About Life Under the Word
A theology blog by Keanu Heydari on Barth, apocalyptic Paul, and Reformed witness in public
Life Under the Word is my theology blog. I'm a historian, a deacon in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) preparing for ordination, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan studying Iranian student activism in postwar France. My main website is here.
I write on Karl Barth and apocalyptic readings of Paul, attentive to the Reformed confessional tradition. The questions my historical work raises about exile, belonging, and human dignity also shape how I read scripture and the theologians who taught me to read it: Barth, J. Louis Martyn, Beverly Gaventa, and Douglas Campbell.
You'll find essays, sermons, and working notes here. Most writing is free; paid subscriptions sustain the work. Start with my essays, sermons, devotionals, liturgies, and translations.