Whistling in the Dark

This lively collection of interdisciplinary essays engages the theology of Craig Keen. Keen’s work responds to the violence of metaphysics through a still and considered focus on divesting oneself of power. Acutely aware of the problems of modern theology, Keen does not set out to solve every puzzle, but instead responds to difficult questions with hope and prayer. For Keen, theology is never to be the acquisition of knowledge, but the giving of love. He writes in such a way as to create space for voices of difference and dissent. The essays included in this volume do not just interpret, explain, or critique Keen’s thought, but they seek to accompany him in attentiveness to difference and pain. As such, they engage with the same concerns as Keen: the violence of concepts, the suffering of individuals, the divestment of power, and the embodiment of prayer and doxology.

Janice McRandal is director of the cooperative, a center for public theology in Brisbane Australia, and a research fellow of the University of Divinity. Her publications include Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Difference: A Contribution to Feminist Systematic Theology (2015) and Sarah Coakley and the Future of Systematic Theology (2016).



Stephen John Wright is senior lecturer in Christian theology and Wesley studies at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, United Kingdom. His publications include Dogmatic Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty in Dialogue with Robert W. Jenson (2014), and Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics: Essays on God and Creation (Cascade, 2014).