Homebrewed Christianity

LeRon Shults is back on the podcast – partly to respond for some of the controversy he stirred up the last time he was on with Barry Taylor in Tripp’s very busy garage. Talking about his unique evolutionary take on the development of religion and atheisms … The other reason that he is back is to promote an explosive new venture by Syndicate Theology F. LeRon Shults is professor of theology and philosophy at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway and the author or editor of twelve other books, including his recent Iconoclastic Theology: Gilles Deleuze and the Secretion of Atheism (2014). Shults is also a senior research fellow at the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion in Boston, USA. 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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Did you know that God is Unconscious? I didn't until Tad Delay told me. Here's the thing, it is super sexy for nerds to talk about psychoanalysis, Freud and Lacan. Clearly Zizek can use them to write really sweet movie reviews but if you were wondering just what happens when psychoanalysis and theology hang out you need to read this book! Tad has written an accessible that by its end will have you thinking thoughts you had no idea how to think before you started. Tad is a friend of the show and fellow PhD candidate at Claremont. His book is so good and the ideas so deep that just one interviewer was not enough - we had to get three! Tripp, Barry Taylor and Pete Rollins (who wrote the forward to Tad's book) sit down to chat with him. You will also notice the sweet cover illustration by our Elder of Graphical Sweetness - Jesse Turri. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Paeth and Douglas Ottati tackle the lightning round at Progressive Youth Ministry with a whirlwind tour of the history of liberal theology. You can hear part 1 of the live show from that evening featuring Amy Butler and John Vest here. Both Paeth and Ottati have been on HBC multiple times. Here are a couple of links for each of them. Paeth's first visit. BONUS-cast. 2014 PYMC. Ottati's first visit (Christology). Why write a liberal theology? We want to thank Phillips Theological Seminary for their awesome sponsorship of this evening and their ongoing partnership. Please check out their new ministry degrees ... including the Masters in Theological Studies and Doctor of Ministry! 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

Bonnie Miller-McLemore chats with Callid and Bo to help introduce the upcoming Practical Theology Project. The Practical Theology Project will debut later this Summer and will pair voices and perspectives in side-by-side clips responding to the same basic questions. Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University. Her research in religion, psychology, and culture, pastoral and practical theology, and women and childhood studies focuses on understanding the person and lived theology in the midst of everyday realities. Her works include The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology ; Christian Theology in Practice: Discovering a Discipline ; In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice. 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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Who doesn't like the House of Cards on netflix? Probably the people who are gonna skip this episode because it is a serious conversation about the most recently dropped and binged through season. There shall be discussion of politics, power, sex, violence, and the double tap of a desk. Long time HBC Deacon from Georgia, professor of English from Emmanuel college, and co-host of the Christian Humanist podcast Nathan Gilmour joins Tripp for a spoiler filled discussion of the House of Cards. If you haven't seen the new season don't cry if we ruin it. If you have enjoy or message the Speakpipe about all the cool stuff we missed or got wrong. 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

Genocide, Ham Sandwiches and Infallibility are on the docket as Peter Enns returns to the podcast for the second time. He is a Biblical scholar and professor at Eastern University. If you missed Peter's first visit about the evolution of Adam and Eve ... make sure to check it out. 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

