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For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture

For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture

著者： Miroslav Volf Matthew Croasmun Ryan McAnnally-Linz Drew Collins Evan Rosa
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 Seeking and living a life worthy of our humanity. Theological insight, cultural analysis, and practical guidance for personal and communal flourishing. Brought to you by the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.2020-2028 Yale Center for Faith & Culture キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 哲学 社会科学 聖職・福音主義
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  • Irrevocable Covenant: Against Supersessionism / R. Kendall Soulen

    Irrevocable Covenant: Against Supersessionism / R. Kendall Soulen
    2025/10/02

    “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Theologian R. Kendall Soulen joins Drew Collins to discuss supersessionism, the name of God (tetragrammaton), the irrevocable covenant between God and the Jews, and the enduring significance of Judaism for Christian theology.

    Together they explore religious and ethnic heritage, cultural identity, community, covenant, interfaith dialogue, and the ongoing implications for Christian theology and practice.

    They also reflect on how the Holocaust forced Christians to confront theological assumptions, how Vatican II and subsequent church statements reshaped doctrine, and why the gifts and calling of God remain irrevocable. Soulen challenges traditional readings of Scripture that erase Israel, insisting instead on a post-supersessionist framework where Jews and Gentiles bear distinct but inseparable witness to God’s faithfulness.

    Image Credit: Marc Chagall, ”Moses with the Burning Bush”, 1966

    Episode Highlights

    1. “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
    2. “Supersessionism is the Christian belief that the Jews are no longer God’s people.”
    3. “The Lord is God—those words preserve God’s identity and resist erasure.”
    4. “Israel sinned. They are still Israel. That identity is irrevocable.”
    5. “The gospel doesn’t erase the distinction between Jews and Gentiles; it reconfigures it.”

    About R. Kendall Soulen

    R. Kendall Soulen is Professor of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. A leading voice in post-supersessionist Christian theology, he has written extensively on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, including The God of Israel and Christian Theology and Irrevocable: The Name of God and the Christian Bible.

    Helpful Links and Resources

    • R. Kendall Soulen, Irrevocable: The Name of God and the Christian Bible
    • R. Kendall Soulen, The God of Israel and Christian Theology
    • Vatican II, Nostra Aetate — Vatican.va
    • Michael Wyschogrod, The Body of Faith: God in the People Israel
    • Drew Collins, The Unique and Universal Christ

    Show Notes

    • R. Kendall Soulen’s formative encounters with Judaism at Yale and influence of Hans Frei and Michael Wyschogrod
    • Romans 9–11 as central to understanding Christianity’s relationship with Judaism
    • Supersessionism defined as denying Israel’s ongoing covenant with God
    • Impact of the Holocaust and World War II on Christian theology
    • Vatican II’s Nostra Aetate affirming God’s covenant with Israel remains intact
    • Over a billion Christians now belong to churches rejecting supersessionism
    • Soulen’s early work The God of Israel and Christian Theology diagnosing supersessionism in canonical narrative
    • Discovery of the divine name’s centrality in Scripture and its neglect in Christian interpretation
    • Jesus’s reverence for God’s name shaping Christian prayer and theology
    • Proper names as resistance to instrumentalization and fungibility
    • Jewish and Gentile identities as distinct yet united in Christ
    • Dialogue with Judaism as essential for Christian self-understanding
    • Post-supersessionist theology reshaping interfaith relations and Christian identity
    • Implications for law observance, Christian Seders, and Jewish-Gentile church life
    • Abrahamic faiths and typology: getting Christianity and Judaism right as foundation for interreligious dialogue

    Production Notes

    • This episode was made possible by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation
    • This podcast featured R. Kendall Soulen
    • Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa
    • Hosted by Evan Rosa
    • Production Assistance by Alexa Rollow and Emily Brookfield
    • A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about
    • Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
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  • Burnout and Sabbath / Alexis Abernethy

