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Jean Neely: Confusion and doubt are part of the spiritual journey
Our faith is sometimes better represented by the despair of Holy Saturday than the confidence of Easter Sunday, says a writer and Christ seeker.
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim: On Earth Day, people of faith need to take action on climate change
In our current ecological crisis, we must emphasize humanity’s role as both stewards and creatures in God’s creation, writes a theologian.
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Nicholas Wolterstorff: Looking back on a life of wonder and grief
In this interview, an icon in Christian philosophy talks about the wonder, growth and pain in his professional and personal life.
Excerpt: 'In This World of Wonders: Memoir of a Life in Learning'
To close the final chapter of his new memoir, renowned philosopher and theologian Nicholas Wolterstorff tells how he became a student while discussing his own book with prison inmates.
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals: Finding strength in the forest's network of trees
Trees need each other, their roots intertwined, to thrive. Don’t our communities need the same connections?
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Rely on the Holy Spirit in the struggle for justice
With the help of the Holy Spirit, churches can build community, welcome the stranger, love our neighbors, and break down walls of oppression and injustice, writes a theologian and professor.
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Eric D. Barreto: Reading the Bible in public
How do we rightly read the Bible in the midst of the political issues of our time? A New Testament scholar calls for a renewed theological imagination, filled with generosity, hope and grace.
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Keri L. Day: Rethinking what we mean when we speak about Christian theology
In her research into the role that African-American women played in the Azusa Street Revival and the early days of Afro-Pentecostalism, a scholar and theologian hopes to do more than just correct the historical record.
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Stanley Hauerwas: 'The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson'
The theologian talks about his new book, a collection of letters about virtues and character that he wrote annually to his godson Laurence Bailey Wells, the son of his friends Samuel and Jo Bailey Wells.
Stanley Hauerwas: 'As you grow, grow confident in the faith'
In a 2002 letter on the occasion of his godson’s baptism, the theologian wishes the boy, not an untroubled life, but a happy life, one in which he grows ever more confident in the faith.