The Revival of Raced-Based Medicine: Eugenics, Religion, and the Black Experience
Audrey Farley on K. A. Johnson In a 2018 Vogue magazine cover story, tennis star Serena Williams shared her harrowing experiences in the
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Christian History
Theology after the Death of God
Paul R. Hinlicky on Robert W. Jenson I. The theology of Robert W. Jenson signals epochal change. An American Lutheran who studied under
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Paul and the Cosmic Tyrant: Sin and Emergence Theory
Wesley Hill on Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans A pastor friend in the midst of sermon preparation recently emailed
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When Jesus Was Jewish
Larry W. Hurtado on Paula Fredriksen’s When Christians Were Jews This latest book by Paula Fredriksen is aimed at a broad readership, and
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Can Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
Myles Werntz on the Theological Implications of Immigration My own journey to thinking about the moral implications of immigration was relatively late; having
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Bondage and Freedom in Luther
David Fink on some recent biographies of the reformer To make the way smoother for the non-specialist—for only them do I serve—I shall
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Last Words
Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey analyzes the ritual of public execution in early modern Britain On the evening of his execution by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas,
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All Eyes on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian for our Troubled Time
Javier Garcia on Christ, Church, and the World: New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics One figure who has proven particularly resilient to
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How Christianity Killed the Pagan Gods
A review of Larry Hurtado’s Why on Earth Did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries? and Destroyer of the gods:
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Evangelicals and the New Urbanism
The troubled relationship of Christians and the City As American culture underwent the metamorphosis of late modernity, evangelical Christians signed up for the
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