Theology
The quiet rise of Christian dominionism
Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.
Meet the Church of Sweden’s archbishop-elect
Martin Modéus will lead the national church during a time of profound change.
Looking to heaven without looking past earth
In the Christian imagination, the two rightly go together.
Earth’s self-care
The blue-and-green-marbled planet is trying her best to restore stability.
Can these stones live?
Some Indigenous traditions suggest that rocks are sentient. What does this mean for how we humans relate to them?
Drawing God
A graphic novel about the Hebrew God, a collection of cartoons about Jesus, and a comic strip about the Holy Ghost
After my friend’s suicide, my theology was in shock
I’ve been offering my tangled knots of questions and memories as prayers.
Solidarity with student workers?
Several church bodies have adopted prolabor statements. The actions of their affiliated schools often tell another story.
A theological exploration in the style of a Choose Your Own Adventure book
Bethany Sollereder explores different approaches to understanding suffering—and enacts one.
Three reasons progressive Christians shouldn’t give up on conversion
Is it the baby or the bathwater?
When my dad killed God
My dad, Bill Hamilton, was a beloved divinity school professor. That all changed when God died and we got run out of town.
Preaching in the valley of actual death
My task at funerals is to share the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Encountering the sacred Black feminine
“God’s social location is nowhere near women or Black people. I had to start looking for an image of the Divine that can speak to that.”
How Christena Cleveland walked away from “whitemalegod”
The social psychologist went on a revolutionary pilgrimage in search of the sacred Black feminine.
The Second Amendment has been shaped into an altar
Cowardly politicians sacrifice the helpless upon it.