Theology Nerd Throwdown

Are you ready to get real with Niebuhr? Scott Paeth, professor of ethics at DePaul in Chicago, is on for this edition of the Why Go? series. Today, Scott is giving us 5 reasons why we should go Niebhurian (Niebuhr is probably the most influential American theologian of the 20th century, FYI). Scott is also the author of The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians. How, as Christians, are we to engage in society? How are we to understand human nature? How should we understand the nature of evil and sin? All of these questions and more are covered in this very timely episode. Follow Scott on Facebook. You should also follow Homebrewed on Facebook, that way, you get notifications when we do live videos or webinars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the launch of Theology Beer Camp: Summer Edition we are sharing some of our favorite moments from the first Theology Beer Camp earlier this year. Tickets for Theology Beer Camp in Denver (August 18-19) and Oklahoma City (August 25-26) are on sale now! But you better hurry, prices go up Friday! In this episode, Eric Hall, author of the Homebrewed Guide to God (on sale now), and Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, witnesses to a room full of (slightly tipsy) progressive Protestants on behalf of the Catholic Church. Eric (who also wrote Paradox of Authenticity) also puts on summer camps for high school students to integrate faith and ecology into their own understanding of themselves, God, and the world. Rumor has it he’s got scholarships for podcast listeners who have students who would be interested in attending. You can email Tripp for more info about this or using Eric’s discussion videos for your small group or congregation while reading the Homebrewed Guide to God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the launch of Theology Beer Camp: Summer Edition we are sharing some of our favorite moments from the first Theology Beer Camp earlier this year. Tickets for Theology Beer Camp in Denver (August 18-19) and Oklahoma City (August 25-26) are on sale now! But you better hurry, prices go up Friday! This is friend of the podcast, professor at Xavier, and author of the Homebrewed Guide to Salvation Adam Clark’s session from the first Theology Beer Camp. Adam talks about notions of salvation in scripture, gives a survey of different atonement theories, and challenges our assumptions about what salvation is in our post-truth age. Make sure to go to theologybeercamp.com to get your tickets for Denver and Oklahoma City before Friday, and visit homebrewedguides.com to get your copy of the complete Homebrewed Christianity Guides with a discount, and get $100 in free High Gravity downloads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to get your heart strangely warmed? Next up in the Why Go? series, Thomas Jay Oord joins Tripp to talk about why you should go Wesleyan. Tom gives 13 reasons, including: God’s primary attribute is love God is triune God acts first in every moment to offer salvation, and humans freely respond to God’s offer God does not predestine some to heaven and others to hell God values and seeks to redeem all creation: humans and non-humans alike and more! Are you a youth minister looking for help in making your youth ministry more open and relational? Then sign up here to get info on a FREE open and relational video course for youth ministers. Or you can text OPENYOUTH to 44222. And don’t forget to head over to theologybeercamp.com to get your tickets for the Theology Beer Camp Summer Tour in Denver and Oklahoma City this August. Tickets go on sale March 15th and by signing up you will get first crack at the cheapest tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re all Kierkegaardians, whether we know it or not. So why not hear 5 reasons to let Soren salt your theological grub. Stephen Backhouse, author of the new Kierkegaard biography, Kierkegaard: A Single Life, give us five reasons to embrace our Kierkegaardian inheritance. Why go Kierkegaard? There is not school or church of Kierkegaard. He made sure that there could not be. Instead, he is the salt to your steak, the pepper to the sauce, the lemon zest to the beer. Kierkegaard will: help you find the point help you articulate what the !£%$ is wrong with Christianity in your country help you articulate what the !£%$ is right with Christianity in your country help you become a person help you become a better person We’ve got a very special announcement: Theology Beer Camp is going on the road. Tripp will be joined by Peter Rollins in Denver and Oklahoma this August for a special session of Theology Beer Camp. We’re calling it Theology Summer Camp#SONFest Tickets will go on sale beginning March 15th. Head over to theologybeercamp.com to find out more info and sign up to get notified when the tickets go live. Ps – if you sign up, you’ll get first crack at the lowest priced tickets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an audiological taste of what happened at the first annual Theology Beer Camp. During this special session of theological tailgating Philip Clayton and Tripp got all processy and talked about Jesus, God, creation, science – all while a cornhole tournament happened below! If after listening to this you’ve got some