Why Read?

Nobody reads anymore ... or so they say. As technology continues to shadow the practice of reading in our daily lives, we might ask: why is reading important? And why should it matter to our lives? Drew Collins responds to the recent Papal letter by Pope Francis on literature and the practice of reading in spiritual formation.

Drew Collins

Does God Get Angry?

The medieval English theologian Julian of Norwich understands God's anger as impossible: God can rejoice over us and pity us. God can even thank us. But God cannot be angry with us. Willie James Jennings, on the other hand, suggests that God experiences anger connected to God's righteous indignation; an anger born out of desire to re-order a broken world. What might you make of the stakes of what we believe about God and anger?

Ryan McAnnally-Linz

Hope of Life in the Midst of Violence

Prof. Jürgen Moltmann was a great theologian of hope. Hope for Moltmann is the creative hope of life beyond the power of death. Moltmann experienced the seriousness of life and the jeopardy in which the modern world is in and he always raised his voice of hope in order to point his listeners and readers to the reality of God’s gift of life.

Hassan Musa

Explore the Jürgen Moltmann Memorial Website & Message Board

Join us in remembering the life and furthering the legacy of theologian Jürgen Moltmann (1926–2024).

Yale Center for Faith & Culture

The Joy of Humility

The true meaning of humility persistently drives debate, largely because we cannot agree on the word’s definition. The "correctness" of normative terms matters, and humility carries a distinctive normative weight. How we understand humility is not a matter of mere semantics. It is a pursuit of inquiry with the potential to inform—perhaps even to transform—our lives. The Joy of Humility takes up this task with a view toward the perennial question of what entails a truly flourishing life. Here, philosophers, theologians, ethicists, and psychologists work to frame the debate in such a way that the conversation can move forward.

Drew Collins

The End of Youth Ministry?

What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century.

Andrew Root

Exclusion and Embrace

If the healing word of the Gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find ways of speaking that address the hatred of the other. Is there any hope of embracing our enemies? Of opening the door to reconciliation?

Miroslav Volf

Always On

Angela Gorrell

Love & Judaism

Joining Miroslav Volf in this episode is one of the most important Jewish thinkers alive today: Rabbi Shai Held—theologian, educator, author—is President, Dean, and Chair in Jewish Thought at the Hadar Institute in New York City. He is the author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence and The Heart of Torah, a collection of essays on the Torah in two volumes. His latest book is Judaism is about Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life.

Rabbi Shai Held

Love's Braided Dance

In this episode, Evan Rosa welcomes Norman Wirzba (Duke Divinity School) to discuss his recent book Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.

Norman Wirzba

Music & Joy

Can music teach us how to live? In this interview Evan Rosa invites Daniel Chua—a musicologist, composer at heart, and Professor of Music at the University of Hong Kong—to discuss his latest book, Music & Joy: Lessons on the Good Life.

Daniel Chua

How to Read Genesis

Novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson joins Miroslav Volf to discuss her latest book, Reading Genesis.

Marilynne Robinson