Progressive Youth Ministry 2015 in Chicago gave HBC a chance to hang with the Reverend Doctors Amy Butler and John Vest! Thanks to Phillips Theological Seminary for sponsoring the evening and make sure you check out the new Masters of Arts in Social Justice. Kudos to the Hatchery for providing the pint glasses. They were very useful. This is part 1 of that marathon evening and part 2 will be on the TNT in 3 days with a Genealogy of Liberal Theology. 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 and Tripp are responding to SpeakPipe calls in this episode. Cindy asks about the Great Debacle podcast. Doug likes the Flipped episode with HeatherLyn. Micky invites everyone to the TransFORMed conference. Omar wants to talk about inclusion and systemic issues from High Gravity. Brekke calls in about forgiveness. Nathanael has questions about Process. We are creating a page of links and resources about Process stuff. 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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Buckle your theological safety belts for it is time for a debacle. It is neither a conversation nor a debate but a debacle... a Great Debacle! Over 1300 people tuned in to the stream from all over the globe to wrestle with the meaning of the cross. Now you get to enjoy this gem of a nerdy kerfuffle. Tony Jones comes to the debacle dropping wisdom bombs from his new book Did God Kill Jesus? Peter Rollins is rocking his Gandalf hat spitting rhymes from The Divine Magician. Old Town Roastingbrought us coffee & COOP Ale Works delivered the malted excitement. Snoochie Boochies! 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 we have a theological examination of a cultural phenomenon. Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”: A Racial, Sexual, and Cultural Critique by Joseph Cheah - Associate Professor of Comparative Theology,University of Saint Joseph and Grace Ji-Sun Kim - Visiting Researcher,Georgetown University We are excited to have Grace Ji-Sun Kim on again (you can hear her first visit here) and we look forward to her contribution to the Fortress Press' 'Theology For The People' series next year. We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary's DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. 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

Doug Pagitt has FLIPPED his view of God and thinks that you should too! In this episode, Doug and Heatherlyn join Tripp and Bo at the Loft LA for conversation and presentation about turning our notion of God on its head. Check out Heatherlyn's FaceBook page and Website for more of her music. Around the 40' mark Chris Spearman chats with her about artistry and church music. We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary's DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. 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

Callid recently released his book, Way to Water: A Theopoetics Primer with Cascade Books and we threw an online book party. That celebratory and streaming endeavor has been edited for your listening enjoyment. The book itself is chock full of goodness with chapters on process theopoetics (including Catherine Keller), the intersection of biblical and literary studies, Rubem Alves‘ liberation theology, and the sweet Continental philosophy of John Caputo, Richard Kearney, and Karmen MacKendrick. For more info on Callid's book check out the blog tour. We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary's DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. You can also check out the downloadable package of three High Gravity classes Tripp and Peter Rollins taught together. It includes all the audio from Atheism for Lent, Radical Theology, and Christology classes totally over 27 hours of material for 50 bucks. 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

Did God Kill Jesus? What do we do with the 'sacrifice' talk in scripture? Is the cross a symbol worth keeping? Did Jesus have to die for God to love us? What would Tripp sound like if he was a revival preacher? Those questions and more will be explored in this interview with Elder Tony Jones. It was recorded live in Chicago at LaSalle Street Church. Not only were they excellent hosts for the day long Theology Nerd Bootcamp but they opened in the evening for a good group of guests ready to hear about Tony's new book Did God Kill Jesus? Let this wet your theological whistle because on HOLY SATURDAY (April 4th 10:30 am pst.) Tony and I will be joined by Peter Rollins for The Great Debacle! Be wise and sign up for your free ticket to the live video stream. We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary's DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. You can also check out the downloadable package of three High Gravity classes Tripp and Peter Rollins taught together. It includes all the audio from Atheism for Lent, Radical Theology, and Christology classes totally over 27 hours of material for 50 bucks. 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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Why in the world are philosophers getting so excited about Paul these days? Well I would tell you the answer but Tripp and Pete decided to do an entire High Gravity class investigating this turn to Paul among political philosophers. Last week the class kicked off with an initial session on the Bible with Daniel Kirk and now in the second session we turn to the philosophers. This podcast includes the general introduction to Paul and the philosophers that kicked off session two. Check it out and think about joining us for the rest of the class. In the second half of this session we discussed Jacob Taubes‘ seminal work The Political Theology of Paul. His lectures were what paved the way for two of the most talked about texts in political philosophy. In weeks 3 and 4 we will walk through Alain Badiou‘s Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism. In weeks 5 and 6 we will do a close reading of Slavoj Zizek‘s The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. You can also check out the downloadable package of three High Gravity classes Tripp and Peter Rollins taught together. It includes all the audio from Atheism for Lent, Radical Theology, and Christology classes totally over 27 hours of material for 50 bucks. 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

