Section: Theological article
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…
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…