Gene L. Green / A Theology of Peter
November 7, 2023
[The following essay is excerpted from the introduction to Gene L. Green, Vox Petri: A Theology of Peter (Cascade, 2019). Pick up a copy of the book here.] Peter is… READ MORE
Category: Essays
Jean-Luc Beauchard / Freud, Nietzsche, and Plato’s “Republic”
October 24, 2023
[The following essay is excerpted from the first chapter of Jean-Luc Beauchard, City of Man: A Novel Reading of Plato’s Republic (Cascade, 2023). Pick up a copy of the book… READ MORE
Chris Coons / Resisting Trumpist Politics and Working for Reconciliation
October 10, 2023
[The following essay is excerpted from US Senator Chris Coons’ foreword to Paul C. McGlasson, Choose You This Day: The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Politics of Trumpism (2nd… READ MORE
Chris Gooding / Slavery Is Legion
August 29, 2023
[The following essay is excerpted from the first chapter of Chris Gooding, Beyond Slavery: Christian Theology and Rehabilitation from Human Trafficking (Cascade, 2023). Pick up a copy of the book… READ MORE
Paul C. McGlasson / The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Politics of Trumpism
August 15, 2023
[The following essay is excerpted from the epilogue of Paul C. McGlasson, Choose You This Day: The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Politics of Trumpism (2nd ed., Cascade, 2023)…. READ MORE
Margaret R. Miles / Fake Feeling
July 5, 2023
Many centuries ago, Augustine of Hippo noticed that a consequence of the entertainment culture of late antiquity was a sentimentalization and manipulation of feeling. His Confessions criticized stage plays (spectacula theatrica)… READ MORE
Karl Barth / The Church as Watchman of the State
June 20, 2023
Karl Barth was the master theologian of our age. Whenever men in the past generation have reflected deeply on the ultimate problems of life and faith, they have done so… READ MORE
Mitri Raheb and Mark A. Lamport / An Intercultural Hermeneutic of Trust
May 9, 2023
In recent decades there has been a seismic shift in world Christianity. Whereas formerly Christianity existed as a Caucasian Euro-American phenomenon, the majority of Christians today reside in the Southern… READ MORE
Tyler Hansen and Emily Lund / Napkin Theology
April 25, 2023
Many Christians know that something mysterious and powerful happens on the cross—and that it has something to do with salvation. They know that God created out of nothing. They know… READ MORE
Chris Boesel / Reading Karl Barth
January 31, 2023
Reading Karl Barth provides a cluster of major themes and signposts by which to orient one’s reading of Barth’s theology. It assists readers in (a) recognizing and understanding what Barth… READ MORE