Steven
Félix-Jäger

Artist. Scholar. Teacher.

Biography

Dr. Steven Félix-Jäger is an artist, scholar, minister, and educator. His work deals primarily at the intersection of faith and culture, especially as it pertains to the church.

Speaking Topics

Christian Worship | Pentecostal Faith & Practice | Visual Art & the Church

Music & the Church | Theology & Film | Theology & Pop Culture

Theological Aesthetics | Reconciliation in the Church | Youth Ministry

Public Theology | Christian Social Engagements

Christian Responses to Tough Social Issues

Available Now:

The Problem and Promise of Freedom:
A Public Theology for the Church

“The concept of 'freedom'--particularly for those in the Western world--is fraught with misunderstanding, misapplication, and misappropriation. Especially for the Christian. Too often, we see our freedom in Christ as a kind of libertine Americanism where we can do whatever we want under the banner of empire. Thankfully, Steven Félix-Jäger has offered us a substantive alternative. To be free, it seems, is to be submitted to Christ. And this book paves a way forward to understand how that is more about freedom than anything a nation could ever construct on its own."

- A.J. Swoboda

“This book rejects conservative Christianity's culture-war stance against secular liberalism and instead advances a vibrant Pentecostal public theology of renewal and abundance. Rooted in the biblical themes of covenant, jubilee, and Pentecost (interpreted as a cosmic jubilee), this book presents a constructive theological alternative to secular liberal ideologies of freedom and the free-market economy. Written with conceptual clarity, academic rigor, and fresh insights, this work makes a significant contribution to public theology."

- Hak Joon Lee

“Steven Félix-Jäger has crafted a robust theology of the responsible church. His book presents a church that carefully asks what is going on in the wider culture and responds to the salient issues of the day from its fidelity to covenantal freedom, proclaiming God's vision of shalom, and embodying a new form of public witness. The responsible church lives out a public theology that is rooted in God's covenant of abundance. Félix-Jäger's brilliant book is both a thesis and a manual for churches willing to be 'responsible' in today's controversial Western societies."

- Nimi Wariboko