by John R. Franke
To say that Karl Barth opposed Hitler, along with other Christians in Germany during the rise of National Socialism, might appear to be stating the obvious.…
by Ryan Pemberton
Hosted by Dr. Craig Wong, Executive Director of New College Berkeley, we heard several presentations over the course of our three days together: “History and a Close Reading of the Theological Declaration of Barmen,”…
by Corey Parish…
by Bret van den Brink…
by Ed Aust
On a cool May afternoon in Barmen, Germany, in 1934, Swiss theologian Karl Barth sat alone at a wood table revising the first draft of a Christian statement that would come to be known as the Barmen Declaration. Wearing his signature round Oxford glasses and (in his words) "fortified by strong coffee and one or two Brazilian…
by Rev. Jim Friedrich, Susan S. Phillips, Raymond Yee, and Adria Peterson…
by David and Susan Fetcho
Is art a hammer or a mirror? Does it shape culture, reflect it, or a little of both?…
by Ben Egerton
“It always starts with a body,” the world-weary, seen-it-all detective mutters, “then come the questions.”…
by Ed Aust
I lost a dear friend recently. I’m still reeling from the news that Ted Lewis, a leader in restorative justice and a regular contributor to Radix, died on July 23, 2024. Ted succumbed to glioblastoma, an inoperable, fast-moving brain cancer. He was 66 years old and a good friend of…
David taught for fourteen years at Oxford and for seventeen at Durham before becoming Professor of Theology, Aesthetics & Culture at the University of St. Andrews in 2007. In recent years he has focused on interactions between theology and the arts and indeed culture more generally. This resulted in…