105: Jubilee, apocalypse and the politics of Jesus
Compass Podcast: Finding the spirituality in the day-to-day
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Show Notes
Christian Collins Winn joins the Compass Podcast to share how disruptive the teachings of Jesus really are–especially in regards to our social and political systems. Christian makes the claim that, though we don’t often talk about “Jubilee” and “apocalypse”, faith is all about what those terms represent and disrupting broken systems through actions like the forgiveness of debts and freedom for the oppressed and the enabling of human flourishing.
Christian Collins Winn is the author of “Jesus, Jubilee and the Politics of God’s Reign”. He is adjunct professor of religion at Augsburg University and teaching minister and theologian in residence at Meetinghouse Church in Minnesota.
In this episode:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:41) Meet Christian Collins Winn
(04:04) Definition of “God’s reign”
(04:49) What is “Jubilee”?
(06:52) What we mean by “apocalypse”
(10:21) Jubilee in action
(14:05) Our discomfort with the terms
(17:55) Why is the Jubilee principle so important?
(20:39) Jesus and Jubilee
(24:28) God’s politics
(27:44) An example at George Floyd Square