Glenn Butner
@dglennbutner.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Theology at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary; author - Work Out Your Salvation; Jesus the Refugee; Trinitarian Dogmatics; The Son who Learned Obedience
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Glenn Butner
@dglennbutner.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ
Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ [D. Glenn Butner Jr.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ
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Reposted by Glenn Butner
My piece on Lonergan’s philosophy of history, “Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse,” is live now in @commonweal.bsky.social
Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...
Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...
Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse
For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
My piece on Lonergan’s philosophy of history, “Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse,” is live now in @commonweal.bsky.social
Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...
Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...
I keep seeing progressive Christians write chastising posts about evangelical Trump support (3 so far today).
Here's a reminder that a majority of white Catholics & mainliners also voted Trump. Maybe rather than write scathing commentary about others, tend to your flock?
prri.org/spotlight/re...
Here's a reminder that a majority of white Catholics & mainliners also voted Trump. Maybe rather than write scathing commentary about others, tend to your flock?
prri.org/spotlight/re...
Religion and the 2024 Presidential Election
The 2024 presidential election’s preliminary exit polls show that the U.S. religious vote largely broke along expected lines. White evangelical Protestants remain the most vital religious constituency...
prri.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I keep seeing progressive Christians write chastising posts about evangelical Trump support (3 so far today).
Here's a reminder that a majority of white Catholics & mainliners also voted Trump. Maybe rather than write scathing commentary about others, tend to your flock?
prri.org/spotlight/re...
Here's a reminder that a majority of white Catholics & mainliners also voted Trump. Maybe rather than write scathing commentary about others, tend to your flock?
prri.org/spotlight/re...
Social media just makes this an uphill battle even more than it normally would be. I work hard to convince 60 evangelicals in a Sunday school class that the immigration system is unjust, and evangelical Josh Howerton has 1.8 million followers he can pepper with short media to defend the system.
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Social media just makes this an uphill battle even more than it normally would be. I work hard to convince 60 evangelicals in a Sunday school class that the immigration system is unjust, and evangelical Josh Howerton has 1.8 million followers he can pepper with short media to defend the system.
The table of contents for Christological Dogmatics wasn't working on Amazon, so I'm sharing it here.
I'm happy with several features:
1) engagement with less common figures (Lawson, Thomasius, McPherson, etc.)
2) content bracketed by evangelism
3) social ethics + classical doctrine interspersed
I'm happy with several features:
1) engagement with less common figures (Lawson, Thomasius, McPherson, etc.)
2) content bracketed by evangelism
3) social ethics + classical doctrine interspersed
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The table of contents for Christological Dogmatics wasn't working on Amazon, so I'm sharing it here.
I'm happy with several features:
1) engagement with less common figures (Lawson, Thomasius, McPherson, etc.)
2) content bracketed by evangelism
3) social ethics + classical doctrine interspersed
I'm happy with several features:
1) engagement with less common figures (Lawson, Thomasius, McPherson, etc.)
2) content bracketed by evangelism
3) social ethics + classical doctrine interspersed
The recording of my round table discussion on immigration with Gordon-Conwell's Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Public Square from December is now posted online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRa...
Christians and Immigration: A Roundtable Discussion on the Bible, Theology and Immigration Policy
YouTube video by Gordon-Conwell
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The recording of my round table discussion on immigration with Gordon-Conwell's Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Public Square from December is now posted online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRa...
"Thinking about God and praying to God are not two discrete acts which we must somehow try to bring together by some mechanical bridge called ‘spiritual application’; rather, they are ultimately a single act of relating to God.”
- Simon Chan
- Simon Chan
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Thinking about God and praying to God are not two discrete acts which we must somehow try to bring together by some mechanical bridge called ‘spiritual application’; rather, they are ultimately a single act of relating to God.”
- Simon Chan
- Simon Chan
I'll be part of an immigration roundtable conversation with a few great scholars on December 3rd. You can stream it and watch, too.
www.gordonconwell.edu/event/christ...
www.gordonconwell.edu/event/christ...
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'll be part of an immigration roundtable conversation with a few great scholars on December 3rd. You can stream it and watch, too.
www.gordonconwell.edu/event/christ...
www.gordonconwell.edu/event/christ...
I’ll be participating in a forum on Christian immigration ethics this week, seeking to balance justice and rule of law in Romans 13 while aiming for a critique of some current policy that I hope people across the political spectrum can stand behind.
stream available here: www.gcts.edu/live
stream available here: www.gcts.edu/live
October 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ll be participating in a forum on Christian immigration ethics this week, seeking to balance justice and rule of law in Romans 13 while aiming for a critique of some current policy that I hope people across the political spectrum can stand behind.
stream available here: www.gcts.edu/live
stream available here: www.gcts.edu/live
Endorsements are up for "Christological Dogmatics" on amazon:
tinyurl.com/mudt9ts2
I asked people who wrote some of the best and most stimulating works I read in writing the book. I'm thankful they were willing to say something nice about my work.
tinyurl.com/mudt9ts2
I asked people who wrote some of the best and most stimulating works I read in writing the book. I'm thankful they were willing to say something nice about my work.
