Theology
The mass shooting in Buffalo was an attack on the image of God
And it was enabled by social structures of permission.
Reading The Irony of American History 70 years later
What do Reinhold Niebuhr's blind spots tell us about our own?
Taking womanist theology to the beauty shop
“My mama was womanist. My grandma is womanist. Just because they don’t have the language or the identifier doesn’t make them less womanist.”
Ofelia Ortega does theology to empower women
And she does it in an unmistakable Caribbean accent that embraces, hugs, kisses, dances, cries, and rumbles out laughter.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
Eastern wisdom for Western Christians
“Looking east can free us a bit from our anxiety or ecclesiastical culture wars or general air of being panicked and overstretched.”
The mystical significance of Jesus’ resurrection
We don’t need to debate the possibility of a reanimated corpse. We need to reimagine our whole understanding of the material world.
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.