questions about process theology you should let us know! We will be doing an intro to process episode and want your input. So send us a tweet, or email us your questions. Or, you could just join the Homebrewed Community (click, “Join the Community”above) and get access to the secret Facebook group and submit your questions there. This session is meant to push process people towards Christian categories and questions, and push the Christian people in the direction of process, and to be heretical on both sides. This is meant to be really funny and serious constructive theology. Phil and Tripp take classical Christian questions, mix them with a little process thought, and see what happens. They start with Jesus’s relationship to God, God’s relationship to creation, and the resurrection. Then they tackle the relationship of science and Christianity, the importance of the historical narrative of Israel, reverse salvation from sanctification, relational eschatology, and how the Jewish notion of Messiah is really processy. Plus, Tripp tells you what two worldviews/theologies irritate him the most. We’ve got a secret and we’re having a hard time keeping it to ourselves. If you want to find out what the secret is, you should really text BEERMEJESUS to 44222 to be the first to know what the secret is. There have been many leaks about this secret, and while the leaks are real, the news is fake. So to make sure you get the best information, you should text BEERMEJESUS to 44222. Have we got some zesty news for you…it’s LIVE PODCAST time! This time, Tripp is heading up to Santa Barbara, CA where the Way Collective is sponsoring the Believing Skepticast at the phenomenal Third Window Brewing Co on March 2! Will we talk about what is happening with religion in the 21st century? Will we address navigating the tricky waters of faith and doubt? Will we chat while giving a cheers to one another with a tasty craft brew in-hand? The answer is: YES. This is a FREE event, but you do need to register. Click here for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of The Theology Nerd podcast is the Why Go Barthian? Webinar with Travis McMaken. This is another installment of our ongoing Why Go? series. In this episode you will get 5 reasons why you should go Barthian, plus: What does it mean to be Barthian? Barth didn’t want people to be Barthians, he wanted people to be theologians who spoke critically and carefully about Jesus. The three phases of Barth’s career Being a Barthian does not mean being neo-Orthodox. Barth was not a lone ranger, but was part of a broader dialectical theology movement. It’s important to ask who these other people are, what their shared assumptions were, what were the things they rejected together, and how do each of them remain uniquely faithful to the movement as a whole. And what exactly is dialectical theology anyway? Make sure to hit up Travis on twitter @WTravisMcMaken and check out his website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a special bonus episode from the Questions for the Believing Skeptic course. We are in a period where the confidence of rationalistic accounts of religion don’t work anymore. There has been an explosion of religion expression that doesn’t fit neatly into any box. As good philosophers and theologian, this new situation requires trying to come up with words and thoughts to make sense of it. Most people who have at least one foot in the door of a religious tradition haven’t escaped being and shaped by this cultural phenomenon. We don’t have the possibility of existing in a world that is enchanted or shaped by one religious narrative anymore. Even those who are ready to rock and roll for their religious team or tribe do so today in a way that is significantly different than before. We are now, more than ever, both a believer and a skeptic. How do we navigate this new landscape? To help guide us through this new situation the believer and the skeptic must ask the following questions: what time is it? is there help for my unbelief? what is the new normal? who do you say that I am? This episode is a snippet from the first lecture asking the question, “what time is it?” To become a Homebrewed Christianity Bishop or Elder, and get this plus much, much more, click on “Join the Community” on our website. By becoming an Elder you will essentially get this class for half off, and have access to every other class we do this year for free. Of course we hope you stay around. If you want to just be a part of this class, you can head over here to sign up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a special episode of The Theology Nerd podcast. Homebrewed Community Member Jesse Thorson, a Junior at Columbia University and Outreach Team Leader at Columbia Faith and Action, put together this special Q&A session about Tripp’s Guide to Jesus (which is available for purchase wherever books are sold). They talk about: Historical Jesus Development of the doctrine of Christ The questions driving Christological innovations over the centuries Plus, some really practical advice for sharing our faith with those don’t share it A big shout out to Jesse and all the folks at Columbia Faith and Action for putting this session together! Did you know that the Homebrewed Christianity Community is where over 90% of