The Aesthetics of Nothing
N. Ammon Smith paints a picture of Christ’s godforsakenness.
postmodernity
Book Symposium: Liturgy as a Way of Life (Benson’s Response to Borecki)
Today we have Bruce Ellis Benson’s response to Linda Borecki’s very provocative and stimulating set of questions from her review of his book Liturgy as a Way of Life. Bruce’s response is equally as captivating. **Please take the time to join in this Symposium by reflecting with us in the comments below. These reviews and […]
The Petitionary Prayer of Gethsemane in the Event of Divine Desire: Faith’s Undoing or Refiner’s Fire?
Our practices of petitionary prayer may make us misunderstand the work of the Holy Spirit when we are passing through the agonies of faith’s Gethsemane.
Augustinian Inversions: How would the Bishop Contend in Postmodernity?
Over the last several years of studying contemporary (continental) philosophy and theology and the theology of Augustine, I’ve noticed several recurring themes, or rather, inversion of themes between contemporary theological battles and those in which Augustine was involved. Of course these inversion only makes sense from a broadly Augustinian point of view (which you can […]
The Jew from Nazareth and the Problem of Whiteness: J. Kameron Carter’s Theological Account of Race
A review of J. Kameron Carter’s recently published book, RACE: A THEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT.
Race, Identity, and the Darker Side of Christianity
Dr. J. Kameron Carter addresses issues of race, theology, and modernity at the 2008 Film, Faith, and Justice forum in Seattle, WA.
Breathing Lessons: A Vision for Campus Ministries in the Twenty-First Century
In this article Dr. Keuss seeks to reassert the important relationship between campus ministry programs and Christian universities; he proposes four distinct movements within our current educational milieu—the movement from technological isolation toward real-life intimacy, from passive ethics toward engaged citizenship, from occupational drive toward radical vocational abandonment, and from racial ignorance and isolation toward true racial reconciliation through honesty, humility, and hard work.