Theology
Imagining the future of theological education
Conversations with Rowan Williams, Justo González, Emilie Townes, and Sam Wells
Considering the trees on Ash Wednesday
Each tree in my neighborhood is the tree of life.
The surprising gift of knowing my vocation
How I became the kind of person who wants to do the work to which she’s called.
The solution to the fear of death is to live as dying creatures
Theologian Todd Billings grapples with scripture, philosophy, and his own incurable cancer.
A history of the Pilgrims that neither idolizes nor demonizes them
Historian John Turner tells the story of Plymouth Colony with nuance and care.
Christian liturgy should reflect the unconditional nature of grace
This might mean changing the order of certain elements.
Tending love in a time of trauma
My mother grew up in a violent home. But violence was not the totality of her life.
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
There’s no theological education pipeline anymore
It’s been replaced by a thriving irrigation hose.
God became flesh, but he never had breast cancer
I was diagnosed just after Christmas. It changed my perspective on the incarnation.
Isolated for the holidays? You should feast anyway.
Even during a pandemic, feasting is central to Christian worship.
How do we grieve the hundreds of thousands of people the COVID-19 pandemic has killed?
We posed this question to five writers.
My mind and what she remembers
When I can't figure out what something means, I give the problem to my mind.
Christians have struggled to understand Judaism on its own terms
John Phelan’s book helps us unlearn what we thought we knew.
The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided
We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.