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Burge sees danger in ‘political monoculture’ of evangelicalism

The problem with white evangelicals isn’t their close affiliation with the Republican Party but the homogeneity of their political thinking and culture, sociologist of religion Ryan Burge said during a conference hosted by Denver Seminary. “When a religious movement becomes overwhelmingly a political monoculture, that’s bad not just for the people in the pews, but for…

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Americans are increasingly unwilling to cross boundaries to talk about racial injustice, seminary prof contends

Progress toward deep and effective racial healing in the United States has become disturbingly slow across church and society, a Colorado faith leader said during a podcast hosted by Denver Seminary. “Frankly, I’m scared about where we are because I think the blaming and shaming is reaching a boiling point,” John Moreland, the seminary’s director of…

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Christians could bring down the heat on the gun debate, author says

There is a way to reduce the anger and polarization around America’s gun debate by using tenets of faith, according to Michael Austin, author of God and Guns in America. “We really can reduce gun violence in the United States while actually protecting the rights of responsible gun owners in ways that are true to the Second…

Vivian Mabuni Tells How Decades-Long Seminary Journey Inspired New Women’s Leadership Endeavor

“My dream is to build what I wish I had. And I think that there’s something so powerful about women linking arms and being able to understand each other’s worlds a little bit.” Vivian Mabuni—creator of Denver Seminary’s Women’s Leadership Cohort, current student, Board of Trustees member, and host of the Someday is Here podcast—shares…

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Theological Education Between the Times: Hope

In The Hope of the Gospel: Theological Education and the Next Evangelicalism (2022), author Mark Young, PhD, explores the ways evangelicalism has lost its identity. The president of Denver Seminary, Young writes that seminaries can help revitalize the mission that once fueled and unified the Evangelical Movement….

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99 Arepas for Peace: An Advent Story

Michelle Ferrigno Warren, co-founder of Open Door Ministries and adjunct professor of Denver Seminary’s MA in Cultural Engagement program, reflects on the recent arrival of Venezuelan migrants in Denver during the Advent season, and how sacrificing our time and resources to serve and care for those in need is connected to God’s call for Christians…

Cultivate Your Calling in Each Stage of Life

Dr. Angie Ward, assistant professor of the Doctor of Ministry program and author of I Am a Leader shares about how women cultivate leadership among ever-changing responsibilities….