Article Eros and Belonging: Reading Marilynne Robinson’s Jack with Willie James Jennings and Jean-Luc Marion At the heart of human existence is erotic desire. This erotic desire lurks behind the…Alexander SoslerNovember 13, 2023
ArticleFeatured The Sacramental View, Transposition, and Media Critique: Divine Encounter in Minari Much has been written about Christian media criticism. First, I survey the field’s major works…Chase MitchellNovember 13, 2023
Article The Discipline of Lament for Fostering Diversity in Christian Camping This essay offers lament as a way to address the underrepresentation of minorities in Christian…Muhia KarianjahiNovember 13, 2023
ArticlePerspectives We Belong Together: The Challenges and Possibilities of Interdisciplinary Research Practical theology is inherently interdisciplinary. However, this interdisciplinarity is most often engaged through the intellectual…Katherine M. Douglass and Brittany M. TausenNovember 13, 2023
Article Liberation From and For: The Vocation of the Educated Person In light of increasing challenges and pressures in higher education, small liberal arts colleges struggle…Nicole L. JohnsonJuly 24, 2023
Article Understanding Work as a Calling: Contributions from Psychological Science Empirical research on work as a calling has grown exponentially over the last two decades;…Bryan J. DikJuly 24, 2023
Article Lay Vocation before the Reformation: Faith, Reason, and Friendship in the Middle Ages (and Today) In the sixteenth century, Martin Luther dramatically reformed the Christian concept of vocation, de-emphasizing the…Daniel Wasserman-SolerJuly 24, 2023
Article Embrace, Humility, and Belonging in the Undergraduate Science Curriculum An infusion of vocational exploration within the undergraduate science curriculum could provide a path toward…Amy SantasJuly 24, 2023
Article The Taylor Paper: God and Vocation in Christian Higher Education Using a student assignment on the philosopher Charles Taylor as a case study, this essay…Tom PerrinJuly 24, 2023
Article Being on Call, Learning to Love: Why Vocation is Good News for Us All Over the past two decades, there has been a surprising resurgence of interest in, and…Paul WadellJuly 24, 2023
ArticleFeatured Advice to Christian Historians Almost forty years ago Alvin Plantinga’s memorable “Advice to Christian Philosophers” set out a three-fold…Mark A. NollMay 23, 2023
Article Fidelity in Politics: Hallmarks of Christian Political Activity in the Tradition of Reformed Protestantism This article is a slightly revised text of the 23rd Paul B. Henry Lecture, delivered…Nicholas WolterstorffMay 8, 2023
Article Neo-Calvinism and Catholic Political Thought Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Paul Henry Lecture offers a succinct overview of neo-Calvinist political thought. That body…Paul WeithmanMay 8, 2023
Article Neo-Calvinist Political Practice: Starting in the Streets Professor Wolterstorff has offered an impressive introduction to Neo-Calvinist political theory. In his essay, Wolterstorff…Matthew KaemingkMay 8, 2023
Article Christian Public Witness in a Divisive Age Nicholas Wolterstorff’s perceptive commentary on neo-Calvinist contributions to political activity is a welcome addition to…Amy E. BlackMay 8, 2023
Article Response to Black, Kaemingk, and Weithman Let me begin by warmly thanking Amy Black, Matthew Kaemingk, and Paul Weithman for their…Nicholas WolterstorffMay 8, 2023
ArticleFeatured Advice to Christian Historians Almost forty years ago Alvin Plantinga’s memorable “Advice to Christian Philosophers” set out a three-fold…Mark A. NollMay 8, 2023
Article Re-considering Scholarship Again: Knowledge, Community, and the Work of Christian Scholarship Scholars at Christian institutions have inherited from the broader academy an archival definition of knowledge…Steven JensenMay 8, 2023
Article Enabling Evangelicalism: How a Renewed Vision of Church as an Alternative Community of Reconciliation Necessitates the Inclusion of People with Disabilities The marks of evangelicalism (biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism, and activism) support the inclusion of people with…Rochelle ScheuermannMay 8, 2023
Article Cinema Has Not Yet Been Invented: André Bazin’s Christ-Based Ontology of Moving Images This article explores, through the writings of French critic André Bazin, how cinema finds its…Fabrizio CilentoFebruary 14, 2023