Resident Theologian
About the Blog
Writing without a platform
Reflections on the possibilities of writing today without creating and maintaining an online "platform" via social media.
Links: three reviews, three podcasts
Links to recent podcasts I joined as a guest and new reviews of one of my books.
Where can I find Jesus? Where can I receive the Eucharist?
A reflection in response to Jeff Reimer's essay on wayfaring through the ecclesial wilderness in search of the one true church.
Catholic Jedi, Protestant Wizards
A half-baked theory about the spiritual and aesthetic visions of George Lucas and J. K. Rowling.
It costs you nothing not to be on social media
One of my biannual public service announcements regarding social media.
Theological Amnesia: dreaming a book to write in my dotage
Using Clive James’s book as a springboard for imagining a similar volume dedicated to theological themes and writers from the twentieth century.
My latest: on athletes and public faith, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today, which reflects on the connection between athletes, piety, and faith in public.
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.