A trailblazer in the Civil Rights Movement, John M. Perkins remains a leading voice at the forefront of racial reconciliation. In his newest release, Dream with Me (Baker Books, 2017), Perkins uses raw, personal stories spanning from the civil rights era to today to call us to work for justice by living out God’s redemptive love in all of our relationships. Read More

The postmodern West has surpassed its Christian roots and its legacy of reason, freedom, human dignity and democracy. In Incarnational Humanism, author Jens Zimmerman presents the church as the vessel for change through the retrieval of an ancient Christian humanism for our time. Read More

On Tuesday, May 2, PLT Contributor Sarah Azaransky will deliver a guest lecture at UVA on her forthcoming book, This Worldwide Struggle: Religion and the International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement (Oxford University Press, 2017). Read More

The 1963 sit-in at the Jackson Woolworth’s has come to be largely recognized by a set of photographs capturing the violent tension between the raw virulence of racism and the defiance of visionaries. While the event’s importance in the civil rights context has been recognized as sparking to life the civil rights movement in Jackson, it has failed to be studied in its historical context. We Shall Not Be Moved fills this gap by translating biography and history into a gripping narrative to explore the hearts and minds of those participating in this harrowing sit-in experience. Read More

In a time of widespread conflict, achieving reconciliation and justice among all people is a difficult task. In Embracing the Other, Grace Ji-Sun Kim incorporates concepts from Asian and indigenous cultures to construct a border-crossing theology on the power of the Holy Spirit. Read More

On March 14, Firmin DeBrabander delivered a guest lecture entitled, “Do Guns Make Us Free? A Christian Critique of the Gun Movement.” In response to the gun rights movement that has driven the United States into achieving the highest rate of private gun ownership in the world today, DeBrabander argued that our freedom is greatly hindered by this armed society. Read More

UVA students Megan Helbling, SK Doyle, and Joe Kreiter will serve as summer interns in lived theology in summer 2017. Read More

Many have long held fast to the promise of Jesus’s return, with believers increasingly convinced their generation is living among the last days. In The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times, Jeffrey C. Pugh uses his own stint in an apocalyptic cult to examine how Christianity and society at large have become preoccupied with the theology of dispensationalism. Read More

This news series, Can I Get a Witness? The Interviews, features conversations with the Witness participants to highlight how each author is being changed and challenged by the historical figure they are working to illumine. This week’s headliner is Donyelle McCray, whose figure is the prominent theologian Howard Thurman. Read More

On Tuesday, May 2, PLT Contributor Sarah Azaransky will deliver a guest lecture at UVA on her forthcoming book, This Worldwide Struggle: Religion and the International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement (Oxford University Press, 2017). The publication identifies a network of black Christian intellectuals and activists who looked abroad, even in other religious traditions, for ideas and practices that could transform American democracy. Read More