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November 2014

November 14, 2014

Young Evangelicals and the “Nones”: Jumping Ship

I recently came across a fascinating graph in some research I was doing for a...

November 03, 2014

Churching Alone

In his important 2001 work, Bowling Alone, sociologist Robert Putnam illuminated a significant, but detrimental,...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

Calling For Public Theology (A Brief Convocation Address)

Below is a brief convocation address I delivered recently at United Theological Seminary of the...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

Don’t Ask How to Grow Your Church

As an academic theologian, I don't read a lot of church leadership books. So I...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

“Starved for Justice”: The Beatitudes, Ferguson, and Us

If you're like me, you grew up hearing in Sunday School about the "poor in...

August 19, 2014

The Form of Christ: On “The Church for the World”

In the past several weeks I have been preparing for fall courses at United Seminary...

July 2014

July 07, 2014

The Ironic Relativism of Evangelical Fundamentalism

Growing up evangelical, and being theologically trained in evangelical contexts, I heard a lot of...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Announcement: I’m Going to United Seminary

Big changes are happening in my professional life. I've recently resigned my position at Bethel...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Gendercide isn’t a ‘Women’s Issue’ (it’s a Theological One)

Untold millions of women and girls around the globe are victims of physical and sexual...

May 13, 2014

Why Churches Still Need Seminaries: A Complicated Case Study

Recently Tony Jones suggested that seminaries are "training people to repair phone booths." Sadly, he...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Kierkegaard and the Modern Theology Cocktail Party

Tomorrow I make my way to Copenhagen to participate in a conference at the University...

April 24, 2014

A New Barth Book is On the Way

I've been eagerly anticipating the publication of a new book on Barth and evangelicalism, co-edited...

April 17, 2014

Kierkegaard on the Atonement: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday

In Practice in Christianity, Kierkegaard writes this: Let us look at him and his life; let us...

February 2014

February 06, 2014

The Battle Rages: Can We Move Beyond the “Conflict Model”?

I'm a day late and a dollar short with this post, since yesterday was the...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

The Two Tasks of Moltmann’s Future Church

I've been reading through Moltmann's recent work, Ethics of Hope. Not surprisingly, Moltmann develops his ethics through...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Kierkegaard and Evangelicalism at the American Academy of Religion

Like numerous other religion and theology scholars, I'm preparing for the American Academy of Religion...

November 11, 2013

Learning in Institutional Wartime

Today my mind is not on Veteran's Day; rather, my heart is heavy for the...

November 05, 2013

Adult Bullying, the NFL, and the Kingdom of God

Bullying is in the news again. This time it's the adult version--and in the NFL,...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Jesus, Millstones, and the “Little Ones”

I've been spending time in Matthew 18 today. I've been deeply impressed with a sense...

October 14, 2013

Did God Create the World Last Tuesday? (the Problem with the “Appearance of Age” Approach)

I'm using the excellent book, Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (by Deborah Haarsma...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

The Misunderstood Plato and the Disembodied Soul

Plato gets a bad rap in much of Christian theology these days for his supposed...

September 19, 2013

Someone Else will Dress You: A Pilgrimage Through Alzheimer’s

The "geography of memory." That's the intriguing metaphor driving Jeanne Murray Walker's fascinating memoir. It's...

September 12, 2013

The Gospel Coalition and the Persistent Problem of Theological Colonialism

Vinoth Ramachandra draws our attention to a striking example of the persistent problem of theological...

September 12, 2013

Politics and Evangelical Theology

The discussion on the "Future of Evangelicalism" continues over at respectfulconversation.net . This might be one...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

What’s Your “Madonna Moment?”

Paul Tillich, one of the most significant theologians of culture, tells of a moment in...

August 01, 2013

Cognitive Psychology, Evangelicals, and Biblical Morality

The "respectful conversations" (a project hosted by Harold Heie) continue. This month the topic is...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Relax: Neuroscience is not Going to Destroy Your Faith

I've been doing some reading on cognitive psychology of religion (in part because I'm involved...

July 29, 2013

Reza Aslan, Jesus, and the (False) Presumption of Objectivity

When I watched the clip of Fox News anchor Lauren Green interviewing professor Reza Aslan...

July 05, 2013

Redeeming Doubt (The Other Side of Faith)

Thanks to Tony Jones for posting an excerpt from Emerging Prophet on his blog today (and tomorrow)....

July 02, 2013

“Mind Your Own Business!” (Some Advice from St. Paul)

I recently came across some surprising advice to Christians from Paul. "Make it your ambition...