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Episode 26: Ethicist Reggie Williams, author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus
A conversation with ethicist Reggie Williams about Bonhoeffer, Black Jesus, racism, and more
Filmmakers release trailer for 'The Philadelphia Eleven,' hope to raise funds to finish film
The producers of a documentary on the...
A self-emptying of privilege
Brandan Robertson grounds his discussion of Christians and privilege in the kenosis hymn
of Philippians 2.
The language of rights and its limits
My niece Butterfly has me thinking about bodies, love, and responsibility.
Did God intend for Adam and Eve to live forever?
Maybe immortality is about more than not being dead.
March 19, Lent 4A (John 9:1-41)
The light of the world illumines those who are open but is opaque to those who claim powerful position.
The Samaritan woman vs. our assumptions (John 4:5-42)
She doesn’t even have a name. Surely she is a questionable character if she has no name.
What I wished for
Sometimes we can’t express what we want, even when we are in desperate need.
The theological anthropologies implicit in our politics
David Zahl maps the conservative/liberal binary according to distinctions between high and low anthropologies.
In Search of Truth and Justice: An Interview with Willie Francois III (S2E3)
“What does it mean to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
Israeli earthquake rescue team returns 'exported' scrolls to Turkey
The goodwill Israel earned when it sent a team of nearly 700 emergency medical responders to Turkey following the magnitude 7....
Staying in a culture of leaving
My parents arrived in the US with three suitcases and two toddlers. I’ve experienced wanderlust ever since.
Frank Griswold, who led Episcopal Church through LGBTQ debate, dies at 85
Frank Tracy Griswold III, who led the Episcopal Church through debates over the ordination LGBTQ clergy, died on March 5 in Ph...
City of Fort Worth to buy seminary housing units for $11 million
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary could get an $11 million infusion of cash if a planned sale of 15 acres of property to the City of Fort Worth goes through....
Biden administration seeks to rescind Trump-era rule about faith on campus
Does a Trump-era rule protect religious belief of students at public colleges and universities or cause discrimination against...
Why did conservative evangelicals turn against the environment?
It was mostly politics, argues historian Neall Pogue.
March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17)
What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.