Paul wrote half the New Testament. He is also the topic for the new High Gravity online class with Peter Rollins that just started. Session one featured a special guest - Fuller Seminary NT Prof. Daniel Kirk! In this podcast you get two hours of hype and just the first half of Daniel's presentation for us in the kick off session. Next week we will start reading three different political philosophers! In the second session we will look at Jacob Taubes‘ seminal work The Political Theology of Paul. His lectures were what paved the way for two of the most talked about texts in political philosophy. In weeks 3 and 4 we will walk through Alain Badiou‘s Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism. In weeks 5 and 6 we will do a close reading of Slavoj Zizek‘s The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity. The class includes over 10 hours of live-streamed nerdiness for just 30 bucks. Each session will be a live streamed video-cast w/ some introductory remarks about the thinkers, conversational walkthrough the texts, and interaction with the participants. Following the session it will be available for download on the class page along with links to the archived video, supplemental reading material, and the class discussion board. Each session will begin at 6pm pst (9pm est). 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

The Level Ground LIVE show at Jones Coffee in Pasadena, CA was a blast. What it lacked in theology it made up for in throw down. Enjoy the highlights of our conversation with Samantha Curley and Barry Taylor about film, faith and sexuality. Monkish Beer was a generous sponsor! We want to wish Brian White a speedy recovery. Enjoy the closing song - or as someone said "Open all the kegs and let Tripp out into the 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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I (Jesse) recently chatted with one of my favorite ecophilosophers, bloggers, and youtubers, Matthew David Segall. Matthew is a a doctoral candidate in philosophy and religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. His knowledge of the history of philosophy is expansive and the synthetic approach exemplified in his work is imperative and extremely valuable. We cover a ton of topics including Matthew's spiritual and philosophical influences/background, his transition from scientistic atheism to Buddhism to Western Esoteric Hermetic Christianity, his understanding of the relationship between science, philosophy and religion in the west, his interest in Carl Jung, Whitehead, Schelling, and esoteric thinker Rudolph Steiner and how they exhibit what Matt calls "etheric imagination." We also talk about science and art, psychedelics, consciousnesses and Eucharist, capitalism and the ecological crisis and the talk he'll be giving at the upcoming Whitehead conference in Claremont this summer. 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

The Culture-Cast and TNT team up for a rowdy LIVE 3D event at C21 in Phoenix, AZ We want to thank everyone who came out and made this evening so memorable. Philips Theological Seminary was our sponsor this evening - and rocked the swag! The episode starts on a negative note but has a trajectory toward awesomeness ... hope you enjoy the brew! 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

Tripp chats with Leon Niemoczynski about a philosophical approach to sacred nature. Leon Niemoczynski teaches in the Departments of Philosophy and Theology at Immaculata University near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and he is also currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Niemoczynski's research focuses on the philosophy of nature, where he is especially interested in issues pertaining to philosophical naturalism, logic and metaphysics, aesthetics, German idealism, philosophical ecology, animal ethics, environmental philosophy, and environmental philosophy's relationship to the philosophy of religion. He is the author/co-editor of Animal Experience: Consciousness and Emotions in the Natural World (Open Humanities Press, 2014), A Philosophy of Sacred Nature: Prospects for Ecstatic Naturalism (Lexington Books, 2014) and as sole author, Charles Sanders Peirce and a Religious Metaphysics of Nature (Lexington Books, 2011). He has published in numerous anthologies and journals including Process Studies, The Review of Metaphysics, The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, and The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, to name but just a few. His most recent book chapter covered the philosophy of Quentin Meillassoux and the radical theology of John D. Caputo, which was published in The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion (Indiana University Press, 2014). Leon is currently working on his newest book tentatively titled Speculative Naturalism: An Ecological Metaphysics which draws from the metaphysics and theological panentheistic-process perspectives of C.S. Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze, Friedrich Schelling, G.W.F. Hegel, and Quentin Meillassoux. He resides in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania with his wife Nalina. 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

