I’m Published: Book Review, Interview, Essay

I post to share three recent pieces I’ve had published, all centering around child liberation theology, especially as articulated by R.L. Stollar.

First, my review of Stollar’s book, The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theology, is published in print and online at The Christian Century.

Second, the Century was kind enough to interview me about the review and child liberation theology more generally. That is linked here and below at the thumbnail:

Third, I interact with Stollar and Jesus and Rabbi Irving Greenberg and others in Currents in Theology and Mission. Best part: a cameo paragraph by my pre-teen daughter. The article is free to access, linked here. It’s called: “A Burning Child in the Midst: The Promise and Power of R.L. Stollar’s Child Liberation Theology.”

What I’m most excited about in all of the above is my daughter’s writing. What I’m next-most excited about is my realization that Jesus’s healing of a child in Mark 9 directly and literally satisfies Rabbi Greenberg’s halting claim: “No statement, theological or otherwise, should be made that would not be credible in the presence of burning children.” I want to expand on this later.

I have come to see the Kingdom of God anew through the lens of childhood and actual children, which has influenced how I see and interact with the world and people around me. The above three pieces will give you just a taste.