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The unsettling surprise of God’s mercy
Father-son duo Richard and Christopher Hays set aside their old positions in favor of a more expansive view of biblically faithful queer inclusion.
The prophetic ministry of the pulpit
Jonathan Augustine makes a strong case for preaching that is both divinely inspired and socially determined.
Karl Barth’s affair with Charlotte von Kirschbaum wasn’t the only major conflict behind his theology
Christiane Tietz explores them all in the first full-length biography since Eberhard Busch’s in 1976.
by Richard A. Kauffman
Karl Barth’s gift to the church
Kimlyn Bender has produced a reading guide to assist nonspecialists.
by Charles Scriven
Take & Read: Theology
New books that are shaping conversations in theology
by Jason Micheli
Rousseau and Barth each imagined arriving in heaven with his books. But the response they anticipated could hardly have been more different.
by Michael L. Lindvall
Faith, unlike religion, is ready to confess its radical incompleteness and insufficiency--indeed, its brokenness.