Used as a resource during PLT Director Charles Marsh’s class this semester, Capps’ “The Child’s Song: The Religious Abuse of Children” is groundbreaking and important to understanding religious abuse. Discover the book here. Read More

Anxiety looms large in historical works of philosophy and psychology. It is an affect, philosopher Bettina Bergo argues, subtler and more persistent than our emotions, and points toward the intersection of embodiment and cognition. While scholars who focus on the work of luminaries as Freud, Levinas, or Kant often study this theme in individual works, they seldom draw out the deep and significant connections between various approaches to anxiety.  Read More

Narrated by some of the most galvanizing voices of the current moment, this collection of succinct and evocative biographies tells the stories of twelve modern apostles who lived the gospel mission and unsettles what we think we know about Christianity’s role in American politics. Read More

PLT Director Charles Marsh unpacks different ways of understanding anxiety and depression from the lens of religion for his latest article in Religion & Politics. Read More

This Trinity Forum Reading features Bonhoeffer’s essay “After Ten Years,” in which he takes an unflinching look at the tension between public responsibility and private virtue. Read More

On March 28, 2023, renowned attorney Bryan Stevenson will speak in conversation with UVA President Jim Ryan. The event is titled “Act Justly, Love Mercy: Exploring the Heart of Equal Justice.” Read More

On September 7, 2022, Duke University theologian and clinical psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn presented a talk titled Theological Reflections on the Practice of Clinical Psychiatry as part of a fall seminar taught by Professor Charles Marsh. Read More

The Church’s Anti-Death Penalty Position Read More

Charles’ seminar on anxiety and religion met on the Wednesday after the tragic shootings at UVA. One of the things the class did was create a playlist of songs that carried them through the next few weeks. Read More

The arc of justice… Campaigns focusing on gun reform achieved victory in several races across the country. Read More