Essays and reflections exploring the questions that shape us and the possibilities that open us.
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What my students say
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Rev. Dr. Rita Capezzi
I learned from Mike not simply theology but rather how to think theologically. Not simply the possible nature of the Divine, but how the Divine manifests in surprising and mysterious, though substantial and recognizable, ways as a multi-forming, multi-acting, multi -activating series of relations which we are called to participate with toward the amplification of love, truth, and justice. I learned to move away from a static "God" I could either worship or lament toward an unfolding process of complex and chaotic thriving life entirely worthy of reverence and care. I and my ministry are better for Mike's instruction.
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Rev. Jordinn Long:
Mike is a thinker who bolsters my hope while deepening my understanding. I seek out his words as I wrestle with the hardest pieces of what it means to be a person of progressive faith and engaged political commitments amid the heartbreak and contradictions of U.S. life in this era. Mike's mentorship guided me into a PhD program of my own, and I take courage in joining the left's religious thought project because I am steadied by his example of disciplined scholarship aligned with principled purpose.
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Rev. Samara Powers
Michael Hogue is an emergent theologian for our time. His writing, especially his practical theologies and scholarship on restoring democracy, should be required reading for today's religious leaders and community activists.
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Gregory Bonin
Dr. Michael Hogue drew me into the imagination and play of constructive theology and religious naturalism. His scholastic and theological leadership guided me in shaping my lived experience into a somatic theology that continues to inform my work.