Homebrewed Christianity

What if the death of God at the end of Modernity was stitched in the metaphysical assumptions from the outset? What if these assumptions can and should be challenged on scientific and philosophical grounds? What if these assumptions have been internalized, not just in the academy, but in the church? This are a few of the questions we talk about in the first have of this podcast. Then we end up covering the incarnation, prayer, divine action, the history of Israel, and the evolution of God among other things. John Cobb is the global leader of process theology and one of the greatest theological minds of the last fifty years. He is professor of theology emeritus at Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California, and the cofounder of the Center for Process Studies. Tripp is in charge of his fan club - the #FANiacs. Cobb has published over 30 books so check them out. Thanks to our sponsors: Phillips Theological Seminary & Drew Theological School Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amos Yong is on the podcast talking about the spirit-filled God. His initial mini-lecture and the ensuing conversation were straight up energizing and sent me a thinking since we ended. I am confident that no matter what part of the theological spectrum you come from, this renewalist perspective on God will get the imagination a pumping! The larger trajectory of this podcast is connected to his one volume systematic theology, Renewing Christian Theology: Systematics for a Global Christianity. We are reading this semester at the Hatchery and it is definitely worth it. Even more exciting is Dr. Amos' presence at the upcoming Enfolding Theology event! You can sign up now to join us in person or LIVE STREAM it online. Amos Yong is the director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary. Previously, he served as the dean of the School of Divinity at Regent University. For more on Dr. Yong check out Tom Oord's excellent post on his legendary status. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theology shouldn't be locked up in the ivory tower and covered in a stack of vocal words you need three degrees to understand. Theology should be for the people! In this episode you hear me talk to Jack Caputo about his new book from Fortress' Theology for the People line of books. On top of getting at taste of the content in Hoping Against Hope, but Jack let's you in on the process of writing the book and all the work he and Tony Jones put into the process. Then Jonnie joins the fun and talks to me about my book, The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God is a serious problem... the problem in theology. Today you get to hear from an 89 year young legendary Philosopher of Religion - Schubert Ogden! Schubert M. Ogden is University Distinguished Professor of Theology Emeritus at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. As student of Charles Hartshorne and Rudolf Bultmann, he pioneered connections between existentialist and process philosophy. In this mini-lecture and conversation with Philip Clayton, Paul Capetz, and myself its gets seriously nerdy. Here's the crazy thing - he has two new books that are written for a wide audience. In To Teach the Truth and To Preach the Truth Ogden shows just how flexible his pen is, writing to the people in the pews. If you want to experience his academic work check out the book I mentioned in podcast The Reality of God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time for some Jesus fun! I recently published the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus: Lord, Liar, Lunatic or just freaking Awesome! Here's the thing. When you release a book you have to promote it. I did some book tour fun across the country, like the goodness you can hear fro the OKC. But I also kicked it off with a 5 hour non-stop online tour across a host of bloggers. This episode (and the next) are some of the best conversation of the 5 hours. I hope you enjoy it and tell your peeps about my book. On this podcast you hear from Bobby Shirley, Teresa Pascale, Tony Jones, James Matichuk , and Trevor Malkinson. Click those links for the videos! This podcast episode and the 5 hour live blab stream was developed in partnership with The Speakeasy. If you like free books and blogging about zesty texts then just holla at Mike and get on the Speakeasy email list. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time for some Jesus fun! I recently published the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus: Lord, Liar, Lunatic or just freaking Awesome! Here's the thing. When you release a book you have to promote it. I did some book tour fun across the country, like the goodness you can hear fro the OKC. But I also kicked it off with a 5 hour non-stop online tour across a host of bloggers. This episode (and the next) are some of the best conversation of the 5 hours. I hope you enjoy it and tell your peeps about my book. On this podcast you hear from the one and only Bec Cranford, Mike Morrell, John Contabile, Heather Goodman, and your favorite Lutheran Clint Shentcloth. Click those links for the videos! This podcast episode and the 5 hour live blab stream was developed in partnership with The Speakeasy. If you like free books and blogging about zesty texts then just holla at Mike and get on the Speakeasy email list. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Sung Park is the professor of Theology and Ethics at United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio. On the podcast today he discusses the God's relationship to suffering, the nature of divine perfection, the difference between sin and shame and the divine soteriological entanglement. I can't tell you how powerful his opening lecture is on the pre-theological intuitions and powers at work within all of us. The lecture and conversation as a whole serve to demonstrate just how powerful Dr. Park's theological vision can be. PS. I straight teared up toward the end of his talk. Here's some awesome books from Dr. Park: Triune Atonement: Christ's Healing for Sinners, Victims, and the Whole Creation From Hurt to Healing: A Theology of the Wounded The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin If you want to hear some more from Dr. Park then head over here and check out his first visit to the podcast. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Olson is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is also one of the most prolific patheos bloggers and has probably written at least two blog posts on whatever theological topic you can come up with. Check it out. In our conversation Olson describes his understanding of divine providence and the need for Christians to seriously wrestle with it. He engages and critiques classical theology, process, open theism, panentheism, calvinism, scripture, science, tradition, and more. Luckily you can listen and also check out the text of the talk itself here. After you hear this and decide to get yourself a book of Olson's check out The Mosaic of Christian Belief, The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction, and Questions to All Your Answers. If you are wise you will check out the book both Roger and I love - A Scandalous Providence by E. Frank Tupper. It changed my life. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is God? What is God? How... I am sure there are other ways of asking the question and even more ways to answer the question. In this episode we discuss the a host of theologians answer the question in a stack of different ways. Hopefully we are able to unpack the answers, assumptions, insights and perspectives in the episode. During the episode we mention: The upcoming Theology Nerd Bootcamp with Joerg Rieger February 17 in Dallas before Progressive Youth Ministry. Joerg Rieger's excellent text Christ and Empire. Victor Anderson's most amazing book Beyond Ontological Blackness Laurel Schneider's exploration of polydoxy and multiplicity. Donna Bowman's book on Barth and Whitehead & her upcoming book in the HBC series. The Enfolding Theology Conference at the Hatchery in LA this coming March. You should check out Nathan's Common Cause Community project and most importantly say hi to him on twitter... he loves tree. Elder Tony Jones' book Did God Kill Jesus? Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a new year and you better get your geek out for this one! This is the second half of the live HBC podcast from the American Academy of Religion. After Tony Jones and I interviewed the zesty German one - Moltmann - we hosted an impromptu all-star panel of HBC regulars discussing the work and influence of Moltmann's ground-breaking text The Crucified God. First our friends Philip Clayton and Scot Paeth kicked things off with us discussing the pathos of God, the Trinity, liberation theology and a number of other topics. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am super pumped to share one of the most amazing conversations of the year. Rabbi Brad Artson is on the podcast dropping some Jewish Process Theology! He is author of Renewing the Process of Creation and God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and they are straight up awesome. If you are looking for introductory level texts about Process theology then you really need to check them out. Most importantly there are ZERO reasons not to subscribe to his podcast. LITERALLY ZERO REASONS. Bradley Shavit "Brad" Artson (born 1959) is an American rabbi, author, speaker, and the occupant of the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California, where he is Vice-President. He supervises the Louis and Judith Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and provides educational and religious oversight for Camp Ramah of California. He is Dean of the Zecharias Frankel College at the University of Potsdam in Germany, ordaining Conservative/Masorti Rabbis for the European Union. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God. God! God? God:) God is the topic of this debacle. It is not a great debacle nor a tremendous debacle, but the Almighty Debacle. Is there an Ultimate Reality behind the ideas, images, myths and passion of religion? Can a plausible understanding of God be articulated in light of science? Is the world better off if humanity got over God or got right with God? These questions and more will be explored during the God Debacle! The God Debacle features two friends of the Homebrewed Podcast, LeRon Shults and Philip Clayton. There was a time when these two philosophers of science would have been allies in the academic pursuit of the divine. Today LeRon is no longer a Christian or even a theist and recently published a book exploring how God is both born and borne by humanity, Theology After the Birth of God. Philip recently published his book The Predicament of Belief and Confronting the Predicament of Belief in which he argues for the reality of God in light of contemporary science. If you don't believe me about the combustible nature of this conversation, just check out their interactions at Syndicate. Here's LeRon and Phil's exchange and Phil's rejoinder. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jurgen Moltmann is on the podcast! Moltmann is the most influential theologian from the 2nd half of the 20th century. In this episode you will get to hear Moltmann answer our questions like a theological champ. His one liners are inappropriately zesty! This is the first half of the live HBC podcast from the American Academy of Religion. You will get to hear Tony Jones and I interview the zesty German one - Moltmann! During the podcast we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Moltmann's ground-breaking text The Crucified God. We were also joined by Jennifer McBride and Philip Clayton. Get ready for the excitement!! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Oord is on the podcast to discuss his excellent new book The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence. Providence is one of those topics that bring up all sorts of topics like divine action, the problem of evil, the goodness of God, miracles, prayer and essential kenosis. I have to admit that we not only chat up his book, but we start nerding out with our geeks out at a high volume. Prepare to have too much fun. Check out Austin's review of the book for more details. In the conversation we also discuss John Sanders' The God Who Risks, Philip Clayton and Stephen Knapp's The Predicament of Belief, and my new book on Jesus. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we are joined by the author of the brand new Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus. Friend of the podcast, Greg Horton, conducted the interview in front of a packed house at TapWerks in Oklahoma City. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a soapy blabbery with Peter Rollins and Tony Jones. This was recorded during the Soapbox event hosted by Pete here in Redondo Beach. The attendees were hanging out, having brews and being jovial while we blabbed. Pete explains the gospel of radical theology, Tripp discusses process and Tony giggles. Plus you hear everyone's worst public speaking event. Enjoy Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It is time to Nerd Out with your Geek Out! This episode of TNT was hosted on Blab, a new social media platform, and I really enjoyed it. Hopefully this will become a more frequent happening and I can connect with more of the listeners on the video screen. Make sure to check out my Blab profile and follow it so you are notified next time we go live. PS Blab hates the Safari web browser. You can view the unedited video of the session here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time to discuss a robust affirmation of God in conversation with non-dual thinking, spiral dynamics and integral philosophy. Steve McIntosh is back on the podcast for the fun. We discuss his new book The Beauty of the Infinite and after you hear this conversation I suggest you get your 'click' on and get the book headed your way. Steve McIntosh is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and author of the new book on spiritual experience: The Presence of the Infinite (Quest 2015). Steve is also author of Evolution’s Purpose (SelectBooks 2012), and Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Paragon House 2007). He currently works as President and Co-Founder of the nonprofit social policy organization: The Institute for Cultural Evolution. In addition to this think tank, and his work in philosophy, McIntosh has had a variety of other successful careers, including founding the consumer products company Now & Zen, practicing law with one of America’s largest firms, working as an executive with Celestial Seasonings Tea Company, and Olympic-class bicycle racing. He is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Southern California Business School, and now lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two sons. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time to talk about the church. I am joined by Scott MacDougall who is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Let me just tell you now that this episode is a nerdy good time. Not only is Scott an actual HBC Deacon but he is the professor of a Deacon of legendary proportions - Aron Klinefelter - and comes on good recommendation. [This is me subtly suggesting if you have had an awesome prof who should be on HBC play theological match maker] MacDougall received his M.A. in theology from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church and his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Fordham University. We discuss his new book More Than Communion and lots of other connected topics. In More Than Communion: Toward an Eschatological Ecclesiology Scott seeks to expand the general ideas of communion ecclesiology (understood broadly), by suggesting they often pay insufficient attention to eschatology, which has deleterious effects on the church's theological imagination of itself and, so, on its practice. The constructive position he advances is developed in conversation with case studies of the ecclesiologies of John Milbank and John Zizioulas, which are analyzed in their eschatological and practical dimensions. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you prepared for not one - but two - amazing podcasts? On this episode of Homebrewed Christianity you get to hear high quality audiological goodness about Embracing the Other and How to Read the Bible. Harvey Cox is the legendary Harvard scholar of religion and one of my favorite Baptist scholars on planet earth. In our conversation he tells us how to read the Bible... which is convenient because that is also the name of his new book. I am sure you will want to check the book out after listening to this gem! Grace Ji Sun Kim is an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion and author of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Spirit (which you can pre-order right now). In this episode she talks about her brand new book, that I loved every ePage of, Embracing the Other: the Transformative Spirit of Love. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time to prepare yourself for the #GodDebacle. There is no one better to have on to prime the pump than Wesley Widman. As fellow scholar and friend of both Philip Clayton and LeRon Shults he is not only able to introduce the landscape of the debacle but the participants as well. He even ends the podcast with some rather specific questions towards both of them! Wesley Wildman is a professor at Boston University, in the Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Department within the School of Theology. He teaches and writes in those areas, and also in religion and science issues--especially the scientific study of religion. To support the scientific study of religion, he co-founded the Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion and the instant-feedback survey site Explore My Religion. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is International Podcast Day! Ok I am sure that won't change your world today but it was a good reason to talk to Peter Rollins. We got to catch up with each other since he got back from a trip to Ireland. We discuss a bunch of things... a bunch of upcoming events Pete's beef over total depravity with Jack Caputo bowel movements we review a Sartre book without reading it Pete tells me how awesome my Jesus book is. So go buy it here or on amazon. how awesome podcasting is Demons and exorcisms undercover atheist ministers & how to (not) to get rid of them Pete's christian rap band and other things. explosive things. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Philip Clayton is on the podcast and we are talking the shape of postmodern theology. Phil came on so we could let you know about the National Summit on Reimagining Theological Education. It is gonna be kicking off a new initiative in theological education and as you will hear our listeners are people they are looking to connect with. Recently Philip published his follow up to The Predicament of Belief, Confronting the Predicament of Belief. In it he tackles some direct push backs to the thesis he argues in POB from philosophers and scientists of different perspectives. In this podcast we discuss some of those topics and have some nerdy fun. Join us for the first National Summit on Reimagining Theological Education (Oct 9-11 in Chicago) featuring some of the most innovative and out-of-the-box programs in theological education. Leaders of these programs will be present to share what is groundbreaking about their curriculum, how they teach and market it, and what kinds of leaders they are seeking to develop. The National Summits are the first open forum where all involved in theological education can share ideas, discuss challenges and successes, and collaborate on new ways to train faith leaders for a just, sustainable, and generous world. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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JC is on the podcast! That's right it is Just Catherine (Keller). During the podcast we discuss her amazing new book Cloud of the Impossible and the connections between the apophatic tradition, contemporary science and process theology. This podcast episode is sponsored by Subverting the Norm III. STN3 (November 5-7) is that most awesome of an event in Springfield Missouri in which Keller, Caputo, Rollins, and more will be bringing the theological heat. Be there. Use the code HBCSTN for a discount. The day before on November 4th Jack Caputo and I will be putting on a Theology Nerd Bootcamp. If you want to nerd out in a very significant way then you should be there. Sign-up now! Catherine Keller is Professor of Constructive Theology at the Theological School of Drew University. In her teaching, lecturing and writing, she develops the relational potential of a theology of becoming. Her books reconfigure ancient symbols of divinity for the sake of a planetary conviviality—a life together, across vast webs of difference. Thriving in the interplay of ecological and gender politics, of process cosmology, poststructuralist philosophy and religious pluralism, her work is both deconstructive and constructive in strategy. In this podcast we discuss Cloud of the Impossible: Theological Entanglements, which explores the relation of mystical unknowing, material indeterminacy and ontological interdependence. Keller has taught since 1986 in the Theological and Philosophical Studies Area of Drew's Graduate Division of Religion. After studies in Heidelberg and in seminary, she did her doctoral work at Claremont Graduate University with John B. Cobb,Jr., and remains involved with the Center for Process Studies. Through her leadership of the Drew Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium since its inception in 2000, she fosters with colleagues and graduate students a hospitable context for its far reaching annual conversations. The TTC has yielded a path-breaking series of co-edited volumes. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode you get not one, but two awesome interviews. I conducted these interviews in the Hatchery smart classroom from the General Assembly of the Disciples of Christ. The Hatchery is the new alternative seminary where I am now the Director of Theology and the Humanities. Check it out if you if you are looking for a school or awesome event on the beach in SoCal to attend. Jack Caputo is a world renown philosopher and friend of the podcast. In this conversation we discuss his brand new book from Fortress' Theology for the People line Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim. If you want some more Caputo then you should join us for a day of philosophical geekery in Springfield MO November 4th. We will be putting on a Theology Nerd Bootcamp at Brentwood Christian Church the day before Subverting the Norm III kicks off. Get a discount to STN with the code HBCSTN. You can see the video of the conversation w/ Jack here. Adam Clark is an Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University where he teaches courses on Black Theology, Jesus and Power and Faith and Justice. He received his Masters’ degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and his doctoral degree from Union Theological Seminary. His forthcoming book is focused on Afrocentricity and its contribution to revitalizing justice traditions in Black Theology and Black Churches. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is always good to hear from Jack Caputo. This is his keynote lecture from the End of Religion conference which HBC partnered with Villanova University to bring to your ear buds. After Jack drops some of his wisdom there is a panel featuring Westphal, Robbins, and Simmons. It is sure to prick your imagination. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethicists love to talk about war and peace. Theologians regularly debate the merits of pacifism verses just-war. The biggest problem with theses conversations is just how foreign the actual experience and situation of the solider is from the debates. On the show this week is Logan Isaac and Matt Moorman from the Centurion's Guild. Matt was a friend of Tripp's from high school turned solider turned minister and friend of Logan. Logan is an Iraqi vet and a peace activist and advocate for his fellow soldiers. He's the author of Reborn on the Fourth of July: The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism & Conscience and For God and Country (In That Order): Faith and Service for Ordinary Radicals. Make sure to check them out on twitter, instagram and Facebook. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is second sold out live show from the Disciples of Christ General Assembly in Columbus Ohio. It was a spectacular evening and some of it was recorded. What wasn't recorded was taking our guest Andy on his first trip to Waffle House. In this episode you will get... * Adam Phillips & Andy Goebel shall be in the house talking about their church plants getting kicked out of one denomination and welcomed into another for being welcoming. * Phil Snider, GLAD award recipient and postmodern pulpit practitioner, joins us for some sermonic convo and a Preach Off vs Tripp. * There's a display of Tripp's lack of cultural awareness, Amy's endless reservoir of fear & Christian's excellent French accent. * We have some heart felt tunes from Andra Moran & Trey and Carter from Populis join us for some jams. This podcast was sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary. Josh Linton was in the house for Phillips and got everyone their first two drinks. Can you imagine a cooler place to go to school? Make sure you check them out and holla at Josh with any questions. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theological Ethicist Miguel A. De La Torre is on the podcast to talk about his new book The Politics of Jesús: A Hispanic Political Theology. Dr. De La Torre is Professor of Social Ethics and Latino/a Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He has served as the elected 2012 President of the Society of Christian Ethics and currently serves as the Executive Officer for the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion. Here's his blog for your edification. Also check out some of his other awesome books Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians and Reading the Bible from the Margins. PS he also thinks that sex is great. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prepare yourself for an audiological explosion of monumental proportions. This is the first night of HBC\CultureCast excitement at the Disciples of Christ General Assembly in Columbus Ohio. In the podcast Christian, Amy and I are joined by the one and only Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, Sarah Lund, Rick Lowery and music by Populis. This podcast was sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary. Josh Linton was in the house for Phillips and got everyone their first two drinks. Can you imagine a cooler place to go to school? Make sure you check them out and holla at Josh with any questions. It was also sponsored by the Disciples Youth Ministry Network. Sarah's new book Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family and Church. Make sure you check out Populis' new EP. It will make your booty scoot. