In the immediate post-­war period, the writers representing Flourishing 1.0 primarily examined the crises of flourishing within the interior life—questions of meaning, selfhood, and the courage required to live amid despair. Yet they were also attentive to the broader cultural forces that produced such crises. Tillich, for example, warned that political systems such as Communism…

What does it mean to flourish? The Israelites in Babylon likely did not imagine that they would prosper in exile. Yet through the prophet Jeremiah, they were instructed to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the good of the city in which they lived, even knowing that the exile would outlast most of them. Flourishing,…

I am a teacher at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and have been a student of God’s creation all my life. My family and I attend Geneva Campus Church, where several years ago, Rev. Bill Vander Hoven came for three months to fill a pastoral vacancy. I saw him often during my student coffee…

“For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” Romans 13:4 When taking Russian lessons in Moscow, my Russian language teacher and I…

In Mere Christian Hermeneutics, Kevin J. Vanhoozer offers what may be his most pastorally ambitious and ecclesially conscious work to date. While firmly rooted in the technical world of theological interpretation, the book’s animating concern is not merely how Christians read Scripture, but who Christians are becoming as readers, and how that reading shapes faithful action…

The review section of this Spring 2026 issue of Christian Scholar’s Review dovetails quite nicely with the content of the special theme issue guest-­edited by Bryan Gill, though the two parts were planned independently. The bulk of the review section is devoted to three review essays. All three essays (especially the first two) examine themes…