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Eugene R. Schlesinger

Eugene R. Schlesinger, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of several books, including Salvation in Henri de Lubac: Divine Grace, Human Nature, and the Mystery of the Cross (Notre Dame, 2023). Schlesinger served as Editor of Covenant, 2019-2024.

Christmas & the Politics of Incarnation

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To mistake Jesus's Incarnation, death, and resurrection for a purely spiritual reality is a misreading. The story leads to the public square.

Lift High the Cross

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If a theology of the cross leaves the powerful unchallenged, it’s a theology narrated from the perspective of Pilate, not the Nazarene.

This Heart Which Has So Loved Humanity

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The God of Love took a human heart as his own, just like yours and mine, and he loves us as one of us with that heart.

Loving My Enemies—A Lenten Discipline

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Jesus’ call to love one's enemies forecloses both soft-pedalling the truth about enmity and rejecting enemies out of hand. This visceral reflection is an invitation to deeper transformation in Christ.

Advent Invites Us to a Better Eschatology

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Ours is a world with no shortage of injustice. All too often Christian churches have had a hand in fomenting and preserving it, though...

Another Page Turns

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Just over five years ago, I received a call from Christopher Wells, who was, at that time, executive director of the Living Church Foundation....

Awash in a Sea of Division

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With the launch of TLC's new website, you can now subscribe to Covenant, receiving it every day right in your inbox. — Editor. This essay is excerpted...

The Spirit of God Renews the Face of the Earth

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Among the most precious gifts of God is the Holy Spirit, himself God, who as the Psalter notes, "renews the face of the earth"...

Christians and the Blood Libel

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Dr. Eugene R. Schlesinger reviews Crucified: The Christian Invention of the Jewish Executioners of Jesus.

‘Whole and Entire’: Our Lenten Conversion

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Lent is among the least understood, most misappropriated seasons of the liturgical year, which is really saying something when you consider what’s become of...
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