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Harvey Cox wants to save the market’s soul
If corporations are people, can they be redeemed?
How Kathryn Tanner’s theology bridges doctrine and social action
Lots of theologians want to challenge economic injustice. Not many draw their arguments from Anselm and Aquinas.
July 23, Ordinary 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
We have forgotten how to dream the land.
Sacrifice of Isaac, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610)
It all starts with poetry.
It all starts with poetry.
When the financial market is god, who pays?
Most religions acknowledge the contingencies and paradoxes of human life. Not this one.
June 11, Trinity Sunday
2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Matthew 28:16–20
June 11, Trinity Sunday
2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Matthew 28:16–20
Like the first humans, I am far from divine.
How do you hold together your trans identity and your life of faith?
Nine trans Christians tell their stories.
The pains of being present
Jonathan Safran Foer asks what it really means to say, Here I am.
It took me a long time to accept this about myself. Eventually I even came to like it.
By Debie Thomas
It’s dangerous to trust God in the face of suffering. It’s more dangerous not to.
Maybe the parable of the persistent widow isn't about God. Maybe it's about us.
by Debie Thomas
Princeton Theological Seminary's farm grows food. But this isn't the main point.