Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi is a laywoman based in Dayton, Ohio who writes theological essays and historical fiction novels. Her book Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation is available from 1517 Publishing.
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The Alternate Enchantment of the Reformation
Since the 2007 release of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age, the Christian intellectual sphere has reverberated with talk of disenchantment, a historical process that helped create the modern world. According to Taylor, the old enchanted realm was “the world of spirits, demons, moral forces
The Three Mysteries: A Protestant Reflection on Union with Christ
Christian theology is a vast expanse in which a dizzying array of doctrines orbit a single Son that holds them in their courses. We ought not dismiss any of these doctrines as unimportant, but there are some that sit at the heart of the Christian faith, while others are more peripheral.
“Christians Reading Classics,” by Nadya Williams: A Review
This is a tough time to be a professor of classics, the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture. Howard University has joined the ranks of those scrapping classics degrees, Princeton no longer requires classics majors to take Latin or Greek, and some are complaining that the whole discipline […]
“Contesting the Body of Christ,” by Myles Werntz: A Review
The scope of the twentieth century is best summarized in two facts: at its beginning Queen Victoria existed, and at its close Google existed. The twentieth century exceeds all others in its rapid change and seismic events. Two World Wars, the demise of colonial empires and creation of new […]
“Why I Am Protestant,” by Beth Felker Jones: A Review
In a recent issue of *First Things*, theologian Brad East provocatively declared that confessional Protestantism was on its last statistical legs, writing that “the original Protestant vision, articulated and enacted by the first generations of Reformers, is on life support. It barely registers in surveys.” He invited readers to imagine […]
