Creation and Meaning-Making
Often lost when we think about the Bible’s creation stories is the fact that they were written to inform the reader about the present and the world around. They weren’t written to falsify scientific explanations for how the world took its current form.
The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Lynn White got one big thing right. The environmental mess is Christianity’s fault. We can blame religion, yes Christianity, for allowing us to plunder the land, seas, air, and animals. Our religion has fostered in us a mindset that makes an ecological crisis, notably climate change, unavoidable. And importantly, if religion is at the heart …
What is Deep Incarnation?
It would be misleading to say that Deep Incarnation is a new idea. It’s true that Niels Gregersen, a Danish theologian coined the term in 2001. But the ideas that underlie Deep Incarnation have long been a minor theme in the Church’s thinking throughout its history. The New Testament is sprinkled with the ideas of …
Christianity and LGBTQ Theology: Book List
This post is a short list of essential readings in Queer Theology, whose central task is to bring to light hidden voices and ignored perspectives. The point of course is to disrupt the Church’s dominating voices in order that Christian faith may be seen in a new light.