theology

If Christians are to account for race in their lives, it must be seen as a matter of discipleship.

This essay reflects on CS Lewis’s CHRONICLES OF NARNIA in light of the Arthurian quest for the Grail to show how a recovery of “life as narrative” can provide direction, release, and integration in faith formation toward an articulation of our lives as things of beauty, what Keuss refers to as “the life poetic.”

This essay argues for the relocation of beauty from static and detached contemplation to relational, embodied, and multisensory lived experience.

Enjoying and fostering beauty is an integral part of our role as stewards of God’s good creation; the author discusses his vision for Renewal, a grassroots college organization that attempts to foster this stewardship.

A look into the poetic imaginary of Charles Williams, showing how creation is made for divine Incarnation.

Daniel A. Siedell discusses contemporary art from a Christian perspective with an emphasis on the work of Robyn O’Neil.

n Hans Urs von Balthasar’s THEO-LOGIC, Christian truth is also the world’s truth, and it is the Spirit-led task of the followers of Christ to improvise on the melody of the Logos in order to draw out the truth of the world.

Distinguished theologian William T. Cavanaugh looks at the contemporary debate around torture (if the U.S. does torture and what torture constitutes) and gives a contrasting narrative to the one typically used to contextualize torture–the Eucharist.

In this art exhibit and interview, Tim Lowly invites us to challenging stories by painting his daughter Temma as an icon of sorts, pointing us outside our selves and our comfort zones, toward God and the other.