“Are We Still of Any Use?” Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christian Witness in a Perilous Age

Bonhoeffer declares to us anew the hope that bears the sorrows of the world: “Again and again in these turbulent times, we lose sight of why life is really worth living. In truth, it is like this: If the earth was deemed worthy to bear the human being Jesus Christ, if a human being like Jesus lived, then our life as human beings has meaning.” Read More

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The Katallagete Story

Katallagete — be reconciled! — is both the Greek word used by the Apostle Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians (“we pray you, be reconciled to God”), and the name of a small, luminous journal that espoused civil rights and Christian social activism during its publication run from 1964 until 1990. Read More

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Theology Now! Podcast

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In this, the third in an occasional series of podcasts exploring major themes and resources from the Project’s 22-year history, we’re talking about the built environment. Our guest today is Dr. Timothy Gorringe, Emeritus Professor of Theological Studies at the University Exeter, in England. Dr. Gorringe was a keynote speaker at the Project’s Spring Institute in Lived Theology in 2006, a gathering called “Spaces for Reconciliation and Redemption: Theology and the Built Environment.” Read More

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Women in Christian Peacebuilding Movements

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In her groundbreaking paper, “Women in Christian Peacebuilding Movements,” Meghan Topp Goodwin argues that women’s leadership not only was crucial to the success of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and to the movement to end the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003), but also is necessary for any lasting peace. Read More

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Theology Now! Podcast

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In this episode, we are going to do something a little different and focus on one particular theologian: the radical, feminist, liberation theologian Dorothee Soelle. We have an exciting interview with Dr. Sarah Pinnock, professor of contemporary religious thought at Trinity University in San Antonio. Read More

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Theology Now! Podcast

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Introducing the Theology Now! podcast, an occasional series exploring major themes and resources from the Project on Lived Theology’s 22-year history. The podcast mines insights hidden in plain sight on the Project’s website and puts them in dialogue with theologians grappling with where God is in the world right now. Read More

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