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Andrew Davison: Participation in God Feb 09, 2021

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Dr. Andrew Davison is a lecturer in the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a fellow at Corpus Christi College, where he is also the Dean of Chapel. He is a regular contributor to Church Times and the Times Literary Supplement. Since 2014, he has been the Canon Philosopher of St Albans Cathedral.

We had one wonderful conversation and touch on a bunch of different topics including.

- how one relates to the tradition - how a person doubts and questions versus a tradition doubting and questioning - the task of preaching within an academic community - exploring the concept of “participation” - contesting Harnack’s Hellenization thesis - how to be a metaphysical realist - the nature of the “gift” & being constituted as receivers - Aristotle’s four causes and contemporary science - the extended evolutionary synthesis - role of philosophy for theologians - materialism without disenchantment - virtue ethics and participation - participation and atonement - intra-finite participation - how to be a “particularity mystic” - quantitative and qualitative finitude

Davison recommends these two books - The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas and An Augustine Synthesis.

Books from Dr. Davison

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Alister McGrath: Faith and the Big Picture Feb 01, 2021

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Excited to have Dr. Alister McGrath on the podcast. He is a public intellectual, a scholar of science and religion, a prolific author, and the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University.

In the conversation we discuss:

the relationship of religion and science
Alister's own testimony of faith
Dawkins' fluffy and boring atheism
evolutionary accounts of religious origins
the role of wonder for the intellectual quest
the human quest for meaning
the religious instinct
the relationship between empirical and meaningful accounts. - value and meaning
the cultural internalization of Descartes, Hume, and friends
how one's faith is shaped by others
the nature of the theological task and its relationship to the community of faith
how the 'New Athiest' movement changed the public conversation about religion
McGrath's on-going relationship with CS Lewis and Einstien
McGrath's advice on being a better atheist
what is human nature?

Books by McGrath

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Big God Questions: Aliens, Hope, the Cross, & Divine Hiddenness Jan 28, 2021

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In this Big God Questions live stream Thomas Jay Oord joins me to tackle a stack of questions people just like yourself sent in. If you enjoyed this, then you should click on to OpenAndRelationalTheology.com and join our upcoming class Becoming Christian. In the class we will be going line by line through the ancient Apostles' Creed from an Open and Relational perspective. It is a 'pay-what-you-can' class, so there's no need to miss out for financial reasons.

The Books that changed our minds

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Jan 6th Theological Debrief: Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh Jan 15, 2021

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January 6th 2021 needed a theological debrief. I brought two friends of the pod and recent partners for reading groups, Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh. Recently Dr. Pugh and I hosted a Bonhoeffer reading group and Dr. Clark and I put on together on Black Theology. The topics and questions we cover were sent in by the members from these reading groups. If you missed out and want to get the content from the groups, the easiest way is by joining the Homebrewed Community.

Dr. Jeffrey C. Pugh recently retired as Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies and Distinguished University Professor from Elon University in North Carolina. The author of six books ranging from Barth, religion and science, and the apocalyptic imagination to Bonhoeffer, Pugh’s work has focused on Christian complicity in the Holocaust and the lessons that can be applied to instruct future generations. His latest work, a chapter on his reflections while he was participating in the clergy resistance at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville is found in Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Resistance. He and his wife Jan, a retired United Methodist minister, make their home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dr. Adam Clark is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University. He is committed to the idea that theological education in the twenty first century must function as a counter-story. One that equips us to read against the grain of the dominant culture and inspires one to live into the Ignatian dictum of going forth “to set the world on fire.” To this end, Dr. Clark is intentional about pedagogical practices that raise critical consciousness by going beneath surface meanings, unmasking conventional wisdoms and reimagining the good. He currently serves as co-chair of Black Theology Group at the American Academy of Religion, actively publishes in the area of black theology and black religion and participates in social justice groups at Xavier and in the Cincinnati area. He earned his PhD at Union Theological Seminary in New York where he was mentored by James Cone.

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Helene Russell: Trauma Sensitive Theology Jan 13, 2021

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Dr. Helene Russell is an Associate Professor of Theology at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Russell has published the book The Pluralism Within: a Reconstruction of Theological Anthropology based on Soren Kierkegaard and Luce Irigaray and edited Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. She has also co-edited Augustine and Kierkegaard, with Kim Paffenroth.

On top of being a super scholar, Helene is a friend. When you hear this you will probably want to hang with her too.

