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In this episode, I am joined by the podcast Producer, Josh Gilbert, for our second tutorial edition. This time, we tackle some heavy stuff – Josh opens up about his modern existential crisis of living untethered from traditional institutions, which gets us into William James’ “Will to Believe” and the whole mess of making momentous… Read more about On The Edge: Identity, Freedom and Adulthood (Getting Trippy with Josh)
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim joined me at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Durham for a fantastic live Pentecost Podcast, and let me tell you, the Spirit was moving! Grace had just preached at Duke’s chapel that morning (complete with a birth story analogy that had people talking), and we dove deep into the connections between creation’s… Read more about Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Birth, Breath & Pentecost Flames
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So we’re back with my buddy Dr. Andrew Root and his brand new book ?Evangelism in the Age of Despair? – and no, before you ask, this is definitely not your typical door-to-door evangelism handbook. Andy’s doing what he does best here, which is taking some heavy theological machinery (theology of the cross, Charles Taylor,… Read more about Andy Root: Evangelism in an Age of Despair
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What’s up theology nerds! When we lost the legendary Walter Brueggemann, I knew we had to do a proper tribute to one of the most influential biblical scholars of our time. I’m joined by Bo and Rolf Jacobson from Luther Seminary for a deep dive into Walter’s life and work – this is the guy… Read more about “You Met One Pharaoh, You Met ‘Em All” – Remembering Walter Brueggemann
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We’ve lost a giant in biblical scholarship with the passing of ?Walter Brueggemann?, whose profound insights into the Hebrew Bible transformed how countless people understand scripture and faith. In this special tribute episode, we revisit three memorable conversations with Walter from across the years of Homebrewed Christianity, showcasing his remarkable ability to make ancient texts… Read more about In Honor of Walter Brueggemann
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This is an audio essay from my SubStack, Process This. ?You can head over here to read or watch the entire essay. I’ve been tracking the peculiar contradictions of American religious life for years now, and there’s one puzzle that keeps me up at night: Why does liberal theology keep producing brilliant scholarship while liberal… Read more about The Perfect Storm: Why Liberal Christianity Faces an Existential Crisis
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This week’s Q&A dives deep into expanding our pneumatological horizons with Grace Ji-Sun Kim as we gear up for Pentecost Sunday. We tackle some fantastic questions about the Hebrew “ruach” versus Greek “pneuma,” unpack how Greco-Roman philosophy (thanks, Plato!) shaped early Trinitarian debates, and explore the fascinating gender fluidity of Spirit language throughout church history… Read more about Intercession at the Intersection: The Gender-Bending History of the Holy Spirit with Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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Here’s another fantastic conversation with Justin Barrett, cognitive scientist extraordinaire, who spends his time at the intersection of science and religion. We dove deep into why developmental psychology is such a powerful lens for understanding human nature – turns out you can’t figure out if a zebra is white with black stripes or black with… Read more about Justin Barrett: Cognitive Science & the Intersection of Faith and Development
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Bo comes back from an epic 22-year tradition canoe trip in the Adirondacks – complete with black flies, hypothermia, and some serious Type 2 fun – and drops maybe his most intense opening riff ever. We’re talking democracy, pornography, evangelicalism, the economy, and a whole bunch of other stuff that doesn’t mean what it used… Read more about The Great Untethering: Why Everything Feels Fake
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This week Grace and I dove deep into the messy, fascinating history of how the early church wrestled with the Holy Spirit – and let me tell you, it’s way more complicated than most of us realize. We’re talking about a time when there was no canonized New Testament, no creeds, just a bunch of… Read more about Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Before There Was a Bible & the Messy Origins of Spirit Doctrine
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If you’ve ever read the Bible and felt tension between different passages, or found yourself in conversation with another Christian only to realize there are unresolvable differences at play, then Bill Brown’s new book “?Sacred Tension?“is going to be right up your alley. Bill argues that this tension isn’t a bug in the system—it’s exactly… Read more about Bill Brown: Sacred Tension & Biblical Dialogues
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Well nerds, buckle up for this one. My buddy Ryan Burge has returned with his latest graphs about religion and the 2024 election, and let me tell you – it was zesty. We started talking about minor league baseball, chicken raising, and somehow ended up dissecting why 83% of white evangelicals voted for Trump (spoiler:… Read more about Ryan Burge: The 2024 Election & Religion Post-Mortem
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In this kickoff live session for our new class on the Holy Spirit, I’m joined by Grace Ji-Sun Kim—author of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit (and about 24 other spirit-focused books by her count!). We dive into some fascinating early questions about the nature of the spirit: Is it a person, principle,… Read more about Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Jumping Vatican Barriers and Chasing the Spirit
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In this episode, I am joined by your favorite theological troublemaker, Dr. Pete Enns, for a wide-ranging Q&A session where we tackle your burning questions from our SubStack communities (?Odds & Enns? and ?Process This?). We delve into everything from understanding eternal punishment in Matthew 25, to the various ways divine presence is portrayed in… Read more about Pete Enns: We Promised Above-Average Answers and We’re Sticking to It!
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Holy smokes, theology nerds – buckle up for a prophetic ride through Black Christology that’ll completely recalibrate your understanding of Jesus and faith in times of empire. I am joined by Dr. Adam Clark as he traces the revolutionary lineage from Howard Thurman’s mystical Jesus who refuses the “hounds of hell” (after being called a… Read more about Adam Clark: Black Christology from Howard Thurman to James Cone
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In this plenary session from Theology Beer Camp 2024, John Thatamanil explores the future of religious identity in an increasingly pluralistic America, arguing that multiple religious participation will be the defining feature of North American religious life. Drawing from his personal journey as an Indian Christian immigrant who also practices Hinduism, and Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s… Read more about The Future of Religious Identity: Live From Theology Beer Camp
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What happens when you stand at the crossroads where the sacred meets the secular, where your identity refuses to fit into neat binaries, and where faith seeks understanding in the midst of doubt? In this deeply personal conversation, Episcopal priest and pioneering womanist theologian Kelly Brown Douglas returns to the podcast to explore theology as… Read more about Kelly Brown Douglas: Faith at the Crossroads
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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s to discuss Feminist Christology. We explore the importance of retrieving feminine imagery of God and Jesus through the biblical wisdom figure Sophia. She argues that despite Jesus’s historical maleness, a feminist Christological approach is essential for contemporary Christianity because it challenges 2000 years of… Read more about Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Feminist Christology
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What’s up Theology Nerds! This week on TNT, Bo and I kick things off with the breaking news about the new American Pope from Chicago (perfect timing for a Bear’s Super Bowl win?) before diving into a deep theological conversation about the future of liberal Christianity. Following last week’s rather pessimistic outlook, we explore more… Read more about Tending to Questions: A More Hopeful Future for Liberal Faith
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Today on the Rise of Bonhoeffer, we are joined by Lori Brandt Hale, Bonhoeffer scholar and president of the International Bonhoeffer Society, for a mind-expanding exploration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theological journey. Rather than just rehashing the heroic end of Bonhoeffer’s story, we dive deep into the continuous threads that run through his work – from… Read more about A Christianity Without Boundaries: Bonhoeffer’s Christ-Centered Revolution with Lori Brandt Hale
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