Theology

Theology

Books

Faith of the founders

John Fea brings humility, patience and objectivity to controversial questions of religion and the founding era of American history. His book is a model of scholarly restraint.

Books

Christianity and Contemporary Politics, by Luke Bretherton

I'll be giving Christianity and Con­temporary Politics to my graduate students and others seeking to become authors and academics. It is a model of the kind of book a scholar should be looking to write.

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Past progressives

According to Gary Dorrien, the influence of Walter Rauschen­busch, Washington Gladden and the Social Gospel on the United States was mixed--but it was very real.

How my mind has changed

It is by living and dying that one becomes a theologian, Martin Luther said. With that comment in mind, we recently resumed a Century series published at intervals since 1939 and asked theologians to reflect on their own struggles, disappointments, questions and hopes as people of faith and to consider how their work and life have been intertwined.