Can incarceration ever be just?
Philosopher Tommie Shelby pushes me to question my abolitionist convictions.
Seeing abortion access as a blessing
“Abortion is not abstract,” says Katey Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. “It happens within the context of a real person’s life.”
Restorative justice with Anselm
The satisfaction theory of atonement offers my incarcerated students something the substitution theory does not: a way to make amends and be restored.
An even better Bible
The leaders of the NRSVue project talk about translation, reception, and what Bibles are for.
Women after incarceration
Anthropologist Jorja Leap bears witness to the struggles of women reentering society through programs designed for men.
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.”
The frightening side of baptism
Peter Leithart argues that the sacrament’s violence is surprisingly good news.
The beauty of representation in children’s books
“I was a child who loved to read. But I didn’t see a lot of characters that looked like me.”
Lauren Redniss’s Oak Flat is about the conflict over sacred Apache land in Arizona
It’s also about a conflict within the order of the universe.