Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1 — July–December 2026
The Theology of Attention: How Algorithmic Media Can Shape Christian Formation Before We Notice
Article type: Practitioner Theological Reflection Digital media does more than distribute Christian teaching; it can cultivate habits of attention that influence how Christians read Scripture, pray, remember, desire, and understand discipleship. Drawing on Scripture, scholarship on cultural formation, and practical experience in large-scale Christian digital publishing, this theological reflection argues that attention is a matter…
The Hermeneutics of Papal Social Architecture: Magnifica Humanitas and the Metaphysics of Authentic Fraternity
This paper examines Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, analyzing its unconventional structural opening, theological diagnosis of the digital age, and profound geopolitical critique. By deferring the traditional inclusive greeting, the Holy Father underscores an urgent call for a renewed Christian humanism to counter the existential fragmentations of unbridled technological expansion, symbolized by a modern…
Book Review: A Companion Along the Way: Bearings for the Inner Journey — by Stephen Truscott
Book author: Stephen Truscott. Review: Faith • Civilization • Theology. A Companion Along the Way: Bearings for the Inner Journey. Perth: Fullness of Life Centre Inc., 2026. This editorial book review examines Truscott’s account of Christian spiritual formation, interior change, suffering, and everyday relationships. It considers the book’s five chapters, accessible pastoral style, imaginative vignettes,…
Raising Catalytic Youth Leaders: A Church- and Ministry-Based Model for Discipleship, Leadership, and Protection in Zambia
Zambia has one of the youngest populations in the world, creating both an opportunity and a responsibility for churches and Christian ministries seeking to form the next generation. This ministry case study presents a church- and ministry-based model developed through the Zambia Youth Ministry Network (ZAYOMINET) and its advocacy arm, Voice of the Voiceless. The…
Can Revival Be Declared? Divine Agency, Discernment, and the Authority to Name Spiritual Awakening
When Christians call a gathering or movement a revival, they do more than report heightened religious activity. They attribute unusual agency to God, claim that this agency can be known, participate in shaping the movement through the act of naming it, and distribute institutional authority and historical legitimacy. This essay asks who may responsibly make…
Beyond Abstinence: Recovery as Christian Formation—A Wesleyan-Holiness Account of Grace, Agency, and Ecclesial Responsibility
This article asks how Wesleyan-Holiness theology can account for sustained recovery without spiritualizing substance use disorder or reducing recovery to abstinence and clinical stabilization. Using Richard Osmer’s four practical-theological tasks, it places addiction medicine and recovery research in disciplined dialogue with Scripture and Wesleyan accounts of grace, formation, and holy love. The article’s distinct contribution…
When Death Lost Its Throne: How Monotheism Transformed Death from a Divine Power into a Subordinate Messenger
This article examines the transformation of personified Death from the Late Bronze Age religious world of Ugarit to later Jewish, Islamic, European, and Mexican traditions. It does not argue for a direct genealogical line from the Ugaritic deity Mot to the later Angel of Death. Instead, it asks how the status, agency, and sovereignty of…