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Glimmerings: Miroslav Volf & Christian Wiman on Friendship, Faith & Letters That Pressed Them Both
Miroslav Volf is back, and this time he brought his friend — poet and theologian Christian Wiman — and their book Glimmerings, collection of letters …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
A Story of Being Saved by Love and Grace: Gary Dorrien’s Memoir in His Own Words
Gary Dorrien is spending six weeks teaching the history of Christian social ethics in America — and this week Aaron and I turned the lens on Gary him…
4 weeks ago
America is Obsessed with Problems but Denies Catastrophe
Cornell West says America is obsessed with problems but denies catastrophe — and the moment you reduce the catastrophic to the problematic, you have …
1 month ago
Gary Dorrien on the Niebuhr You Thought You Knew
Gary Dorrien is the Niebuhr Chair at Union, and nobody alive can walk you through the whole arc of Reinhold Niebuhr with his range — from the German-…
1 month ago
The Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Nonviolence as Metaphysical Revelation
There is a habit in Western theology so old it feels like air: imagining God as the supreme instance of coercive power — the divine despot whose omni…
1 month, 1 week ago
What Would a New Abolition Be? Gary Dorrien on the Black Social Gospel, Ida B. Wells & Reverdy Ransom
This is the first live Q&A for Theology for Troublemakers — the class Gary Dorrien, Aaron Stoffer, and I have been building for exactly this moment —…
1 month, 1 week ago
Just War for People Who Actually Know What It Means w/ Kevin Carnahan
So many clergy members and theology nerds messaged me after JD Vance told the Pope to dial back the theology talk that I had no choice — I called my …
1 month, 1 week ago
I Thought I Was a Doctor: Trump, the Pope & the Most Chaotic Week in Religion News with Diana Butler Bass
It's Ruining Dinner with Diana Butler Bass on Tax day! Also, apparently, the day the Vice President told the Pope to stop doing theology. Diana Butl…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Two Eyes, One Reality: Toward Fuller Knowing
I've been wearing glasses since seventh grade, when I discovered mid-car-ride that the rest of my family could actually read a license plate and I ha…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Theology for Troublemakers: Gary Dorrien & Aaron Stauffer on Social Ethics for This Moment
This one is a preview of something I've been wanting to do for a long time — a class on the history of Christian social ethics that's actually useful…
1 month, 2 weeks ago