The Archive

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Matthew SchultzBook Reviews

The Experience of Unbelief

Joseph Minich's 'Bulwarks of Unbelief' is a helpful guide for Christians because it recognizes the atmospheric drivers of unbelief and responds accordingly

Ashley AnthonyTelevision

Reality Television and the State of Our Souls

When our interior lives become an object of entertainment, it is not just we ourselves that are hurt, but the people being entertained as well.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Mainline We Need

We don't need a recapitulation of the 1950s Mainline of America's third republic, but a different sort of mainline that can thrive in her fourth republic.

James WoodPolitical TheologyBook Reviews

Not Augustinian Enough

Christopher Watkin's 'Biblical Critical Theory' is a qualified success, but would be helped by a closer, more persistent engagement with Augustine.

Luke BrakeTechnology

Amalgamated Desires

Within the broader regime of cyborg theocracy, TikTok's function is often to reduce its users down to a kind of meat-puppet.

Jake MeadorChurch

Mega Churches and Reformed Catholicity

The loss of the Baby Boomers and mass dechurching will give megachurches an even larger role in the American church. What should they do with that power?

Joshua HeavinTheologyBibleBook Reviews

Review: Pauline Theology as a Way of Life by Joshua Jipp

Joshua Jipp's work on Paul is a worthy study, particularly in the ways it places Paul in conversation with both ancient and modern philosophy.

Jake MeadorPolitical Theology

Sloganeering Isn't How You Do Political Theology

It isn't surprising or wrong that many are reconsidering the 'nation' as globalization fails. But this return must be marked by wisdom, care, and piety.

Vika PecherskyBiblePhilosophy

The Self and Subjectivity of Paul

Philippians provides an interesting window into how Paul imagines the self—and makes for a good conversation partner with modern ideas around the self.

Mitch EastBible

Bones that Smell Like Roses

If we profess that God can raise the dead, is it really too much to suggest that he might also preserve some of the faithful dead from bodily decay?

Christina StantonFormation

The St James Massacre and Forgiveness

The call to forgive is not tangential to Christian piety, but is the beating heart of it.

Paul Frank SpencerArtMusic Reviews

The Way

Manchester Orchestra's latest album, 'The Valley of Vision,' interacts with belief and faith in ways that will surprise virtually everyone.