect
Martin Modéus will lead the national church during a time of profound change.
Looking to heaven without looking past earth
In the Christian imagination, the two rightly go together.
Earth’s self-care
The blue-and-green-marbled planet is trying her best to restore stability.
Can these stones live?
Some Indigenous traditions suggest that rocks are sentient. What does this mean for how we humans relate to them?