Theology
Kwame Bediako’s Christianity without domination
The Ghanaian theologian offered new methodological approaches in the wake of imperialism.
Episode 26: Ethicist Reggie Williams, author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus
A conversation with ethicist Reggie Williams about Bonhoeffer, Black Jesus, racism, and more
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.
The theological anthropologies implicit in our politics
David Zahl maps the conservative/liberal binary according to distinctions between high and low anthropologies.
More than 100 faith leaders are trying to prevent Andre Thomas’s execution
Imagine what might happen if they poured that energy into abolishing the death penalty in Texas.
When women speak more than truth
She Said and Women Talking examine the collective power of women’s words for a MeToo era.
Is relating to God a fundamental need?
Biblical theologian Christa McKirland argues that it is.
Tyre Nichols’s killing is not an exception
Police violence against Black citizens is written into the script of American culture.
February 26, Lent 1A (Matthew 4:1-11)
Many professions require testing—including Son of God.
Becoming a people together
Gordon Lathrop roots his case for in-person worship in scripture and Lutheran tradition.
Theology in carceral context
“What does it mean,” asks Willie Francois, “to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
Bringing Zwingli out from the shadows of Luther and Calvin
Bruce Gordon masterfully weaves together the world that shaped the least-remembered Reformer and the ways he shaped that world.
David Bentley Hart’s apocalyptic view of tradition
Hart believes that John Henry Newman and those quick to invoke him rely too much on a gaze backward into the past.
Creation and new creation
A collection of essays invites artists and
theologians into conversation.
Pope Benedict’s complicated legacy
Both his strengths and his failings are distinctly Catholic.