the support for the podcast comes from? Those are the people who are a part of the secret Facebook group, part of the ongoing classes we do, they get to see and hear all sorts of things first, see and hear things no one else does, and get to do really awesome stuff like what Jesse did with this episode! You know that you too can be a part of the community and help support the podcast. Just head over to homebrewedcommunity.com to get started Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a very special episode of The Theology Nerd podcast: Epiphanation It’s always Epiphany when the Homebrewed Community gets together. What is Epiphanation? It is when we get together with the Homebrewed Community on Epiphany, discuss questions or topics that they have, live for 3 hours, while imbibing delicious craft beverages. To take part in the next Epiphanation and other Homebrewed events and courses, head on over to homebrewedcommunity.com to become a member. In this Epiphanation, we Epiphanate on: music, the arts, and the role the church plays in those John Cobb and Herman Daly’s understanding of process, the environment, and economics. the relationship between biblical studies and systematic theology We just launched a special give away for Youth Ministers as we anticipate seeing everyone at Progressive YouthMinistry next month in Asheville, NC! Plus, if you use the code HBC you will get $50 off. If you work with students make sure to enter so you get future info about youth work. If you don’t then this should be the last time you hear about it. There will be 31 winners and a grand prize worth over $500. Enter now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for The Theology Nerd podcast. We are relaunching this podcast stream (formerly TNT) with a multitude of formats, like Q&A, webinars, special HBC community events, and more! Make sure to click subscribe in wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. For this Q&A episode, we tackle: the logical and ethical problems with penal substitutionary atonement how the Kung Fu Panda (2) model of theodicy can help you win at parenting and at theology Tripp clears up some confusion about heresy the preferential option for the Jesse how an open and relational theologian thinks about the bible the really offensive part of the wrath of God Plus, Tripp tells one of the funniest jokes that he has ever heard (from a Benedictine monk) and explains why Lord of the Rings is superior to Star Wars. You can always click the speakpipe button to send us questions, comments, or love. Even better would be to tweet Tripp @trippfuller. If you don’t want to miss out on all the awesome perks of being a Homebrewed Community member, head over to homebrewedommunity.com and sign up now. And don’t miss the new course with Tripp and Barry Taylor, Questions for the Believing Skeptic. Sign up and get access to: four 90+ minute video lectures audio and video replay of each session conversational engagement with all the topics all of your questions will help make a companion book for the course invitation to a secret Facebook group to share questions, comments, and engage with others taking the course The idea is to be able to take this material and use it in your community after you go through it. Last but not least, you won’t want to miss your chance to go on a spiritual pilgrimage to Germany for the 500 anniversary of the Reformation. Click here for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman this season things take a different trajectory… Morgan goes on a search for ‘The Chosen One.’ Almost every faith has a figure believed to be chosen by God and some of them are alive today. The episode centers around Morgan’s interaction with a number of different ‘chosen ones’ and the different shapes they take across the globe and religions. Barry and I catch up in order to discuss the episode and a number of insights inspired by the show. If you haven’t watched the episode get on it! Episode includes… Jalue Tsegyal – reincarnated Tibetan lama in MN Former North Korean missionary Kenneth Bae – held prisoner for 2 years for leading Christian prayer group Historian of Islam, Sajjad Rizvi Kamya Arora Mandeep Kaur Samra, a Sikh historian Sociologist Dr. Andreas Schneider Karudee Chotithamaporn is a representative from the Bang Liao Dou Mu Gong Shrine – a center for Taoist worship Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the chosen one of the Nakota, Lakota, and Dakota tribes – His latest battle is in South Dakota, protesting an oil pipeline being built under the Missouri river. