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Taking Exception: Paul Kahn Rocks the Liberal Boat

…it.) So what’s theological about it? Nothing at all in any traditional sense of theology. Prof. Kahn teaches law at a secular law school and would not be caught dead

…case of a TV celebrity (now dead for 12 months), whose reputation has been torn to shreds in the last few weeks, as it has come to light that he…

…others. And in each case, the powerless lover died: Ahab killed Naboth; David killed Uriah; and with or without Simon’s help Jesus ended up dead, too. The powerless were martyred…

The Trump Shall Sound: Politics, Pentecostals, and the Shofar at the Capitol Riots

…dancing to the Contemporary Christian culture war anthem “God’s Not Dead” on January 6th, 2021 confounded many outside observers, but those familiar with the Pentecostal and charismatic communities who tie…

Call for Papers – The Spirit of Populism

…both the roles of theology in populism and the roles of populism in theology. The conference will take place September 2-3, 2019. The deadline for submissions April 5, 2019. Please…

Sharing the Griefs of the World When Only Some Are Deemed Grievable – Annie Selak

…the bombings, they were not fully seen as lives. If we cannot value someone as living, we cannot mourn when they are dead. Butler posits familiarity as the guiding force…

The Politics of Agency—Acts 16:16-34 (Amy Allen)

…Certainly, Paul has been a party to escapes in the dead of night before. One might even expect that this is what God had in mind—causing the earthquake so that…

Islam & Anarchism: Relationships & Resonances

…we speak of Islām and anarchism as singular formations and interpretations when Islām and anarchism are “dead” because neither are monoliths or unified belief systems? Discourses around Muslims and Islām…

Against Cruelty

…policies or movements we support, let us please resist the many forms of cruelty that threaten to destroy such political theological activities from within. Let us resist the deadly metamorphoses…

The Joy of the Lord is our strength—Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

…poet John O’Donohue: On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the…

…privilege tend to become accustomed to a world that conforms to their desires. In modern banking this mode of thinking continues with equally deadly consequences. In 21st century American society,…

Viral and Human Origins

…conceived of and cobbled together. It has too many distinct features, some of which are counterintuitive… You wouldn’t do this if you were trying to make a more deadly virus.”…