2015 starts with a deep discussion of Hume and the much contested definition of miracles. This is partially in response to the last TNT with Shultz and Taylor and the subsequent blog by Bill Walker that naturalism is not enough. Book suggestions from this show: For the Bible Tells Me So Gangnam Style Ecstatic Naturalism The Secret Message of 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

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Podcast favorite LeRon Shults sits down with Barry Taylor and Tripp in the HBC HQ to chat. LeRon has made the infamous migration from Emergent to agnostic. His new books can be found here. Get his new book Theology After the Birth of God on discount until Feb. Then Feb. 1 the paperback version of Iconoclastic Theology comes out in paperback! You can hear his first visit to the podcast here where we discuss Christology. Then his second HBC podcast here on the Church. 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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Tripp sits down with Jay Baker and Peter Rollins for a nice conversation. It starts off with some levity before getting into more serious matters. 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 the second half of the live podcast from the American Academy of Religion 2014. The evening was sponsored by Fortress Press, was supplied with delicious beer by Monkish Brewing Co & featured Catherine Keller, John Cobb and Jack Caputo.Check out part 1 HERE In part 2 you will hear Jack Caputo reflect on Catherine's book 'Cloud of the Impossible'. He also wants to be clear: he is not a death of God theologian. John Cobb and Catherine Keller then give him some pushback and it gets a little feisty. 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

Tripp sits down with Tony Jones to chat about the new series with Fortress Press: 'Theology for the People". They chat about everything from the publishing industry to the emergent church - from theological education to the death of God. If you have not heard part 1 of the AAR live event featuring Catherine Keller and John Cobb, make sure to subscribe to the HBC stream on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy listening to two friends chat about some current and future issue that have grabbed their attention. 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 the first half of the live podcast from the American Academy of Religion 2014. The evening was sponsored by Fortress Press, was supplied with delicious beer by Monkish Brewing Co & featured Catherine Keller, John Cobb and Jack Caputo. In part one you will hear Keller discuss her new book Cloud of the Impossible (which everyone should have on their Christmas list). Then you get a fascinating conversation between Keller and Cobb about Process theology, the future of theological education and then they answer that most pressing question 'who is God?' 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

J. Ryan Parker sits down with Bo to talk about the movie Exodus: Gods and Men. Bo had blogged about the footage that he had seen and Ryan came over to chat about it. You can read Parker's article in Relevant Magazine about Ridley Scott's portrayal of God in the movie. 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's time for Advent and we have prepared a weekly exploration of the Biblical texts offered in the lectionary. Due to Thanksgiving, we pre-recorded this episode and wanted to offer it for some fun and conversation. If you are interested in the next 4 please sign up for the class and plan to join us each Thursday night in Advent. In the final segment we mention Critical Theory and the Emergent Village Conversation from 2012. 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

Last year in Baltimore the Open and Relational Theologies session took a look at the Emerging Church. This session involves three conversations, with three participants in each. These conversations pertain to papers written by participants, but there will be no formal reading of the papers. The conversations explore issues in the emergent church as they relate to open and relational theologies. Presiding: Thomas Oord, Northwest Nazarene University Presenting: Jeremy Fackenthal, Vincennes University Process Theopoetics and the Emergent Church: Inviting Collaboration and Relationality [pdf] Callid Keefe-Perry, Boston University Theological Epistemology in The Emergent Church: A Form of Paul Ricoeur's Relational Attestation Responding: Diana Butler Bass Presenting: Sara Rosenau, Drew University Becoming Emergent: Theorizing A Practicing Church Timothy Murphy, Claremont Lincoln University The Emergent Church in its Planetary Context [PDF] Responding: Bo Sanders, Claremont School of Theology Benjamin Cowan, Claremont Graduate University John R. Franke, First Presbyterian Church The Pluralist Reformation: Open Theology and the Practice of Emergent Christianity Responding: Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology 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

