Corners in the City of God

"Corners in the City of God is a refreshingly diverse and challenging volume that engages the social, political, and ultimately theological implications of the celebrated television series and life in urban America."

--Eric Gregory, Princeton University



"This book should create a conversation about those places we have 'left behind,' but God has not. It is an imaginative synthesis of culture, politics, and theology. Every undergraduate theology curriculum would be well served by creating a course that explores these 'corners' through the analyses in this work."

--D. Stephen Long, Marquette University



"These sharp-edged essays paradoxically witness to the hope that the world of The Wire and thousands like it have not been forsaken--not by the incarnate Word and not by those who follow Christ open-eyed to the gates of hell."

--Erin Dufault-Hunter, Fuller Theological Seminary



"In eschatological terms, The Wire focuses our attention squarely on the 'not yet,' exposing the gulf between our ideals and practices, between hope and reality. In David Simon's Baltimore, every person and institution--and of course the city itself--is flawed. While transformation is not impossible, it is fragile and fraught. Corners in the City of God wrestles with this unrelenting realism, opening up prophetic possibilities through bold theological reflection."

--Noah Toly, Wheaton College