The Project on Lived Theology and Syndicate have launched a lived theology series comprised of symposiums focusing on books that interpret the lived experience of a person, institution, or movement through the lens of its theological convictions and commitments. The first book being studied is Grant Wacker’s America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation. Read More

In this 2007 publication, PLT contributor Gerald Schlabach reflects on recent events in world history and argues that the time has come to reconsider the Christian response to war. Including reflections from different thinkers on the just policing theory, this publication offers valuable insights on the warfare and distress Christians struggle to navigate through in an increasingly-violent world. Read More

In How the Other Half Worships, author Camilo José Vergara explores the conditions, beliefs, and practices that shape the churches and the lives of the nation’s urban poor. This book stands as a stark witness to how churches are being rebuilt in the dilapidated streets of America’s cities and how religion is being reinvented by the nation’s poor. Read More

On the Connection Between Religion and Media The Virginia Colloquium for Theology, Ethics, & Culture will take place from May 6-8, 2016 at the University of Virginia. The keynote lecture will begin at 5:30 pm on Friday, May 6 in Minor … Read More

The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Rev. Becca Stevens, researching William Stringfellow, Soong-Chan Rah, whose figure is Richard Twiss, and Donyelle Charlotte McCray, writing on Howard Thurman. Read More

Edited by Jeffrey D. Meyers, The Way of Peace is a collection of his sermons and writings detailing the Christian theology that rooted Muste’s radicalism in an inspiring call to faith believers today. Read More

In his review of Born of Conviction, Colin B. Chapell writes, “This narrative moves effortlessly between an individual and institutional focus, a great strength of the book… Born of Conviction is a nuanced, mature study that takes the faith stances of both progressives and segregationists seriously.” Read More

The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Valerie Cooper, researching William J. Seymour, and Therese Lysaught, whose figure is Sr. Mary Stella Simpson. Read More

In Conceiving Parenthood, Amy Laura Hall uses photos and advertisements from popular magazines from the 1930s through the 1950s to conclude that Protestants have justified responsible procreation and fostered a culture of “carefully delineated, racially encoded domesticity.”
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The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Heather Warren, researching John Ryan, and Susan Glisson, whose figure is Lucy Randolph Mason. Read More