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are re-launching our TNT podcast as The Theology Nerd with these 5 Extremely zesty reasons you should go process! Listen to (or watch) Monica Coleman give you: A theological perspective that inspires 5 theological challenges classical theology can't handle Basic concepts of Process theology you can grasp and use How to nerd out with Whitehead We are putting this up on both podcast streams to remind you to subscribe to The Theology Nerd (formerly TNT) for more zesty episodes like this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s up Theology Nerds! This is a short and sweet little invitation of an episode for any listeners who want to take their life and leadership to the next level. As you probably know I am the Director of Theology and the Humanities at Hatchery LA, an experimental graduate school for launching alternative spiritual communities, and this past semester we started our first online certificate program. We are just finishing up the first trimester and opening up applications for the next in-coming class and I would absolutely love for podcast listeners to be a part of it. In the episode I will share a bit about it, but you will also hear some testimonials from two different Homebrewed Deacons who are part of our first cohort. For more info and a free three video mini-course go sign-up here. Application info can be found here. If you have questions feel free to email me at tripp@mywebsite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a post-election podcast. It is very fresh. Christian and I talk about our feelings, thoughts, anger, and hopes after the election. We discuss it in three parts: as a Citizen, as a Husband-Parent, and as a Christian.  At the conclusion we decided to have a future (more reflective) episode and invited listeners of both podcasts to join it via the SpeakPipe. You can do that here and add your voice to a future episode. We also mention an upcoming event in LA the day before Theology Beer Camp on January 18th called Third Rail Theology: Race, Class, & White Privilege in the Church. If you are a SoCal local you are invited, along with everyone coming to the Homebrewed event. If for some reason you don’t subscribe to both the CultureCast and HBC… think about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special edition of the Story of God-cast you will hear from the one and only Morgan Freeman! It is kind of like talking to the voice of God about God. He joined fellow producer of The Story of God on the National Geographic Channel, Lori McCreary, for a conversation with Tripp about the series. Afterwards Barry and Tripp dig into the sixth and final episode of the series on Miracles. Over the course of the discussion miracles are used to unpack divine action, chance, and the power of the mind. We tackle the rather amazing segment of the show on the passover, the Vatican’s investigation into the miraculous, gambling in Ancient Rome, the early harmony of science and religion in Islam, Barry’s time as a feng shui rider, the connection of prayer to healing, Tripp’s problem with David Hume, and most importantly [hint sarcastically] how “life is like a journey filled with pot holes.” If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It is also on Stitcher (Tripp’s favorite podcast app), and you can go old school and grab the feed directly here. Sharing is caring & it makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The problem of evil has occupied humanity ever since it realized it was born to suffer, kill, and die. Every religious tradition has to deal with this reality and today we are gonna discuss it. In this episode we talk about the fifth episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – Evil. In this week’s podcast Barry, Tripp, and Princess Alice discuss eternal conscious torment, original sin, the evolution of religion, theodicy, elf on a shelf, the origins of evil, tattoos, and the possibility of moral capitalism after the death of god. Plus Barry and Princess Alice became friends and she went with him on a trip to Ireland. Upon return we will hear just how much fun they had. If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It is also on Stitcher (Tripp’s favorite podcast app), and you can go old school and grab the feed directly here. Sharing is caring & it makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Religion, science, faith, God, history, anthropology, prayer, and a few other topics all solicit questions. At least a few of them get tentative answers this week. In this episode we talk about the fourth episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – Creation. In this week’s podcast Barry and Tripp discuss bones, ancestor veneration, SoCal pseudo-religion, Adam’s hidden bone under Golgotha, the Vatican’s poor science PR, Islam’s preservation of the West’s best thought, the sneaky snake in the garden, Mayan beheadings, corn deities, large cosmic rivers of creation and extremely generic ‘come together’ conclusions to religious pluralism. Plus Barry mentions a bunch of ACDC tunes. Tripp also decides not to stab his face after hearing the question everyone with philosophy graduate degrees student loans hates – “If God made the universe, who made God?” If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It is also on Stitcher (Tripp’s favorite podcast app), and you can go old school and grab the feed directly here. Sharing is caring & it makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is God? That’s a question that’s easy to ask, hard to interpret and never quite answered. In this episode we talk about the third episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – about God. In the episode we will discuss the blues, the diversity and universality of God-talk, the emergence of polytheism and monotheism, Stonehenge and This is Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge, the role of culture in religious experience, divine manifestation in the brain, and the Osteen effect on America