An analysis of certain aspects of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ethics, including his discussion of suicide / self-killing.

A blog series on what Helmut Gollwitzer thinks Christian theology has to learn from the Marxist criticism of religion.

This study provides an overview of Tillich’s account of the sacraments in the third volume of his “Systematic Theology” and passes through his account of symbols to discern the way in which Tillich’s ontology is shaped by sacramental thinking. It prosecutes an avenue of critical engagement with Tillich concerned with the problem of the rel…[Read more]

Helmut Gollwitzer’s legacy as a politically concerned pastor and theologian is instructive for those today who want to take seriously both what Christian faith means for socio-economic justice and what that concern for socio-economic justice likewise means for the theological task. I treat three aspects of Gollwitzer’s work in order to hig…[Read more]

Undergraduate commencement address at Lindenwood University.

A series of blog posts expositing John Calvin’s commentary on the New Testament book of 1 Peter.

A set of theses with exposition discussing prayer and the sacraments in John Calvin’s theology.

In this chapter I will, first, discuss the marriage of Christian theology and Neoplatonism which takes place in the mystical theology of Dionysius the Areopagite, and some of the problems which arise from this remarkably fruitful liaison. Then, second, I will trace the line of descent which leads from Dionysius to Žižek, who takes this i…[Read more]