When the word theology is mentioned people either have no idea what you are talking about or they think you’re talking about something religious. This week I listened to the...
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....
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...
Review/Blurb “Between the World and Me”
“Between the World and Me” is required reading for all! With his great mastery of language Ta-Nehisi Coates gives voice to the reality of racial oppression in America. He turns the...
The Cross of Reality: A Personal Review
Gaylon Barker’s book about the theology of the cross in Bonhoeffer “The Cross of Reality: Luther’s Theologia Crucis and Bonhoeffer’s Christology” deserves the highest praise. Although, I have to admit,...
“Christopraxis” – A Review
As a theologian researching the theology of the cross (theologia crucis) in Bonhoeffer, it was time for me to read Andy Root’s “Christopraxis, A Practical Theology of the Cross.” I’m...
“Longing for Running Water”: A Short Review
I enjoyed reading Ivone Gebara’s “Longing for Running Water.” This book advocates and explains the position of ecofeminism from a Latin American perspective. The main point of the book is...
“Mapping Modern Theology”: A Review
Mapping Modern Theology is a fun book. I provides a different take on theology as it developed after the Enlightenment. Typically one will read a historical overview that takes the...
Review of “Race Matters” by Cornel West
As a foreign student in the United States my entry into the racism debate is recent. I had a psychological conversion 4 years ago when, through the experience of a...
Review of “The Future of Evangelical Theology” by Amos Yong
From the title “The Future of Evangelical Theology. Soundings from the Asian American Diaspora” it is evident that Amos Yong is seeking a renewal of Evangelical Theology. If this would...
Demythologization or Remythologization?
A little shout-out here to Rudolf Bultmann on the occasion of Easter. This theologian deserves much more attention. The bad rap he gets for his project of demythologization (if he...
Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: A Review
“Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus” is a marvelous addition to the growing literature on Bonhoeffer’s theology. The author, Reggie Williams, provides us with a perspective on Bonhoeffer that highlights the influence Bonhoeffer...
Towards a Theology for a Secular Age
Some Implications of Charles Taylor’s ‘A Secular Age’ for Theology As one friend commented, Taylor’s book ‘A Secular Age’ is magisterial. It commands respect; it is an authoritative voice in...