Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
Angels and Beasts: A Theological Approach to Animal Imagery in the Book of Kells
This article explores the animal imagery of the Book of Kells as a window into Celtic Christian theology, showing how creatures symbolized Christ, new creation, and the harmony between heaven, earth, and all living things.
All Resources: Church/Parachurch
Why Bother With Church?
James Houston on His Life and Spiritual Theology
Generation Alpha and the Opportunity Before Us
Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
The Importance of Ritual Learning for the Development of Child Faith
This article argues that age-segregated church practices weaken children’s faith formation. Drawing on theology and developmental research, it calls for including children in baptism and communion as formative rituals that apprentice faith through participation, not instruction alone.
Podcast: Christianity and Immigration Policy
Community: Diaspora Theology in Real Time: Technology and Transnational Community
Imagine Otherwise, the online magazine of Princeton’s Center for Asian American Christianity, hosts a podcast with Prof. Ann Gillian Chu on lived theology, Hong Kong’s political unrest, BN(O) migration to the UK, and its impact on faith, family, and community life.
A Slightly Useful Way: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and a Homiletic of Epistemic Humility
Drawing on Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, this essay explores how preaching shaped by epistemic humility—embracing mystery, complexity, and grace—can speak more faithfully and credibly to a skeptical age.