Shaping a place where people can become more like Christ
Scot McKnight looks to Paul to define the pastoral task.
Christ
Womanist theology proclaims a future beyond the strongholds of racism, sexism, and injustice.
It’s all fun and games until your political enemy calls you “dear sister in Christ.”
The Bible in conversation with the liturgy
Biblical images and stories don’t just give us information about Jesus, says Gordon Lathrop. They also give us something more.
The radiance of religious poetry
Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.
Is there a center that can hold?
Redemption revisited
Faith is formed in us by the Spirit and the life of the church. It renews our elemental confidence and creates our disposition toward the world.
Why give alms?
Belief in the incarnation places suffering bodies within the realm of Christian responsibility.
I thumbed through a stack of Xeroxed images, looking at the multiple faces of Jesus that a friend compiled for her theology paper. She had gone to the library and photocopied profiles from around the globe.