Fall 2023 | Faith Not Fear: Varieties of Christian Practice
“Christian” is an embattled word these days, tested by forces eager to colonize it for some ideological cause or twist it into something unrecognizable. Writers of this Reflections respectfully decline to join the media game of contortion and distortion. Most here embark on a different path, where Jesus is a vivid figure who reaches across the present moment and compels a response. These divergent stories have this much in common: a moral imagination illuminated by a divine spark, a big-picture sense of history. An authentic faith cannot be bullied or ignored: it is busy enfleshing a divine dream of joy, solidarity, and homecoming. As alumna Karis Ryu ’23 M.A.R. writes, “His voice calls from a place unknown.”
Cover image: Mohamed Nohassi/Unsplash
Reflections
From the Dean's Desk
Last year I had two related conversations that were unsettling. The first took place after I read Phil Gorski’s and Sam Perry’s The Flag + the Cross before hearing Phil speak (see the interview with him in this issue). After Phil summarized the book and accepted questions, I asked him: “Has Christianity become a dirty word in American society?”
Contents
Reflections is a publication of Yale Divinity School