Corners in the City of God - Paperback

by Jonathan Tran (Editor), Myles Werntz (Editor)

David Simon's The Wire lays out before us a city in which people struggle under the weight of poverty, political corruption, economic despair, educational collapse, and the drug trade. This volume explores the various theological, ethical, and philosophical challenges presented by The Wire. As each season of The Wire unfolds, the moral complexities of life in the city deepen, as the failures of one system have unforeseen effects in other corners of the city. Fleshing out the ongoing tension between the "earthly city" and the City of God, Corners in the City of God is a theological companion to David Simon's masterpiece, inviting the reader to wrestle with the implications of belonging fully to the cities of the world, in all of their splendor and tragedy.

Author Biography

Jonathan Tran is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Baylor University, where he and his family live. He is author of The Vietnam War and Theologies of Memory: Time and Eternity in the Far Country and Foucault and Theology, as well as numerous academic and popular articles.

Myles Werntz is Postdoctoral Fellow in Theology and Ethics at Baylor University. He is the co-editor of two volumes of posthumously published essays by John Howard Yoder, as well as many other essays in ecclesiology and ethics.