Recovering Real Presence

Ryan McAnnally-Linz reflects on his insights into presence and attention after spending two weeks away from screens.

Ryan McAnnally-Linz

2024 Annual Report

A grateful look back at 2024 programs, projects, events, activities, and more—from the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.

Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Prayer to a Hidden God

Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Books We Loved in 2024

The Yale Center for Faith & Culture team makes their picks for books published in 2024 (well, most of them).

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

Kendrick Lamar's Political Theology

An introduction to the political theology of Kendrick Lamar featuring host Evan Rosa and Femi Olutade, arguably the living expert on the theology of Kendrick Lamar. A lifelong fan of hip hop and student of theology, he’s deeply familiar not just with music Kendrick made, but the influences that made Kendrick, as well as Christian scripture and moral theology. Femi has written incredibly nuanced theological musicological reflections about Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 album DAMN., which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Femi joined Dissect Podcast host Cole Cushna as lead writer for a 20-episode analysis of DAMN., offering incredible insight into the theological, moral, and political richness of Kendrick Lamar.

Femi Olutade

The Psychology of Disaster

Jamie Aten and Pam King join Evan Rosa to discuss the psychology of disaster, the importance of spiritual health, resilience, and fortitude—connecting them to natural disasters like the Eaton Fire and personal disasters such as cancer.

Jamie Aten

Our One and Only Earth

In this episode, Ryan McAnnally-Linz welcomes Ryan Darr (Assistant Professor, Yale Divinity School) to reflect on some of the most pressing issues in environmental ethics and consider them through philosophical, ecological, and theological frameworks.

Ryan Darr

Divine Hiddenness

God is hidden. God is silent. Is saying that sacrilegious? Or could it be the very ground of Christian faith? How do we make sense of what seems like a plain and obvious fact, with the biblical record or the testimony of those who claim to see or hear God? In this episode, philosopher Deborah Casewell joins Evan Rosa for a discussion of divine hiddenness.

Deborah Casewell