Jesus presents himself as a physician, and offers one of his most programmatic statements of ethics. The sick need a doctor, not the healthy. Why then does church seem designed for the already well?
This essay is part of a series on Neena Mahadev’s Karma and Grace.
This essay is part of the Discourses in Spirituality Round Robin.
Scholar, activist, and minister Colin Bossen discusses his new book with Michael McLaughlin, shining light on how inclusive visions of populism can draw on religion to deepen democracy
For someone who grew up being told they barely count as human, the idea that God is specifically mindful of them is not a moment of little surprise. It is a life-changing claim.
We invited scholars of politics, philosophy, and theology to help us critically remember Habermas
This essay is part of a book series on Neena Mahadev’s Karma and Grace.
Hugo Drochon, author of Elites and Democracy, discusses social movements, political transformation, democratic hopes, and populism with Maor Levitin
Healing the wounds of the world begins at the tossing of seeds in the middle of a city, the falling of flaming tongues on the early church, and the persistent faith, hope, and love that community care provides.
This essay is part of a book forum on Neena Mahadev’s book Karma and Grace.
Not only does the Bible make no reference to a “State of Israel”—since the concept of the state is a modern political category foreign to the scriptural world—but it is also misleading to speak of a “people” in the modern sense.
Jesus offers power through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Rather than being consolidated in one place or in one person, this power is dispersed, establishing not a national entity but an ever-expanding community of belonging.