Is This an Apocalypse? We Certainly Hope So—You Should Too By Catherine Keller and John Thatamanil The COVID-19 pandemic has many Christian communities wondering if the Apocalypse has finally arrived. We very much hope so. Read more…
When a Pandemic Makes the Impossible, Possible By Dion Forster What has been particularly interesting for me in this coronavirus pandemic is how things that we believed were impossible, suddenly became possible. I call them Read more…
Spotting Democracy’s Disruption in a Pandemic By J.D. Mechelke In a pandemic, our attention should be on stopping spread, sickness, and death. But there are less obvious places our attention should be. A state of Read more…
Fire, Fury, and Heartache: Is Hope Possible After This Devastation? By Jay Johnston Photo Credit: Wallaby – © Jay Johnston 2019 I am Australian. Living on the south–eastern seaboard of New South Wales I simply Read more…
White Supremacy at the Farmers’ Market By Sarah M. Pike Political polarization has been increasing since the election of President Donald Trump, whose xenophobic views have emboldened white supremacists. On college campuses, violent attacks from Read more…
“Who Art in Heaven,” they/them/their By Anna Mercedes When I was in seminary training to be a pastor, inclusive gender language in worship was all the rage. I was at a progressive Christian school and Read more…
Learning to Desire Truly: Spirituality in a Post-Truth Age By John Thatamanil Spirituality is everywhere. From steady growth in the ranks of the SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) to immense growth in the mindfulness movement, Read more…
Shorter and Sweeter By Alissa Jones Nelson The issue of immortality, whether spiritual or corporeal, has fascinated human beings for as long as we’ve told stories. The idea of eternal life has been both a Read more…
Developing a Critical Romanticism By Whitney A. Bauman Modern human thought, philosopher Bruno Latour writes, “takes us far away” from the physical world. It defies connections to matter, as if thought were distinct from the Read more…
Beyond Morality: Climate Crisis as a Global Public Health Crisis By James Miller In his recent blog post for Counterpoint, John J. Thatamanil raised an important question for theists and atheists alike: “Who then will Read more…
