Hanna Reichel

Becoming Neighbors

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“As Christians we are called to become neighbors—and that is not a metaphor! Amar Peterman’s reminder that love must be concrete is as invitational as it is insistent, and as visionary as it is provocatively practical.”

Karl Barth and Reformed Theology

Theology

“Beginning ever again with the beginning, listening and witnessing to the one Word of God in Christ and in the scriptures, Barth resisted the label but embodied the spirit of a Reformed and Reforming theology like few others. If you are interested in Barth’s critically dialectic identity as a Reformed theologian, his dialogically constructive engagement with the Reformed tradition, and his potential for its ongoing transformation today, this volume convening the insights of leading scholars is for you.”

Our God Loves Justice

Theology

“In this timely work, McMaken revitalizes Helmut Gollwitzer’s theology for the North American context as an intervention in the alliance between the church and capitalism. He uncovers the politically liberative character of a theology that refuses to objectify God and draws on Gollwitzer's ecumenical socialism in order to call for taking the status confessionis within an idolatrous socioeconomic order. McMaken’s book is a must-read for anyone looking for allies and resources for a thoroughly theological political theology.”

Sex, Tech, and Faith

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“With frankness and nuance, Kate Ott investigates the potentials of digital technologies for exploring and expanding sexual pleasure, identity, and care. Unabashedly sex- and tech-positive, Ott is at the same time highly sensitive to the complicity of the same technologies in racial, ableist, and gender-based injustice and violence. As she invites the reader to ponder novel and often-scandalized phenomena like sex robots, online matchmaking, cyberstalking, and digital pornography, Ott subtly recasts age-old questions about human relationality, vulnerability, curiosity, and embodiment. The double pursuit of digital literacy and a values-based theological sexual ethic nudges readers to cultivate their own erotic attunement through and beyond particular technologies. The shame-free yet deeply reflective tone, the sexual storytelling and cultural illustrations, and the accompanying discussion and reading guides make the book eminently accessible and implementable. The youth study guide in particular will be an invaluable resource for progressive faith communities.”

We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Theology

“Structured by the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed, We Believe in the Holy Spirit presents preeminent contributions to pneumatology from the past thirty years to a wider audience. As it offers a rich tapestry of theological reflections on the Spirit’s ‘worlding’ through language and culture, its work in procession and inspiration, belonging and resistance, freedom and obedience, the volume itself becomes a testimony to the work of the living Spirit in the polyphonic resonances of African, European, and American voices.”