Theology
Karl Barth in a nutshell
Marty Folsom does what no previous scholar has done: make Church Dogmatics available to all.
Gathering for good
On a Copenhagen street, emergency responders and passersby formed a spontaneous community.
The making of God
“I don’t believe in God as character,” says poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, “but I do believe in God as plot.”
Reflecting on our reflection
Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
A boldly nonpropositional systematic theology
Kevin Hector presents theology as itself a practice of faith.
My son the PK said no to baptism
For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.
My bookshelf at the end
Packing up my library, I decided to let go of my Wolfhart Pannenberg books—and the wounds they represent.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
Border encounters
The US-Mexico border is rich with ordinary life—not just the sort of stories amplified by political rhetoric.
Marilynne Robinson goes deep on Genesis
Her new book is a single essay of 230 pages that probes beautifully into the mind and heart of God.
Our unseen companions
“Angels, saints, and ancestors are real presences that are not visible to us in our linear, rational mind,” says Abbey of the Arts founder Christine Valters Paintner.
Seeking the Divine in the secular age
The modern mystics profiled in Bernard McGinn’s new book don’t experience ecstatic visions, supernatural miracles, or paranormal phenomena.
Edwards for all of us
George Marsden’s new book returns to the old project of making Jonathan Edwards modern.
The slow work of dialogue
For 20 years, Mennonite scholars from North America and Shi’a scholars from Iran have met periodically to build bridges.
To forgive is exclusively divine
Ancient Israel’s war with Amalek is a lesson in repentance and covenant.
Christian life in The School of Athens
My upbringing made me a Platonist. Motherhood made me an Aristotelian. I never left either behind.
Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.