Faculty PublicationsVolume 1 · Issue 1
Theology and the Limits of Care
A theological anthropology worth practicing must be able to say what it cannot do.
Dr. Naomi Monroe, Th.D.
Faculty, Theology & Human Flourishing
May 6, 2026
8 min readGraduate Professional
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A theological anthropology worth practicing must be able to say what it cannot do.
Every framework of care carries an implicit account of what a human being is, what has gone wrong, and what would constitute repair. Making that account explicit is not an academic exercise; it determines what a practitioner will notice and what they will overlook.
“A framework that can explain everything has stopped being a framework and become a temperament.”
The maturity of a tradition of care is visible in its stated limits — the conditions it refers out, the questions it declines to answer, and the honesty with which it distinguishes conviction from evidence.
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Monroe, N. (2026). Theology and the Limits of Care. Faculty Publications, 1(1). Holmes Knowledge Center, Holmes Training Academy™.