Leaving Emmaus: A New Departure in Christian Theology

The theological enterprise in the West finds itself in a critical moment. Traditional models have failed to supply the church with the proper tools for engaging the hard, persistent realities of injustice. This is primarily because the models propose a language of faith that does not begin from the part of life where faith begins: namely, the testimonies we encounter along the way.

Leaving Emmaus conceives of theology as "thinking with testimonies of Christian faith," offering new students...