What is the task of theology today? The Church on whose behalf the theologian traditionally exists has almost vanished, while academia has less and less room for theology as a...
Bonhoeffer and Religious Pluralism: Towards a Dialectic of Christocentric Ontology and Christocentric Alterity
The reality of religious pluralism in our modern societies is a matter of urgent concern for Christian theology. This article aims to make themes in Bonhoeffer’s theology useful for religious...
Billy Graham Dead: A Group Portrait of the Demise of Evangelical Public Theology
Billy Graham's death marks the transition from an inclusive evangelicalism that contributed to the public sphere to one, represented by his son Franklin, that stands for bigotry and power games....
Bonhoeffer Scholarship Come of Age
Review of Taking Hold of the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldliness of Christianity by Barry Harvey. Cascade Books, 2015. This Review was Published in Cultural Encounters in 2017....
The Impossibility of Christian Community
Last week, the Guardian reported on Bay View, a town in Michigan, that is being sued for excluding non-Christians from buying and owning property in its community. While such communities...
De nieuwe donorwet: is orgaandonatie bijbels?
De Eerste Kamer heeft de nieuwe donorwet aangenomen. Sommigen blij, anderen niet. Wel raar, een overheid die grossierder wordt in de lijken van haar dode onderdanen. Ik heb er ambivalente gevoelens...
Misogynistic Theology: Keeping Women Out!
A transcript from audio on the Desiring God website on January 22 gives Piper’s answer to the question: “whether women should be models, mentors, and teachers for those preparing for...
Review of “Iconoclastic Theology: Gilles Deleuze and the Secretion of Atheism”
Review for Cultural Encounters of Iconoclastic Theology: Gilles Deleuze and the Secretion of Atheism by F. LeRon Shults. Edinburgh University Press, 2014. 232 pp. $24.03 hardcover. Iconoclastic Theology is an...
Does Staring at God’s Glory Make You Spiritually Healthy? No!
According to John Piper “[w]e will find mental health when we stop staring in the mirror, and fix our eyes on the strength and beauty of God.” His tweet on...