Exploring Faith and Public Life

 Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is a public theologian engaging questions of Christian involvement in politics, culture, and the marketplace. He serves as a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary where he directs the Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life. Read more…

BOOKS

Praise for Work and Worship

“I know of nothing quite like this book. It is a trailblazing achievement!… Take and read!”

—Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University

"Kaemingk and Willson make an inspired contribution to the underdeveloped connection between work and worship in Christian life."

—Constance M. Cherry, Indiana Wesleyan University

“Here, finally, is the book that will take the 'faith and work' conversation to new depths of intentionality. With theological clarity and real-world accountability, Kaemingk and Willson mend what we have rent asunder."

—James K. A. Smith, Calvin University

"Born of years of deepening commitment and maturing insight, the great gift of this groundbreaking book is its remarkably rich study of Scripture and history, showing that the deepest, truest witness through the centuries comes from an understanding of liturgy and labor--which is surprisingly seamless. Work and Worship is a gift to the church."

—Steven Garber, Regent College

Reformed Public Theology

Baker Academic, 2021

The Reformed tradition in the twenty-first century is increasingly diverse, dynamic, and deeply engaged in a wide variety of global and public issues, from the arts and business to immigration and race to poetry and politics. This book brings together the insights of a diverse group of leading Reformed thinkers--including Nicholas Wolterstorff, Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Ashford, Agnes Chiu, John Witvliet, Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, and James K. A. Smith--to offer a contemporary vision of the depth and diversity of the Reformed faith and its global public impact.

Theological contributions from Brazil, Peru, Scotland, the Philippines, South Africa, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Indonesia, China, and the United States.

2018 Award of Merit

— Christianity Today

“Best Theology Book of 2018”

— Englewood Review of Books

“This is a wonderfully written, ambitious, and urgent work of theology, ethics, and political theory. It rings with unusual vitality and passion.”

— Shadi Hamid, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

“A pathbreaking, theologically rich Christian intervention into contemporary public debates over the place of Muslims in western societies. . . . Matthew Kaemingk has pulled off a feat many would have thought impossible.”

— Jonathan Chaplin, author of Multiculturalism: A Christian Retrieval

“While engaging lived realities and introducing us to actual people impacted by those lived realities, Matthew Kaemingk provides a compelling vision for Christian faith to serve as a bridge, not a barrier, to loving the many different neighbors we live alongside within our contemporary pluralistic context.”

— Kristen Deede Johnson, author Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism