M. Leary

Criticism and the Common Good

There is an interesting discussion on Andy Crouch’s recent essay about the “common good” brewing in the comments section of Alan Jacob’s response. I tentatively agree with a few of the points made in the back and forth that can be found at those two links. What I do find fundamentally constructive about Crouch’s overall theological […]

Brett David Potter

Living in Culture: Poetic Theology and Situatedness

William Dyrness’ new book Poetic Theology (2011) is commendable for a number of reasons: its rehabilitation of a “positive” theology of desire (not just the negative spin on human eros we are used to in the Christian tradition), the importance it gives to symbols and symbol-making, as well as its careful concern for the aesthetic […]