Resident Theologian
About the Blog
The Acolyte: mea culpa & apologia
I take it all back. The final two episodes of The Acolyte proved it knew where it was heading all along.
My latest: on weddings, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today, called “Two Cheers for the Wedding Industrial Complex.”
The unspoken Name
Kendall Soulen on the New Testament’s conspicuous silence surrounding, yet ubiquitous allusions to, the holy Name of Israel’s God.
My latest: on faithful fathers, in CT
A link to my latest column in Christianity Today: a tribute to my dad for Father’s Day.
My latest: three podcast interviews
Links to three recent podcasts I went on to talk Scripture, literacy, and politics.
The Acolyte
Twelve thoughts on the new Star Wars TV show, focusing especially on the ideology of the Jedi and the politics of the Republic.
Second naivete
A personal scholarly trajectory regarding the historicity of ancient scriptural narrative.
My latest: the loosening of American evangelicalism, for CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today.
My latest: the rise of digital lectors, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today, a sequel to my piece on biblical literacy and the postliterate church.
23 thoughts on The Phantom Menace
Thoughts on Star Wars: Episode I on its 25th anniversary re-release to theaters.
A.I., TikTok, and saying “I would prefer not to”
Finding wisdom in Bartleby for a tech-addled age.
My latest: on incarnation, Theotokos, and abortion, in Commonweal
A link to my latest essay, in Commonweal, on the incarnation, confession of Mary as Theotokos, and the implications for a Christian understanding of abortion.
Letters to a Future Saint: cover, blurbs, pub date, and more!
The title says it all. Click on to see the cover and endorsements and more!
Un-paywalled: me in Hedgehog Review on Slow Horses
A link to my essay on Mick Herron’s Slow Horses series of spy novels, now out from behind the paywall.