    Burnout and Sabbath / Alexis Abernethy
    2025/09/10
    Clinical psychologist Alexis Abernethy explores burnout, Sabbath rest, and resilience—reframing rest as spiritual practice for individuals and communities.“For me, it’s knowing that the Lord has made me as much to work as much to be and to be still and know that he is God.”On this episode, clinical psychologist Alexis Abernethy (Fuller Seminary) joins Macie Bridge to discuss burnout, Sabbath, worship, mental health, and resilience in the life of the church. Defining burnout through its dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced sense of accomplishment, Abernethy reflects on how church life can intensify these dynamics even as it seeks to heal them. Drawing from scripture, theology, psychology, and her own experience in the Black church and academic worlds, she reorients us to Sabbath as more than self-care: a sacred practice of being still before God. Sabbath, she argues, is not a quick fix but a preventive rhythm that sustains resilience in leaders and congregations alike. Along the way, she points to the necessity of modeling rest, the impact of daily and weekly spiritual rhythms, and the communal posture that makes Sabbath transformative.Episode Highlights“For me, it’s knowing that the Lord has made me as much to work as much to be and to be still and know that he is God.”“Often people have overextended themselves in face of crises, other circumstances over a period of time, and it’s just not really sustainable, frankly, for anyone.”“We act as if working hard and excessively is dutiful and really what the Lord wants—but that’s not what He wants.”“When you are still with the Lord, you look different when you’re active.”“Sabbath rest allows you to literally catch your own breath, but also then be able to see what the congregation needs.”Helpful Links and ResourcesThat Their Work Will Be a Joy, Kurt Frederickson & Cameron LeeHoward Thurman, Meditations of the HeartEmily Dickinson, “Some Keep the Sabbath” (Poetry Foundation)About Alexis AbernethyAlexis Abernethy is a clinical psychologist and professor in the School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Seminary. Her research explores the intersection of spirituality and health, with particular focus on Christian spirituality, church leadership, and group therapy models.Topics and ThemesBurnout in Church Leadership and Congregational LifeDefining Burnout: Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Reduced AccomplishmentSpiritual Misconceptions of Work and DutySabbath as Sacred Rest, Not Just Self-CareSilence, Stillness, and the Presence of GodScriptural Foundations for Sabbath: Psalm 23, Psalm 46, John 15The Role of Pastors in Modeling RestPandemic Lessons for Church Rhythms and ParticipationEmily Dickinson and Creative Visions of SabbathResilience Through Sabbath: Lessons from New Orleans PastorsPractical Practices for Sabbath in Everyday LifeShow NotesExodus 20:8-11: 8 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.Opening framing on burnout, Sabbath, and confusion about self-careIntroduction of Alexis Abernethy, her background as psychologist and professorChildhood in a lineage of Methodist pastors and formative worship experiencesEarly academic path: Howard University, UC Berkeley, affirmation from her fatherDefining burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced accomplishment“I’m just stuck. I used to enjoy my job.”The church as both source of fulfillment and site of burnoutMisconceptions of spirituality equating overwork with dutyReference: That Their Work Will Be a Joy (Frederickson & Lee)Scriptural reflections: Psalm 23, Psalm 46, John 15Stillness, quiet, and Howard Thurman on solitude“When you are still with the Lord, you look different when you’re active.”Sabbath as sacred rest, not a quick fix or pillPastors modeling Sabbath for congregations, including personal family timeCOVID reshaping church rhythms and recalculating commitment costsEmily Dickinson’s poem “Some Keep the Sabbath”Lessons from New Orleans pastors after Hurricane KatrinaSabbath as resilience for leaders and congregationsPractical steps: scripture meditation, playlists, Lectio Divina, cultivating quietClosing invitation: Sabbath as both individual discipline and community postureProduction NotesThis podcast featured Alexis AbernethyInterview by Macie BridgeEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Alexa Rollow and Emily BrookfieldA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School ...
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    48 分
  • How to Read the Gospel of John / David Ford

    How to Read the Gospel of John / David Ford
    2025/09/04

    The Gospel of John is a gospel of superabundance. The cosmic Christ made incarnate would of course yield an absolute superabundance of grace, love, and unity.

    What makes John’s Gospel so distinct from the Synoptics? Why does it continue to draw readers into inexhaustible depths of meaning? In this conversation, theologian David Ford reflects on his two-decade journey writing a commentary on John. Together with Drew Collins, he explores John’s unique blend of theology, history, and literary artistry, describing it as a “gospel of superabundance” that continually invites readers to trust, to reread, and to enter into deeper life with Christ. Together they explore themes of individuality and community; friendship and love; truth, reconciliation, and unity; the tandem vision of Jesus as both cosmic and intimate; Jesus’s climactic prayer for unity in chapter 17. And ultimately the astonishing superabundance available in the person of Christ. Along the way, Ford reflects on his interfaith reading practices, his theological friendships, and the vital role of truth and love for Christian witness today.

    “There’s always more in John’s gospel … these big images of light and life in all its abundance.”

    Episode Highlights

    1. “It is a gospel for beginners. But also it’s endlessly rich, endlessly deep.”
    2. “There’s always more in John’s gospel and he has these big images of light and, life in all its abundance.”
    3. “It all culminates in love. Father, I desire that those also you, whom you have given me, may be with me.”
    4. “On the cross, evil, suffering, sin, death happened to Jesus. But Jesus happens to evil, suffering, sin, death.”
    5. “We have to go deeper into God and Jesus, deeper into community, and deeper into the world.”

    Show Notes

    • David Ford on writing a commentary on John over two decades
    • John’s Gospel compared to the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke)
    • John as theological history writing (Rudolf Schnackenburg)
    • John’s purpose statement in chapter 20: written so that you may trust
    • “A gospel for beginners” with simple language and cosmic depth
    • John as a gospel of superabundance: light, life, Spirit without measure
    • John’s focus on individuals: Nicodemus, Samaritan woman, man born blind, Martha, Mary, Lazarus
    • The Beloved Disciple and John’s communal authorship
    • Friendship, love, and unity in the Farewell Discourses (John 13–17)
    • John 17 as the most profound chapter in Scripture
    • The crisis of rewriting: scrapping 15 years of writing to begin anew
    • Scriptural reasoning with Jews, Muslims, and Christians on John’s Gospel
    • Wrestling with John 8 and the polemics against “the Jews”
    • Reconciliation across divisions
    • John’s vision of discipleship: learning, loving, praying, and living truth

    Helpful Links and Resources

    • David Ford, The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary
    • Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Gospel According to St. John

    About David Ford

    David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He has written extensively on Christian theology, interfaith engagement, and scriptural reasoning. His most recent work is The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Baker Academic, 2021). Ford is co-founder of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme and the Rose Castle Foundation.

    Production Notes

    • This podcast featured David Ford
    • Interview by Drew Collins
    • Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa
    • Hosted by Evan Rosa
    • Production Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, and Emily Brookfield
    • A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about
    • Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
    • This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information visit Tyndale.foundation.
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    49 分
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