Category: Theology
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Theology & Reproductive Loss with Dr. Karen O’Donnell (podcast)
Read more: Theology & Reproductive Loss with Dr. Karen O’Donnell (podcast)(CW: Sensitive Themes). In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Karen O’Donnell to talk about Theology and Reproductive Loss. Dr. O’Donnell is Program Leader for Contemporary Spirituality Studies at Sarum College and the author of The Dark Womb: Re-Conceiving Theology Through Reproductive Loss (published by SCM Press). Over the course of our conversation, Dr. O’Donnell…
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Gender & The Trinity with Dr. Madison Pierce (Podcast)
Read more: Gender & The Trinity with Dr. Madison Pierce (Podcast)On this episode we discuss various topics related to gender and the Trinity, including: the gendered language about the family of God (i.e. “sons”) and the gendered language for the persons of the Trinity (i.e. Father and Son), the representation of God with maternal imagery in the Bible, and the topic of the Eternal Functional…
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Women in the Patristic Era with Dr. Lynn Cohick (Podcast)
Read more: Women in the Patristic Era with Dr. Lynn Cohick (Podcast)As part of our broader series on gender in biblical scholarship, Christian tradition, and the contemporary church, we turn to discuss Women in the Patristic Era. In this episode, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Grace Sangalang Ng, and Dr. Chris Porter are joined by Dr. Lynn Cohick, who is Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs, and…
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Kierkegaard & “The Leap of Faith” (Podcast)
Read more: Kierkegaard & “The Leap of Faith” (Podcast)Building further upon our previous conversations on the podcast about the nature of the gospel and the nature of faith (“Talking About The Gospel” and “Believing in the Gospel”), in this episode Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne discuss the popular notion of Faith as it has become famously expressed in the phrase, “A Leap…
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My Case for ‘Virtual’ Communion
Read more: My Case for ‘Virtual’ CommunionAs the lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 drags on, questions regarding the nature and place of the Eucharist are becoming more and more important. Christians in all traditions are now forced to grapple with the reality that it may be some months before congregations and church families can meet again in person. Churches…
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Two Ways Complementarian Churches Can Be More… Complementarian
Read more: Two Ways Complementarian Churches Can Be More… ComplementarianComplementarianism. Evangelical churches embrace this term to define their position on women and church leadership. But we lack a shared vision of what this might look like in our churches. The idea of complementarianism is rooted in the principle that men and women are better together, or in more Biblical language, “It is not good…
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My New Article on Trinitarian Theology
Read more: My New Article on Trinitarian TheologyMy friend Matt Owen and I just published an article in Theologica called “The Son of God and Trinitarian Identity Statements.” I had an absolute blast co-writing this piece and if you’re interested in the doctrine of the Trinity, early Christology, and the interdisciplinary relationship between analytic and exegetical theology, you should check out our article…
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St Augustine, Nature, and Truth
Read more: St Augustine, Nature, and TruthI’m currently participating in an extracurricular reading group with students here at Bethel Seminary. We just finished reading through the first five books of St Augustine’s Confessions. It’s been a blast to read and discuss, and I thought I’d share one of my reflections so far. As I was reading the beginning of Book V, I…
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An Evangelical Black Theology of Liberation
Read more: An Evangelical Black Theology of LiberationIn James Cone’s revolutionary work, Black Theology & Black Power, Cone depicts a theological system that is truly black in its methodology and biblical in its exegetical foundation. Prior to his work, there was no theology by and for black people, and the prevailing theology of the day, a burgeoning evangelical theology, was decidedly white…
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The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
Read more: The Reality of Spiritual WarfareIn the Old Testament the activity of evil spirits is described a few times, and most of the times the biblical author makes sure to highlight their subordination to God. Though spirits are subordinates of God, they also exercise their influence with humans. I want to draw your attention to a few texts, both Biblical…