religion. Barry mentions two books you will want to check out. Oprah: Gospel of an Icon by Kathryn Lofton and God: an itinerary by Regis Debray. If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It is also on Stitcher (Tripp’s favorite podcast app), and you can go old school and grab the feed directly here. Sharing is caring & it makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp and Barry are taking you to the end of the world…at least as they know it. In this episode we talk about the second episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman – Apocalypse. In the episode we will discuss the politics of apocalypse, the 1 century Jewish sect known as the Essenes, the role of the Temple in contemporary Israel, the whole 666 = ? thingy, radicalization of monotheism, the Mayan prediction, cyclical views of time, enlightenment, faith in crises, and a number of other goodies. Barry also drops some wisdom bombs about secular apocalyptic fantasies involving zombies and vampires. You will enjoy that if you enjoy using your brain. If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It is also on Stitcher (Tripp’s favorite podcast app), and you can go old school and grab the feed directly here. Sharing is caring & it makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here it is! The first episode of a brand new podcast. On the Story of God-cast Tripp Fuller and Barry Taylor will be unpacking, exploring, and expanding the conversation Morgan Free starts. The National Geographic Channel produced a six part series called The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and we plan to dig deep into each one here for your listening pleasure. The first episode is titled Beyond Death. It tackles near death experiences, technological means to immortality, and the Day of the Dead. Morgan takes a trip to Jerusalem, the Ganges, Mexico City and a science lab. That’s not all, but it gives you a taste of what you get in just one episode. In this episode Barry and Tripp tackle a number of questions including… Why would a series on God start with an episode about death? What is the difference between life and death? Is it a state of existence, a thin veil, a hard transition or a problem to be fixed? Have human beings evolved to a healthier relationship toward death or have we just rearranged the symbols and upgraded our technology? If you love us make sure to go to iTunes & subscribe/rate the show. It makes God happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am very excited to announce the launch of a new podcast – the Story of God-Cast! Friend of the podcast and down right zesty scholar Barry Taylor will be joining me on this companion podcast to the brand new National Geographic Channel show, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman. It is a 6 week mini-series in which Morgan exploring the most basic questions human being have been asking. Each episode is simultaneously a travel documentary to sacred spaces, an investigation into the history of each topic and a rich comparative examination of the world’s historic wisdom traditions. You will see a diversity of answers and expressions from all sorts of cultures and texts, from the Mayan Temple to Joel Osteen in Houston to Jerusalem. Sunday Nights on the National Geographic Channel starting April 3rd you can join the fun (or set your DVR if Zombies and Dragons are on). Then make sure to check out the new podcast episode here. Here is a teaser podcast episode. The show will answer all sorts of questions but here are twenty you won’t find during it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prepare yourself for some live theological goodness from the Subvert the Norm conference. In this episode you will hear Tripp and Jonnie talk with Catherine Keller about her newest book Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement among other subversively inspired topics. Then Jack Caputo arrives to settle a significant disagreement with Peter Rollins about the nature of humanity. It was simultaneously nerdy and hilarious, so do not listen until you are prepared to rub your chin while laughing. This podcast was done under the influence of some spectacular beverages brewed by Oklahoma’s Mad Farmer Brewing master – Charlie Sheldon. He not only can brew it up with the best of them, but he is the God Father of the Homebrewed Deaconate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Khora is not reading Dad’s book! 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. Want a super sweet deal? Well here it is. If you get all 10 volumes of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide series at the lowest price possible, then I am gonna give you a giant stack of free goods. On top of super cheap texts, free shipping and sticker fun, you will get a special email digitally delivering some enticing downloads including… 1. Radical Theology with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 90-minute sessions) 2. Christ(ology): In the Wake of an Event with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 more 90-minute sessions) 3. Atheism for Lent with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 90-minute sessions) 4. Religion & Science with Tripp Fuller and Philip Clayton (6 90-minute sessions) 5. Paul: Rupture, Revelation, and Revolution (6 90-minute sessions) 6. Theology Nerd Bootcamp with Tripp Fuller and Scott Paeth (5 hours of excitement) 7. Varieties of Postmodern Theology (4 90-minute sessions) 8. Revelation of Darkness (6 Small Group Video Sessions with Rob Bell, Barry Taylor & Peter Rollins) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Khora is not reading Dad’s book! 