Mark Lewis Taylor

A Future without Walls

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A Future without Walls is an essential contribution to public theology today and needs to be read amid the current crises pertaining to borders, hate, and social division. It is a theoretically astute reflection on the themes of difference and othering for those grappling with the perennial problems of American public life.”

Being Human

Theology

“Hopkins' provocative and cogent analysis of human being, set against the backdrop of creation's struggle and splendor, confirms that theological anthropology never again should be crafted solely from the dominant standpoints of European and North American white overclasses. Being Human: Race, Culture and Religion breaks free from the 'doctrines of man' that long have shackled so many, and opens readers to new rigors of thought and action. This is a must-read for 21st-century theological anthropology.”

Beyond Prisons

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Not just another book on criminal justice systems. Beyond Prisons is a jewel, working like a finely crafted prism to illumine many features of a new paradigm for justice needed in the USA today. Scholars and teachers will value its critical yet concise introduction to enduring debates in criminal justice. Informed activists will prop this book up alongside their phones and photocopying machines for ready reference to the key issues at stake.”

Competing Fundamentalisms

World Religions

“Competing Fundamentalisms displays a rare and precious achievement among books. Its author Sathianathan Clarke provides an accessible introduction to the phenomenon of fundamentalism across three great religious traditions, while also satisfying the demands of the probing theorist and the creative theologian. With this fusion of clarity, erudition, and constructive theological imagination, Clarke’s book provides an indispensable bulwark against the religious beliefs that are fueling the engines of war and political violence today. This is the book I want on the shelves of my library, in my students’ hands, and as a reference guide for today’s religious and political leaders.”

Toward a Theology of Struggle

Theology

“If the well-known Enlightenment motto stopped with Aude sapare, the theology of struggle, along with other liberation-oriented theologies, moves further and says Adue emancipare! Dare to struggle for your liberation!" "Not only Christians, but all those who seek to speak, write, and enact real hope for suffering peoples, wil be challenged and enriched by Fernandez's work”