The Project is thrilled to have hosted Clare Carlisle for a lecture on Soren Kierkegaard and anxiety. Discover one of her books, Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling: A Reader’s Guide, here. Read More

The Sigmund Freud Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now available online. Read More

The recent rise in crime is extraordinarily complex. Policymakers and the public should not jump to conclusions or expect easy answers. Read More

Hidden beneath the busyness of Charlottesville today, more and more I have found stories of unrelenting faith, courage, and the desire for freedom in our city. Taylor’s story reminds me of what Pat Edwards said just a few weeks ago when I visited her at First Baptist Church on Main Street: the original members were motivated by their reach toward freedom, a spiritual exercise of resilience and fortitude. Read More

At the time of its publication, God Is Red was groundbreaking for indigenous intellectualism. The book inspired Native communities and prompted reflection among Christians – Time Magazine fittingly named Deloria one of the eleven greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Read More

At the time of its publication, God Is Red was groundbreaking for indigenous intellectualism. The book inspired Native communities and prompted reflection among Christians – Time Magazine fittingly named Deloria one of the eleven greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Read More

In 1964, the radical Barth found a home in rural Kentucky and pondered the American South – the result was Katallagete. Beyond thrilled to have finally produced a digital version of this astonishing journal. Here you’ll find an intro & sample. Read More

Charlotte Digges Moon, nicknamed “Lottie” Moon, is renowned throughout Southern Baptist history as a pioneer of Chinese missions for women, and her story begins right in central Virginia. A member of Charlottesville Baptist Church (before there were the two First Baptists), Miss Moon would help pave the way for Baptist women in ministry. Read More

For the academic year 2022 – 2023, the Project seeks a Graduate Research Assistant, who will work ten hours per week in research, editing, and social media related to PLT programs and everyday operations. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia is a research initiative, whose mission is to study the social consequences of theological ideas for the sake of a more just and compassionate world. We are seeking a work-study student for a variety of tasks, including general office organization, website postings, video and audio content processing, social media, and other tasks as they arise. Hours are flexible. Read More