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. Want a super sweet deal? Well here it is. If you get all 10 volumes of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide series at the lowest price possible, then I am gonna give you a giant stack of free goods. On top of super cheap texts, free shipping and sticker fun, you will get a special email digitally delivering some enticing downloads including… 1. Radical Theology with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 90-minute sessions) 2. Christ(ology): In the Wake of an Event with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 more 90-minute sessions) 3. Atheism for Lent with Tripp Fuller and Peter Rollins (6 90-minute sessions) 4. Religion & Science with Tripp Fuller and Philip Clayton (6 90-minute sessions) 5. Paul: Rupture, Revelation, and Revolution (6 90-minute sessions) 6. Theology Nerd Bootcamp with Tripp Fuller and Scott Paeth (5 hours of excitement) 7. Varieties of Postmodern Theology (4 90-minute sessions) 8. Revelation of Darkness (6 Small Group Video Sessions with Rob Bell, Barry Taylor & Peter Rollins) 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? 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get Tripp’s book before 11/09/15 & get lots of free stuff 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. 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. Don’t forget that Captuo and I are both going to be at Subverting the Norm III November 5-7th in Springfield, MO. You can get a sweet sweet discount with the code HBCSTN. Then you can join us, Catherine Keller, Peter Rollins, and more. Not only that but on November 4th there will be a one day event with Caputo and me – A Theology Nerd Bootcamp: When Philosophers Speak of God. We will be needing out throughout the day and finish it off with some beverages and relaxed covo. Sign-up HERE and reserve your spot. 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 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 Our Zesty Sponsor 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. ** Get your Tickets for Subverting the Norm III with the discount code HBCSTN & the Theology Nerd Bootcamp with Jack Caputo** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come see Wm. Paul Young LIVE as part of the upcoming Homebrewed CultureCast show at Marmoset Music in Portland, OR August 13th. Get your tickets HERE while they’re still available. 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 Our Zesty Sponsor 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp & Greg talking in 2013 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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. Make sure to sign up for the Summer School High Gravity class “Living Options In Christian Theology”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. May 16 we have called a Deacons Meeting in LA. May 28 we have a Deacon Distillery in Sacramento after the NT Wright lecture. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Live in the Twin Cities? Get your free ticket for the live podcast and seminary launch May 1st at 7pm with Philip Clayton. Holla at Tripp and tell you are coming. He wants to connect w/ Deacons. Check out the Pando Populous Event June 4-7 and join Brian McLaren and I for our track and a live podcast saturday night. Come join the HBC Community and support this podcast. Sign up for the Living Option in Christian Theology SUMMER School class this June and July. 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. Sign up for the Summer School High Gravity class on Living Options in Christian Theology 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Below are links to Tony and Pete’s books. You should buy them through these links so we can see who sells more via HBC. It’s #teampete v #teamjones. You can also become a member of the Homebrewed Christianity Community, support the podcast and get extra perks as we take the podcast to a new level. Don’t forget to sign up for the Homebrewed Summer School High Gravity class here or by becoming an Elder or Bishop. Snoochie Boochies! 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. You can catch their traveling book tour in these upcoming cities: Phoenix Albuquerque Colorado Springs Denver Boulder Omaha Portland Seattle Philadelphia Carolina Beach Grand Rapids 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. 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. 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!” March has Tripp at 2 live shows: one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia… make sure to check those out if you live nearby. 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! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. You can sign up here if you are interested. in the final segment we mention Critical Theory and the Emergent Village Conversation from 2012. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices