Theology
For Simone Weil, philosophy was not merely academic
Robert Zaretsky offers a vivid picture of how truth telling made Weil’s life complicated.
John Boswell’s faith lit up a generation
My brother’s work paved the way for many LGBTQ Christians.
What does the cross mean for people with disabilities?
David McLachlan proposes a participatory atonement in which God engages creation’s contingency and vulnerability.
My spouse is also my pastor
During the pandemic, I’ve realized how much I rely on her as a proxy for my faith.
On the path to holiness with Dostoevsky
Paul Contino offers a hope-filled reading of The Brothers Karamazov.
The frightening side of baptism
Peter Leithart argues that the sacrament’s violence is surprisingly good news.
Translation as an act of love
“Dolly Parton says she is singing for everybody. I am trying to translate for everybody.”
Why go to church camp?
Jacob Sorenson has written a wise, informative, and practical study of the benefits of Christian summer camps.
Jesus turned his public humiliation into solidarity
He turned it into love and care for humiliated others.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s theology of visibility
When Asian American women are rendered invisible, the whole church is diminished.
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill is conspicuously silent on race
Mark Driscoll’s megachurch radicalized White men by weaponizing the White nuclear family.
Rescuing faith from scientific imperialism
Kara Slade’s scathing yet incisive volume abounds with examples of modern hubris.
The Dominican friars whose library is transforming Islamic studies
How a rare books collection in Cairo expanded into a center for scholarship and interfaith conversation
Joseph de Maistre’s magnum opus is still perplexing after 200 years
Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg has often been dismissed as propaganda. It isn’t.
The Chair and the collapse of the humanities
Who, exactly, should preside over meaning-making?
We need a more robust theology of holy delight
Christianity is not only about pain and death. It’s about life and joy.
In America, Jesus is Black because he was Jewish
As James Cone argued, the universal is revealed in the particular.
Trauma and embodiment
Hillary McBride draws on psychology and theology to encourage us to befriend our bodies.
