"The point is not that Christianity stands serenely above politics, but that its deepest commitments push against the certainties of both camps.” https://www.livedtheology.org/theology-now/when-the-left-you-attack-is-the-faith-you-forgot-the-tradition-of-american-social-reform/ #CharlesMarsh #LivedTheology #KoinoniaFarm #Koinonia
Reading: '“If the Gospel We Preach Disregards Human Rights, I Would Rather not Preach This Gospel”: Towards a #LivedTheology of Hong Kong Churches,' Chu & Perry, 2022. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00405736221132861 "What published theologians write is already heavily edited and revised, and we are missing out if we do not listen as well to the raw speech and actions of Christians in local communities... [Congregants] can be a theological source, too." (Speaking my language!) #Theology #ReligiousStudies #Methods

Some news: Dr. Barber will direct new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School

#WilliamBarber #RepairersOfTheBreach #publictheology #livedtheology #YDS