“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

About Gregory Leffel

Gregory Leffel, Ph.D., is a missiologist working on collective action, social movements and theo-politics, and is director of One Horizon Institute in Lexington, Kentucky. He is author of Faith Seeking Action: Mission, Social Movements, and the Church in Motion; and is past president of the American Society of Missiology.

Articles by Gregory Leffel

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European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

1968: The revolution that will not die

Gregory Leffel 19 August 2018

How conservatives won the counter-revolution after 1968—and how they might lose.

Will Cuba become a test case for a post-postmodern future?

Gregory Leffel 25 March 2018

Metamodern mindfulness offers a new way of thinking about the ideological conflicts of the past.

Is catastrophe the only cure for the weakness of radical politics?

Gregory Leffel 21 January 2018

If we want a future worthy of the name we need a different form of revolution.

The left’s problem isn’t politics—it’s metaphysics

Gregory Leffel 18 December 2017

How can liberals and progressives learn to feel differently about identity?

Is Christianity finished as a source of inspiration for progressive social change?

Gregory Leffel 13 November 2017

Whatever the emerging world becomes, it will need a new consciousness to guide it, especially if we want that world to be a good one.

Morte e vida da teologia da libertação

Gregory Leffel 7 November 2017

Uma geração de teólogos radicais da América Latina está morrendo. O quê esse legado significa para o resto do mundo? Español English

Muerte y vida de la Teología de la Liberación

Gregory Leffel 7 November 2017

Una generación de teólogos radicales de América Latina está en vías de desaparición. ¿Cuál es su legado? English Português

The death and life of liberation theology

Gregory Leffel 23 October 2017

A generation of radical theologians from Latin America is passing away. What does their legacy mean for the rest of the world? Español Português

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