Sharon Putt challenges us to 'rethink everything you've been taught about salvation and the cross' in her new book Executing God. Today she talks with Callid Keefe-Perry about her book and a nonviolent understanding of atonement. Sharon L. Putt (formerly Sharon L. Baker author of Razing Hell) researches and writes in the areas of non-violent atonement theory, justice, reconciliation, forgiveness, and peace. She also works in the area of inter-religious dialogue, comparative theologies of religion, and Continental Philosophy. Closing song "Into the Abyss" by We Are Augustines 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

The Elder of Hops joins Bo and Tripp to chat about the empty tomb, Biblical scholarship and church planting. The book that Bo references is The Shaping Of Things To Come. 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

Last week Scott Paeth rocked the podcast with the Armchair Niebuhrs! This is the rest of the conversation about what the brothers may have had to say about current political controversies. 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

Christian Piatt of the Homebrewed CultureCast was recently in SoCal to hang with Tripp Fuller and talk about his new book PostChristian: What's left? Can we fix? Do we care? They were joined by Bart Campolo, Peter Rollins and Benjamin Cory to talk about the implications of moving on. Imagine this as an a living room conversation in an auditorium. It was a ruckus affair but we wanted you to hear the first part of the evening where they all shared how they come to the conversation. 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

March 2014 in San Diego TransFORM provided Homebrewed with three firsts: The debut of a new gameshow "En Fuego!" Joerg Rieger says nice things about capitalism Tripp lost a preach-off (to Peter Matthews pictured right) We had a blast catching up with old friends and meeting tons of new folks. Rebekah Berndnt and Micky Jones were great contestants for En Fuego! and Joerg Rieger was a good sport for Bo's pro-capitalist chiding. You will hear plugs for George Fox Seminary and Chalice Press - both sponsors at the time. Check out Joerg Rieger's books here and make sure to come to our upcoming live events at AAR in November, at Christianity 21 in Phoenix (January), and at Progressive Youth Ministry in Chicago (March). Peter Matthews and Anthony Smith were there to tell you to tune into Soul Emergence Radio. Make sure to read Micky's blogs over at Emergent Village. 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

Scott Paeth is back to talk about the Niebuhr Brothers - this time for armchair theologians. Associate Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He works in the fields of Christian Social Ethics and Public Theology. You can check out some of his texts here. He is also a blogger and excellent twitter-logian. You may remember Scott from his segment at last years Progressive Youth Ministry Conference live event. Check out the bonus round of this conversation about contemporary issues that the Niebuhr brothers may have something to say about! 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

Two Friars and a Fool come by to explain why they think you should stop praying. It's an interesting conversation about their concept of prayer and action. We want to thank Chalice Press for sponsoring the show. Check out the book on Amazon (Kindle is $7) Make sure to check out Phillips Theological Seminary ahead of our AAR event! 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

Christine Helmer chats with Tripp about her book Theology and the End of Doctrine. You can check out a sample chapter at WJKbooks.com or just get the book on Amazon. Christine Helmer is Professor of Religious Studies and German at Northwestern University. She is the author of The Trinity and Martin Luther (Zabern 1999) and contributing editor of numerous books on biblical interpretation, historical theology, and contemporary theology, including The Global Luther: A Theologian for Modern Times (Fortress 2009). 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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We sit down with Pete Rollins and Phil Harrison in the backyard to chat about everything from art and justice to Jesus and religious authority. Phil was in town to promote his new movie The Good Man. Make sure to check it out and look for our upcoming interview with him! 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

Ian McFarland is on the podcast for the first time and he's talking about his new book From Nothing: A Theology of Creation. Dr. McFarland is a professor of theology at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in the ATL . During the interview I found out he earned his PhD at Yale with former guest Kathryn Tanner. It was an amazing conversation in which we discuss the nature of God, Creation, evil, divine action, providence and eschatology. Not only that but at the end of the podcast you get a personal invitation to join the fan club for Maximus the Confessor. In the podcast we discuss our previous conversation with Catherine Keller and her text The Face of the Deep. We also make reference to the session from the American Academy of Religion title 'Creatio ex Nihilio?' that featured six different voices debating the doctrine and then the follow-up TNT episode. 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