In the nineteenth century the new disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities were ‘emancipated’ from Christian theology. To…
Christianity and its others
theology
Global Christianity, Global Critique
Striking changes are afoot in the way intellectuals address Christianity. Long seen as a largely Western tradition steadily losing its…
Insurgent Calvinism in the SBC
The Economist reports on the a schism emerging in th Southern Baptist Convention.
Journalism and theology
At The Scoop, Diane Winston sums up and comments on Ross Douthat's recent talk at USC.
An atheism a theologian can love
“Strangely enough,” Foucault mused, “man—the study of whom is supposed by the naïve to be the oldest investigation since Socrates—is…
Defining “theodicy” (Part II)
Tradition dictated that one of Immanuel Kant’s responsibilities as professor of metaphysics at the University of Königsberg was to lead…
Who’s afraid of Pelagius?
What could Obama’s take on Iranian democracy, early-modern theodicy, and twentieth-century leftist thought have in common? Despite these wide variations…
Taylor’s Constantinianism
In the July 2010 issue of Modern Theology, Stanley Hauerwas and Romand Coles reflect on Charles Taylor's A Secular Age.
“Theologians seldom write memoirs”
"Theologians seldom write memoirs." This, Stanley Hauerwas concedes in a follow up to his recent memoir: Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir (2010).…
Atheism and antihumanism as intellectual-historical objects
I begin this post by posing straightaway the questions that will guide my argument. In what way can atheism and…