In Kendall Walser Cox’s Prodigal Christ: A Parabolic Theology, Cox seamlessly weaves together the parable of the prodigal son with the theology of Karl Barth and Julian of Norwich to form a fully effective christology, positing Jesus as the ultimate prodigal son. Read More

Reading “After Ten Years”, we meet Bonhoeffer in his last days of freedom and at the height of his intellectual powers. Promising that the future will be uncertain and that personal goals will remain unfulfilled, everything in the essay – and let’s call it that, since there is no salutation, complimentary close or other elements of a letter – rushes toward the one inescapable question: “Are we still of any use?” Read More

Charlottesville native Amy L. Sherman offers expertise and guidance in “Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society” for faith communities ready to engage deeper with the world around them. Discover the book here. Read More

Join us LIVE on Youtube at 6:30 EST on January 6 for a conversation with the book editors and some of the contributors to see what this book is all about and learn how some distinct people of faith have contributed to the pursuit of justice. Read More

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