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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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)
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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.
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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?”
Apollinarius or Apollinaris? And why?
May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Apollinarius or Apollinaris? And why?
"The tendency in American life is to view the migrant through the lenses of utilitarian calculus. In what way will he or she bring benefits to us or constitute burdens?... With this perspective, we view immigrants as objects to be assessed in terms of their value to us." - Dana Wilbanks
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The tendency in American life is to view the migrant through the lenses of utilitarian calculus. In what way will he or she bring benefits to us or constitute burdens?... With this perspective, we view immigrants as objects to be assessed in terms of their value to us." - Dana Wilbanks
"God's discourse, like everything God does, is qualified by everything God is - the sum total of the divine perfections, including wisdom, goodness, and love." - Kevin Vanhoozer
May 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"God's discourse, like everything God does, is qualified by everything God is - the sum total of the divine perfections, including wisdom, goodness, and love." - Kevin Vanhoozer
Happening in my neck of the woods if you’re an interested graduate student.
May 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Happening in my neck of the woods if you’re an interested graduate student.
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“If then your prince or secular lord commands you… to believe one thing or another, or commands you to throw away books, you should then say: 'Lucifer is not entitled to sit beside God… if you should tell me to believe and to throw away books, then I will not obey.'"
May 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“If then your prince or secular lord commands you… to believe one thing or another, or commands you to throw away books, you should then say: 'Lucifer is not entitled to sit beside God… if you should tell me to believe and to throw away books, then I will not obey.'"
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Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
Trinitarian Dogmatics - now available in Korean
May 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trinitarian Dogmatics - now available in Korean