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Jan-Olav Henriksen: Symbol-Deficit Disorder and other Theological Predicaments Dec 17, 2020

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In this episode I am joined by the Norwegian philosopher and theologian Dr. Jan-Olav Henriksen. He is the Professor of Philosophy of Religion in MF Norwegian School of Theology, Norway, and Professor of Contemporary Religion at Agder University, Norway. I absolutely loved his recent trilogy of books and was thrilled to have him return to the podcast!

In the conversation we talk about...

the pragmatic dimension of theology
the symbol-deficit disorder of contemporary theology
the connection between religious studies, philosophy of religion, and confessional theology
"God doesn't need to exist to have an impact on people's lives"
religion as a lived mode of being in the world
how to understand the ambiguities of religion
how religious symbols and metaphors function
the narrative nature of the self
getting over the super ego God
reframing nature symbolically in order to survive on this planet
the semiotics of nature

Check out Henriksen's first visit to the podcast where we discuss Christology & Postmodern Philosophy. Dr. Henriksen's Recent Books

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The Evangelical Youth Group Fantasy Draft Dec 07, 2020

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This is one wild and crazy episode with three friends. Sarey and Dan (You Have Permission Podcast) join me and Mason (a People's Theology Podcast) to launch a spectacular resource for those going through a faith transition - So You're Deconstructing. You will definitely want to check out the site and book mark it to share with friends when the time comes.

PS. This episode is not normal and definitely not safe for work or kids. If you don't like very inappropriate humor about religion, purity culture, youth group, and other elements of evangelical culture don't listen. You can go participate in the launch of So You're Deconstructing in a very serious way on You Have Permission where we tell serious stories of faith. If you want super nerdy goodness go check out Mason and I discussing all things process on a People's Theology.

Just don't listen to this and tell me I used potty words, made religious sex jokes, and was too flippant with serious things. Remember I made The Road to Edmond and had a character have heart felt break through while smoking a joint rolled in a page from the Bible. #PuffPuffPassLeviticus

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Willie Jennings: Christianity Beyond Whiteness Dec 01, 2020

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This episode is #Zesty.

Ever since I first started reading Dr. Jennings' work I have wanted to get him on the podcast and it did not disappoint. We discuss Christian animism, the nature of whiteness, the hidden supersessionism in the Religion-Science dialogue, theological education, and more. Enjoy.

Dr.Willie James Jennings is the Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University. His book The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective category the year after it appeared and, in 2015, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion, the largest prize for a theological work in North America. Englewood Review of Books called the work a “theological masterpiece.” His commentary on the Book of Acts, titled Acts: A Commentary, The Revolution of the Intimate received the Reference Book of the Year Award from The Academy of Parish Clergy in 2018. Dr. Jennings has also recently published a book that examines the problems of theological education within western education, entitled After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging

Awesome Books We Discuss in the Conversation

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Different Gods, Different Religions? Nov 18, 2020

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This is a special episode where I share an audio version of my written response to Joerg Rieger's book Jesus vs Caesar. If you haven't read the book I imagine you can still follow along, especially if you listened to my recent interview with Rieger about it HERE. The main reason I am sharing this is to lure you to join myself and friend of the pod Grace Ji-Sun Kim as we engage Rieger in a public conversation about the book. It is part of the "Christ Among the Disciplines" online conference.

PS. There's also a session toward the end of the event on my new book Divine Self-Investment featuring four friends of the pod and scholars more brilliant than me - Donna Bowman, Jeffrey Pugh, Jacob Erickson, and Tom Oord.

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Terence Fretheim: God So Enters into Relationships That... Nov 16, 2020

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I just saw Tom Oord's tweet that Terence Fretheim passed away while I was reading his new book God So Enters into Relationship That... It is always shocking to hear how a live conversation partner you deeply value must shift to the page and these recordings. I can't exaggerate Frethiem's role in my own intellectual development. While at Wake Forest University's Divinity School I took a Biblical Theology seminar with Phyllis Trible (a legend) and she had us each write 25 pg papers and present on a different Biblical theologian. I choose Fretheim and sent him the paper I wrote. He replied with a kind, encouraging, and detailed response, suggesting I consider PhD work given my ability to connect threads in his writing he hadn’t noticed. Dr, Trible gave me a B-, my worst grade in grad school. When I mentioned that Fretheim responded so positively to the paper and encouraged my work she said, “Terry takes the relational nature of love so seriously it may cloud his judgement.” What a compliment!

You can check out all his books here.

Dr. Terence E. Fretheim was the Elva B. Lovell Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., where he taught for over forty years.

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