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merold Westphal is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Westphal is a long time philosophy prof from Fordham University and has now reached the status of emeritus. Merold is a top notch philosopher and committed evangelical who thinks deep and wrestles faithfully. He publishes regularly and also has an awesome book for a general audience. This is the third lecture from the End of Religion conference at Villanova University. Up next is Jack Caputo! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Simmons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, author of The New Phenomenology, a bunch of other books and does some blogging here. This presentation is from the End of Religion conference sponsored by Villanova University. Check out the previous episode with Jeff Robbins if you missed it. The paper is followed by a panel discussion with Jeff, Aaron, Westphal and Caputo. Don't miss it. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Christopher Rodkey is on the podcast talking the death of God, radical theology, preaching, worship, board meetings and everything in between. Dr. Rodkey is is a United Church of Christ pastor and religious educator, professor, and author. He is pastor of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, and teaches at Penn State York and Lancaster Theological Seminary. He holds doctorates from Drew University and Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary and is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Saint Vincent College. Make sure to check out his recent books The Synaptic Gospel and Too Good to Be True. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to discuss "The End of Religion!" Not only that but Jeff Robbins give us four theses on the radical theology of the future. Robbins is a professor of religion and philosophy at Lebanon Valley College, infamous radical theologian & the reigning "Best Hair in the Humanities" champion. Robbins returns to the podcast as one of four lectures tackling the 'end of religion' as part of a series partnering with the religion department of Villanova University. The four lectures include Jeffrey Robbins, Jack Caputo, Aaron Simmons and Merold Westphal. If you dig what Jeff is up to then check out his previous interviews here on HBC where we discuss The New Materialism and his guide to advent. Also be wise and look at all these EPIC texts he has written. There is no reason not to own and read Religion, Politics, and the Earth: The New Materialism. It's delicious reading. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is time to start preparing for the Presidential Election! Ok that might not be super exciting news BUT that won't spotty rest of your water cooler from talking religion and politics in the near future. Luckily our favorite ex-pastor and religious journalist Greg Horton has agreed to join the podcast for some nerdy fun. In this episode we talk about our not-so-Christian nation, the confederate flag, USA flag in sanctuaries, wedding cakes, love of science, the most BA Pope, how to apply a religious label and other goodies. Listen and then holla back on the SpeakPipe to let us know what we should talk about next on an election year update. Greg Horton is a freelance writer and professor of English, Humanities, and Philosophy. He lives in downtown Oklahoma City in a substandard apartment that befits his status as a member of the fourth estate. He has published more than 800 articles (for real money) on topics as wide ranging as religion, wine, travel, politics, culture, music, and arts. He is most often on twitter, but fb remains open on his browser, too: twitter.com/expastor. It may be that he will finally update his blog soon, but since it doesn't earn money, maybe not: typepad.com/theparish. Over a period of about 15 years, Horton worked for three different church staffs in three different traditions, including a brief, mind-numbing stint as a senior pastor. Somehow, he has managed to turn degrees in Bible (B.S.) and Religion (M.A.) into actual non-religious credentials. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Grace Bird teaches at the University of Portland and Portland Community College. She is a bible scholar and Permission Granted is her first "popular audience" book (she talks about that dubious category in the interview) and is intended for people to use in their communities to read scripture together. The text itself is chock full of great stuff and comes along with questions to guide folks in reading along together as they make their way through the book, making sure they have their Bible nearby. Callid was able to catch up with Jennifer earlier this month and so we're able to bring the goodness straight to you. