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.…
A translation of the original Barmen Theological Declaration…
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 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…
by Corey Parish
A persistent theme throughout Bonhoeffer’s works is the need for a humble posture towards one another. In Life Together, he famously wrote, “God did not make this person as I would have made him…
by Lyndsay Thompson
For five years, I have taught the skill of active listening in a class called "Skills Lab" in a Master of Divinity Clinical Counselling program at a university in Toronto. This class is mandatory for counselling students entering their internship placement…