Who is Jesus to You?
Many of us are introduced to Jesus at a young age and the version of him we initially encounter is quite often an incomplete version of the historical figure. Over time, many have begun to question those curated snapshots of the Nazarene and have rediscovered Jesus as a man, a mystic, a wisdom teacher, and a blueprint for how to be a better human being, among other things.
In this volume, you’ll read a variety of perspectives on Jesus from authors, academics, theologians, mystics, pastors, musicians, and even a former reality TV star and Muslim scholar.
Featuring contributions by: Gregory Boyd, Michael Camp, Zac Cannon, Melissa Denyce, Matthew J. Distefano, Martha Elias Downey, Maria Francesca French, Safi Kaskas, Matthew J. Korpman, Leslie Nease, Brandan Robertson, Nora Sophia, Angie Von Slaughter, and a preface by Katy Valentine.
****I am so honoured to be included in this compilation of diverse authors. My chapter (9) entitled “Jesus: Relic or Radical?” available now at the link below!
Reconfiguring: A Collection of Post-Christian Thoughts and Theologies
In her debut book, Safer than the Known Way, Maria Francesca French offered a way forward toward a post-Christian faith engaging new theological outlooks, asking us to rethink and reimagine. In her new book, Reconfiguring, she invites us further into what it looks like to think through various aspects of life, faith, and god from a post-Christian perspective. In this collection of writings, she explores cultural and theological topics, offering fresh takes on issues of faith, Christianity, church, post-Evangelicalism, post-theism, post-Christianity, Radical Theology, digitality, the future, and a host of other topics filled with complexity and nuance. With the aim of being intersectional, integrative, and integral, French delivers a compilation of letters to her readers that range from theological topics such as trinity, hell, and rapture to philosophical wanderings through meaning of life, death, happiness, and love. Interacting with various biblical passages, delving further into what scripture might still hold for us, unpacking high holy holidays, and, of course, bringing to the table the challenges of deconstruction, reconstruction, dismantling, and disentwining from toxic forms of faith and theology. French asks us to reconfigure, rather than relinquish. With a spirit of subversion and deconversion, this collection of post-Christian thoughts and theologies exists to inspire, rejuvenate, reinvigorate, and give fresh directions and perspectives on matters of faith and an uncertain future. Consider this an invitation to start thinking some new thoughts in hopes of reconfiguring how we move through life as we find ourselves post the Christianity we once knew.
Safer than the Known Way: A Post-Christian Journey
What does it mean to speak beyond binaries of theism and atheism, conservative and liberal, fact and fiction? Why might a new type of theological imagination, one that defies categories and comparison, with the challenge actual deconstruction offers, be all that is next?
Here you will find a compelling read of story and personal journey with strong scholarship and deep theology. Significant and transformational thought that has lived in the ivory tower for too long but made accessible and resonant.
Read along as the tables are turned, head toward a horizon with no line, and follow a compass that doesn't point north. Prepare to be beckoned by ghosts and travel a path unknown. Because to go out into the elegant chaos of all that might be waiting for us after Christianity, while still engaging in meaningful faith, is safer than all that might be considered certain. If you have moved past traditional notions of god, beyond mechanisms of belief, and find yourself relentlessly curious about what might be next, this book is for you.
The European Reception of John D. Caputo’s Thought: Radicalizing Theology
This book gathers the European reception of John. D. Caputo's proposal for a radical theology of our time. Philosophers and theologians from within Europe respond to Caputo's attempt to configure a less rigid, less dogmatic form of religion. These scholars, in turn, receive responses by Caputo. This volume so aims to strengthen the development of radical theology in Europe and abroad.
****Find my chapter, co-written with Barry Taylor, “A Post-Belief Europe and the Offer of John Caputo.” John Caputo’s response to our work follows.
Before You Lose Your Mind: Deconstructing Bad Theology in the Church
This book of collected works by progressive Christian authors was created to give you hope for your journey from faith to doubt and back again. To a place where embracing mystery is what true faith is all about.
Because the opposite of faith isn't doubt. It's certainty.
****Find my chapter, “No More Circles: Beyond Certainty.”
