Spring 2021 | Making Good: Can Faith Repair the World? - Introduction and Cover Photo

It can be hard to hear the voice of constructive religious faith in the turmoil of the national conversation. But the gifts of spiritual conviction make it plausible to shore up personal courage, seek reconciliation, and protect the common good in ways nothing else can. In this issue of Reflections, Yale Divinity School-related writers discover how spiritual practice turns outrage into action, hopelessness into resolve. One writer credits her faith for making the work of social reform possible despite setbacks. Another brings a burning biblical clarity to his activist vocation despite experiences of incarceration. Others challenge congregations to face their own ailments—racist legacies, political idolatries—if they would reach new levels of prophetic relevance. To the YDS voices here, the inheritance of religious faith speaks truth in the fraught contemporary moment, just in time.

Cover photo by Engin Akyurt/Unsplash