Amazon.com
tinyurl.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Endorsements are up for "Christological Dogmatics" on amazon:
tinyurl.com/mudt9ts2
I asked people who wrote some of the best and most stimulating works I read in writing the book. I'm thankful they were willing to say something nice about my work.
tinyurl.com/mudt9ts2
I asked people who wrote some of the best and most stimulating works I read in writing the book. I'm thankful they were willing to say something nice about my work.
"Feuerbach should be asked whether human beings would really, on their own, wish to receive redemption through a crucified man."
- Hans-Martin Barth
- Hans-Martin Barth
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Feuerbach should be asked whether human beings would really, on their own, wish to receive redemption through a crucified man."
- Hans-Martin Barth
- Hans-Martin Barth
Great review here from a notable scholar of migration in Scripture. Much to learn from his engagement.
It should've been included in the issue on migration; due to a mix-up, it wasn't included. Happy to report my extended review of @dglennbutner.bsky.social's fantastic *Jesus the Refugee* has been published in the most recent vol. of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal: sei.scot/resources/se...
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Great review here from a notable scholar of migration in Scripture. Much to learn from his engagement.
Reposted by Glenn Butner
Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
Why Due Process Is Owed to Migrants: A Protestant Christian Case - Cateclesia Institute
D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...
cateclesia.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
Why Due Process Is Owed to Migrants: A Protestant Christian Case - Cateclesia Institute
D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...
cateclesia.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...
Reposted by Glenn Butner
100%. Many of the stories of ICE detaining people with green cards could have happened under any admin.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
I feel I keep having this experience where I don’t want to downplay the escalation under Trump but also want to point out that a lot of this stuff pre-existed him.
July 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
100%. Many of the stories of ICE detaining people with green cards could have happened under any admin.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
Reposted by Glenn Butner
Theology 101: One of your responsibilities in your ministry is to prepare to pass it on to somebody else.
July 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Theology 101: One of your responsibilities in your ministry is to prepare to pass it on to somebody else.
Westerners assume that “the state is not yet the Beast of the Apocalypse,” but “the state is now, as always, a monster in which all the irrational forces of the human being meet. People may think the monster has been defeated, but it is always able to reappear.”
- Jose Comblin
- Jose Comblin
June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Westerners assume that “the state is not yet the Beast of the Apocalypse,” but “the state is now, as always, a monster in which all the irrational forces of the human being meet. People may think the monster has been defeated, but it is always able to reappear.”
- Jose Comblin
- Jose Comblin
Reposted by Glenn Butner
My new book has a page! (that's not the cover though - must be some kind of holding image)
On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy
The pervasive role religion plays in immigration policy is universally acknowledged but not well understood. On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy explores the ways in which religion ...
www.routledge.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My new book has a page! (that's not the cover though - must be some kind of holding image)
Reposted by Glenn Butner
I saw a series of images from Josh Howerton getting tons of attention on several social media platforms.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I saw a series of images from Josh Howerton getting tons of attention on several social media platforms.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
I saw a series of images from Josh Howerton getting tons of attention on several social media platforms.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I saw a series of images from Josh Howerton getting tons of attention on several social media platforms.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.
It's world refugee day. I wrote a liturgy.
June 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's world refugee day. I wrote a liturgy.
Surprisingly, when it's mandated that you move offices (a three day ordeal) in the two weeks you have to grade all of spring papers and prep all of your new summer online class, you wind up with a ton of mistakes in your new prep that make you look like a dolt.
June 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Surprisingly, when it's mandated that you move offices (a three day ordeal) in the two weeks you have to grade all of spring papers and prep all of your new summer online class, you wind up with a ton of mistakes in your new prep that make you look like a dolt.
Reposted by Glenn Butner
An honor to write on #immigration policy & #theology for the Mygration Christian Conference blog. Confused by ”America First” rhetoric? See how immigration, of all types, is good for the U.S.—and why Christians ought to defend immigrants even if the benefits weren't so clear: tinyurl.com/adpmcc0525
Immigration Policy and Neighbor Love: Confronting the Myth of "America First"
Since taking office, the new administration has pursued an “America First” agenda. As Vice President J.D. Vance argued, “you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then after that, you can...
www.mygrationchristianconference.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An honor to write on #immigration policy & #theology for the Mygration Christian Conference blog. Confused by ”America First” rhetoric? See how immigration, of all types, is good for the U.S.—and why Christians ought to defend immigrants even if the benefits weren't so clear: tinyurl.com/adpmcc0525
One of the greatest MAGA successes has been their ability to bring about this conversation so often.
Person: “we should admit X group of immigrants.”
MAGA: “so you believe in open borders?”
Person: “we should admit X group of immigrants.”
MAGA: “so you believe in open borders?”
May 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
One of the greatest MAGA successes has been their ability to bring about this conversation so often.
Person: “we should admit X group of immigrants.”
MAGA: “so you believe in open borders?”
Person: “we should admit X group of immigrants.”
MAGA: “so you believe in open borders?”