Article The Promise of Mimetic Theory as an Interdisciplinary Paradigm for Christian Scholars This introduction gives an overview of mimetic theory’s three core ideas as first formulated in the…Curtis A. GruenlerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Between the Gospel and Myth: The Biblical Critique of Persecution in Cane, Sanctuary, and Beloved The Bible, in René Girard’s reading, reveals the violent foundations of social order and critiques…Martin KevorkianJanuary 15, 2021
Article Mimetic Theory: A New Paradigm for Understanding the Psychology of Conflict Though tribalism and conflict have long been a focus of social psychological research, psychology as…Kathryn M. FrostJanuary 15, 2021
Article From Violence Loop to Conversion Spiral: Mimetic Theory and Communities of Care for Children with Disabilities This collaboration between a social work researcher with expertise in systems of care for those…Dennis Feaster and Curtis A. GruenlerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Mimetic Theory: Some Pointers for Christian Economists Mimetic theory has received very little attention from economists. This essay by an ap-plied microeconomist…Tim HuegerichJanuary 15, 2021
Article Without Rival: Mimetic Theory in a First-Year Seminar In a global digital culture of influencers, followers, and attention-deficit disorders, mimetic theory helps show…Matthew PackerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Evangelizing Atheism: Missing the Mark in Recent Christian Film Many Christian films released in the last two decades often pitch themselves as a means…Steven VredenburghNovember 12, 2020
Article The Other Within: Rethinking Theological Anthropology in Light of the Microbiome Research on the microbiome is challenging long-held assumptions about human health. These claims are forcing…Aaron M. HillNovember 12, 2020
Article Economics, Theology, and a Case for Economic Growth: An Assessment of Recent Critiques Economic growth is controversial. While economists tend to support it, in recent decades economic growth…Edd S. Noell and Stephen L. S. SmithNovember 12, 2020
Article “I am Inclined to Look at Everything as Resulting from Designed Laws”: Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species as a Specimen of Natural Theology In the description of Darwin’s life and work, a common assumption is that he gradually…Gijsbert van den Brink and Harry CookNovember 12, 2020
Article Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere “Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere” discusses the role of the church in the…Abson Prédestin JosephJuly 15, 2020
Article Cruciformity and the Public Intellectual: Christian Weakness for the Common Good Public intellectuals deploy their thinking as a way of exercising power and influence. Simply put,…Mark StephensJuly 15, 2020
Article Seeking the Common Good by Educating for Wisdom It is a noble aspiration that Christian scholars contribute in more constructive ways to discussions…Darin H. DavisJuly 15, 2020
Article The Public Theology of all Baptized Believers: Wisdom from Don Davis, Robert Romero, and Paige Cunningham North American evangelicals display a growing concern to engage the public square with wisdom. This…Hank VossJuly 15, 2020
Article From “Stranger” to “Neighbor”: Neurodiversity’s Visionary Opportunities as Public Intellectuals Promote the Common Good “Neurodiversity’s Visionary Opportunities” creates caring definitions, establishes philosophical principles supporting the common good, offers transcendent…Mark EckelJuly 15, 2020
Article Introduction to the Theme Issue: Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Christian Thinking for Human Flourishing Todd C. Ream is Professor of Higher Education at Taylor University, the Senior Fellow for…Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. DeversJuly 15, 2020
Article Subversive Christian Allegory in In the Heat of the Night (1967) Overlooked by film critics, screenwriter Stirling Silliphant crafted subversive Christian allegory into his Academy Award-winning…Geert HeetebrijApril 15, 2020
Article Disembodied Souls Without Dualism: Thomas Aquinas on Why You Won’t Go to Heaven When You Die (but Your Soul Just Might) I argue in defense of a particular answer to the question “what happens to us…Adam WoodApril 15, 2020
Article Are We Underthinking Underemployment?: Toward a More Inclusive Theology of Vocation Does the way Christians talk about work apply only to the privileged? For the majority…Christine JeskeApril 15, 2020
Article Reading to Listen and Writing to Speak: A Pedagogical Challenge for the Selfie Age This essay examines the intersecting pedagogical and theological stakes of conflating our practices of reading…Bethany WilliamsonJanuary 15, 2020