In this article, I argue that a radical public theology that sheds its religious garment in a kenotic exocentric movement toward the world functions as a radical sacrament that is...
The Publicness of Christian Discourse As Divine Movement
In this article, I will outline a way how Christianity might regain a public voice and function. While the proposed changes are very drastic, they are deeply rooted in the...
What is Faith? Faith As Commitment To Otherness
Faith has become an exclusively religious word. If we want to salvage the Christian faith for a secular age we will need to unpack and reimagine the meaning of the...
Radical Theology and the Theology of the Cross: A Christian Tradition of Subversion
Introduction Martin Luther’s theology of the cross though central to the German Reformation did not manage to remain a big influence in the Protestant tradition. Traditions other than Lutheranism sprang...
Emotional and Spiritual Abuse in the Church: the Systemization of God (Part 2)
The systemization of God leads to harm being done to people in the areas of sexual ethics, emotional dependency, and communal justice. In the previous installmentof my two-part series on...
Faith Deconstruction: What It Is and How It Works
Deconstruction starts with the realization that all of reality is constructed. This is so because we can only see, i.e. understand, what we can place in an interpretative structure of...
Christelijk geloof en seculariteit: Om Christus te volgen moet je je van god bekeren.
Ik breek me soms het hoofd over hoe het geloof nog relevant kan zijn in onze seculaire post-christelijke maatschappij. (Net zoals ik me soms het hoofd breek over waarom ik...
Capitalism as Divine Necessity: Toward A Political Theology of the Cross
I’ve been looking for ways to describe the current politico-economic order of Western capitalism in religious terms. The task of political theology is to bring theological thought and analysis to...
The Theology of Bonhoeffer As a Theology of the Cross
In anticipation of the publication of my dissertation this summer, here is a brief, albeit nerdy, summary of the argument. I set out to argue that Bonhoeffer’s “Act and Being”...
OMG! I’m an Atheist Who Follows Christ.
The above line is not me talking. It could have been, but I decided to not become an atheist. No, it sounds more like one of my colleagues and future theological collaborators....
Evangelical Theology and Justice: Strange Bedfellows In the Kingdom of God
One big reason why Christianity has gotten a bad rap in post-world WWII Europe is that increasingly it began to be seen as hypocritical and disingenuous. Partly, as a result,...
Ethical Ambiguities in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and How to Solve Them
Bonhoeffer’s theology is multifaceted. It can be approached from many different sides and applied for different purposes. In part, this is because Bonhoeffer developed such a rich theological narrative, in...
Wetenschap en de Irrelevantie van Theologie
Vanaf het moment dat de moderne wereld van zich liet horen is christelijke theologie in de verdediging geweest. Gaandeweg nam die verdediging steeds meer het karakter aan van crisismanagement. Steeds...
Interview On the MindShift Podcast: Deconstruction and the Theology of the Cross
I recently got interviewed by Clint Heacock from the MindShift Podcast about the deconstruction of my evangelical faith. Clint also asked me about the theological process involved and if there...
Crusin’ Down the Slippery Slope: How I Deconstructed My Faith At Seminary
The following is an excerpt from a chapter that I am contributing to a book about and by evangelicals who fell through the bottom of their faith and deconstructed hard....