Dr. W. Travis McMaken carries on conversations with friends, books he's reading, and the strange voices inside his head. He is a professor of religion and author of books on theology. On Twitter: @WTravisMcMaken
This is Part 3 in a series of adult education (Sunday School) classes that I taught at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (...View Details
Jan 26th, 2021
The androcentric nature of Barth's language notwithstanding, in this section he addresses the human condition and the "contradiction" at the heart of our existence, as well as refl...
Dec 22nd, 2020
This is Part 2 in a series of adult education (Sunday School) classes that I taught at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) in the early months of 2020. It provides a fairly thoro...
Sep 7th, 2020
This is Part 1 in a series of adult education (Sunday School) classes that I taught at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) in the early months of 2020. It provides a fairly thoro...
We return to Barth’s first dogmatics lectures, and to the elaboration of one of his key theological concepts – both in this earlier period as well as throughout his later Church Do...
Mar 19th, 2020
The Belhar Confession is about speaking the gospel in a time of rampant racial oppression. Those currents continue to run strongly in the USA, and the current COVID-19 crisis has o...
More on Barth’s first dogmatics lectures! This episode addresses the relationship between dogmatics and preaching. We get a number of Barth “greatest hits” – like an early form of ...
Dec 18th, 2019
I read a lot of books in 2019. Here are my top 5. Featured Books: Balmer, Evangelicalism in America Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence Hunsinger, Karl B...
Sep 3rd, 2019
You're bored of hearing about the men of the Reformation. Get the scoop on some of the key Reformation women!Click here to access written and video versions of this content. =====...
Continuing our dive into Karl Barth's first attempt at writing a dogmatics, this episode tackles the first section: The Word of God as the Problem of Dogmatics. He discusses what i...