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Root is back on the podcast to talk about a cross centered practical theology. In his new book Christopraxis: A Practical Theology of the Cross he pushes back against his field avoiding robust interaction with systematic theology. In the podcast we cover Charles Taylor, Jungel, Kathryn Tanner, Kant, interdisciplinary studies, Schleiermacher, and other goodies. We also discuss his other new book Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together. That's right, Bonhoeffer was a youth minister with a PhD. Andy is the Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. He also has a website and a podcast that you should check out. Here's his last visit to the podcast back in 2010 when we talked about despair. Enjoy! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Highlights from our first Deacon Meeting held in May 2015. Tony, Mickey, Barry and Pete join Bo and Tripp to respond to conundrums sent in by the deacons. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dietrich Bonhoeffer remains one the 20th century's greatest and most influential theologians. In this episode Dr. Marsh and I discuss our love for Bonhoeffer, his life, theology, and more. Charles recently published a Bonhoeffer biography titled Strange Glory that I couldn't put down. In this episode you get to hear us talk about some of the fresh insights into Bonhoeffer's life and thought Marsh unpacked in his book. We will discuss his fascination with Catholicism, friendship with Karl Barth, his childhood neighbor Adolf Von Harnack, the influence of Reinhold Niebuhr on him, and his homoerotic friendship with Eberhard Bethge. Charles Marsh is professor of religious studies and director of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia. In this interview he and I had so much fun talking Bonhoeffer our passionate interchange had us moving back and forth between parts of Dietrich's life and theological conversation partners. His new biography of Bonhoeffer, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is amazing. You should really buy it, read it and enjoy. Also if you are an audiophile the audio book is available as well so no excuses. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo is straight up excited about this interview. You can tell throughout that he not only has been reading a lot of Mindy McGarrah Sharp but loving it. During the conversation they discuss Dr. Sharp's new book Misunderstanding Stories: Toward a Postcolonial Pastoral Theology and The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology. Mindy is the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ethics at Phillips Theological Seminary. Make sure to follow her on twitter. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is the highlights from the Live podcast at the Twin Cities School of Theology Launch Party. TwinSoT is new theological school being launched by Untied Theological Seminary in the Twin Cities and also new partner with the Hatchery LA. In the podcast you will hear from Barbara Holmes, Philip Clayton, Paul Capetz, Thorsten Mortiz and Maria Francesca French. The highlight of the trip was definitely getting to connect with the local Deacons! It was amazing to put some human beings to the tweets and speak pipe calls. Plus I got to go to Fulton brewery afterwards and buy some the HBC Community members a pint. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about the church, faith and spiritual formation in the super connected and networked world we live in. We are joined by Clint Schnekloth, author of Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era. Over the course of the conversation he discusses 2nd life, Minecraft, YouTube, World of War Craft and other exciting places to ponder faith formation. Clint is a legit Homebrewed Christianity Deacon and lead pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He lives in East Fayetteville, with his wife and three children, all ages six and under. If you are wise you will check out his most tasty blog and follow him on twitter. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast Brian McLaren is back to discuss the ecological crisis, the Bible and a stack of things in between. Bo and Brian also discuss his most recent book We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation. If you haven't checked it out you should. Here's the Theology Nerd Throwdown episode from C21 in case you missed it and want to hear when Brian first started forgetting the podcast's name. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This TNT Call-In is packed with conversation and contentious perspectives about God, culture and evangelical 'orthodoxy'. 5 calls provide more material than Bo and Tripp can possibly deal with in one episode. At min 55 the 'Al' vs. 'The' debate resurfaces in a brand new way to end the show. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is the Professor of Hebrew Bible at William Jessup University specializing in the historical, cultural, and archaeological contexts of ancient Israel and Judah. Her interest in the daily lives of the average Israelite and Judahite household include economics, food preparation and consumption, religion, and the roles and relationships of the family. She is an experienced field archaeologist in Israel and is currently part of the archaeological excavation team at Tel es-Safi/Gath, Israel. Dr. Shafer-Elliott is also the author of an academic book Food In Ancient Judah - and joins Bo to talk about all of these things! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices