The Glory of the Coming of the Lord
The last battle of Revelation informs and inspires the public sphere, whether or not the polarizing rhetoric explicitly refers to the Christian faith. By Austin Bogues
Featured
Dis/appearing
Instead of a theodicy of progress, we need to enact a “hauntodicy of blackness” by staying with the dead and not moving on. By Biko Mandela Gray
The Dancing Monk and the Rhythm of Divine Life
Thelonious Monk’s jazz aesthetic can help us reframe theological thinking, generate new categories, and envision radically inclusive modes of being in the world. By Raymond Carr
Memory, History, and the Ethics of Reparations
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s global pursuit of reconciliation is a cautionary tale if we are going to take corporate and civic responsibility for the crime of enslavement. By Terrence L. Johnson
Dialogue
Science and Religion: A Pragmatist Critique
Magical action is a supplement to practical action—a vital means of making life more manageable under trying conditions. By Michael D. Jackson
Trans Converts, Living Faith
Grappling with faith in the face of anti-trans violence. By Nicole Malte Collins
Under a Birdless Sky
There has been a necessary adaptation of funerary rituals among the Zoroastrian community in diaspora. By Toby Cox
A Heart-Shaped Rock
Emerson never relinquished his belief in the intimate colloquy of mind and matter. By Susan Lanzoni
In Review
Books
Paths of Coincidence in Thomas Hardy
The melodramatic aspects of Thomas Hardy’s novels lend themselves to an examination of the ordinary uncertainty of life—the landscape of Michael Jackson’s Coincidences: Synchronicity, Verisimilitude, and Storytelling. By Maria Cecilia Holt
Required Reading
Rooting in Relationality
Recent publications on plant consciousness invite us to rethink our entanglements with plant life and our understanding of ourselves among other species. By Natalia Schwien Scott
Books
Reframing Forgiveness
A Q&A with Matthew Ichihashi Potts on his latest book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account. By Suzie Greco
Poetry
On the Brilliance of Your Story
By Adrie Kusserow
a prayer | to restore
By Cherise Morris
Perspective
Improvisations in the Key of Life
Inspired by Raymond Carr’s metaphor of musicality and theological language, I would say that the authors here are searching for a new key, calling us to a “radical dynamism” as they model the kinds of improvisation needed to meet the stark realities of our time. By Wendy McDowell
