Here’s what’s happening at KLC.
Dr James Rusthoven reviews Reformed Public Theology: A Global Vision for Life in the World, edited by Matthew Kaemingk. With chapters covering topics such as immigration, decolonialism, euthanasia, economics, and more.
Our latest two editions of Ethics in Conversation deal with humanity, suffering and hope in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, and an exploration of the intersection of the Christian faith and artificial intelligence.
The third edition of The Big Picture is a diverse offering that, among other things, celebrates the rich legacy of Hans Rookmaaker.
We are happy to announce that both Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition and The 30-Minute Bible have been nominated in the IVP Readers’ Choice Awards 2021and are in the final round of voting in their respective categories.
Recently Bartholomew and Ashford’s book, The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach, won the Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology and Ethics.
In this short piece I will use the remarkable writings of the Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007) to explore what might be involved in understanding the other.
I sometimes reflect on the courage of investigative journalists who are committed to unearthing the truth.
This year Spring was cold and delayed apart from a few very hot days. Then it was summer. Plants have reacted differently to this shift, with some flowering much later than last year.
In 2016 Craig Bartholomew and Heath Thomas, released A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation as an initiative of the KLC Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar. Baker Academic has given us permission to make the introductory manifesto available on our website.
Our second issue of TBP is an exploration of all the multifaceted areas in life where Christ is present and at play. Contributions cover everything from mathematics and faith, art, poetry, the spiritual significance of rabbits, to why Herman Bavinck is an essential read for today, and John Stott’s approach to political theology
During the long months of the initial lockdown in 2020 in the U.K., I spent time making these notes of the life in my garden. There is a good reason why Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne remains a classic. It has been described as the journal of Adam in paradise. White, a clergyman, was wonderfully attentive to the small locale of Selborne and his journaling is full of detail about what he discovered. For example he says of
Without reducing the wonder, depth and message of Scripture, 30-Minute Bible helps the reader get a sense of the big picture story the Bible is telling through thirty short readings, each designed to take about half an hour.
With the launch of our new website it is a joy to begin writing for the Director and Friends blog.
KLC embodies community, and I will be inviting friends to join me in this enterprise.
At KLC we resonate with Gerard Manley Hopkins’ famous saying, Christ plays in ten thousand places, and as such we are convinced that Public Theology is of little use if it does not enter into that play in every area of life. The Big Picture is our publication in which as a community we give expression to our celebration of life lived before God’s face and in his world.
