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Robert Saler

Robert Saler is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Christian Theological Seminary, where he also serves as Associate Dean and director of the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs. He is the author of Between Magisterium and Marketplace: A Constructive Account of the Church; Theologia Crucis; and several other books, including two forthcoming monographs on religion and conspiracy theory.

Essays

What We Cannot Have Without War

To undertake the reformation of desires is a calling, with no guarantees of success, but some promise of God’s grace along the way.

Listening to Power’s Fears

Paying attention to Herod’s fears about Jesus can keep us from depoliticizing the gospel.

The Potential of Creative Misinterpretation

Perhaps the tension between honest reading and creative liberatory “misinterpretation” should not be solved at all but rather retained as an unsettling force in our work.