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Christian Realism, Social Ethics, and Politics with Ronald Stone Jul 11, 2017

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This episode was a real treat. Ronald Stone, from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, is on the podcast to talk about Christian identity and the renewal of Christian realism. Ronald studied with Niebuhr at Union Theological Seminary and was interested in politics and religion, social ethics, and social action from early on.

Tripp and Ronald talk about:

what it means to be a Christian realist today
the roots of realism, its critics, and its revival.
the religion and politics of the election
American exceptionalism, and the economy

Plus, make sure you stick around to the end of the interview to hear Ronald's stories about his experience with Niebuhr and Tillich.

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Freedom, Liberty, and Other Patriotic Stuff Jul 03, 2017

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Get ready for all the freedom, liberty, and patriotic stuff you can handle! Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy from the Crackers & Grape Juice Podcast.

In this episode the Hauerwasian Mafia sent one of its Drill Sergeants, Jason, to talk about the predicament of faith, freedom, and the conflicting calls to allegiance that color the American landscape.

We hope your Independence Day grilling time enjoys this conversation. Word up.

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An Introduction to African American Theology with Frederick Ware Jun 22, 2017

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I am excited to share this special conversation with Frederick L. Ware with you. Dr. Ware is author of African American Theology, which is a seriously excellent introduction and ready for your reading pleasure. He is the Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University Divinity School in Washington, DC and the author of Methodologies of Black Theology. In this episode we discuss a host of different topics and the unique methodology Dr. Ware is outlining for African American Theology including...

how the concept of "freedom" serves as an overarching theme for theology
a model of God in which power is balanced with love and God is the "way-maker"
A story about his Professor Sallie McFague whom you can listen to here.
Major shout out to Eboni Marshall Turman and her Christological text Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon
the good life and the meaning of evil and suffering
the challenge of remythologizing the demythologized text
and plenty of other goodies

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The Secret Chart to the END OF TIME (kind of) with Jeffrey Pugh and Daniel Kirk Jun 19, 2017

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Welcome to a special episode of the Theology Nerd podcast. Today, the Good Doctor Daniel Kirk is talking to Jeffrey Pugh about his book, The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times: Theology After You've Been Left Behind.

Hear about Jeffrey's personal history with apocalyptic movements, the secret to the end of the world, the system of thought behind the dispensationalist beliefs, inerrancy and hermeneutics, the difference between apocalypticism and eschatology, the difference between literal and non-literally readings and how we know when to use which.

Plus, Daniel and Jeff talk about:

what can apocalyptic literature teach us today?
what role does Israel play in all of this?
how do we tell life-giving narratives, rather than death-dealing ones?

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Mythologizing Jesus with Dennis MacDonald Jun 14, 2017

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Dennis MacDonald, New Testament professor at Claremont School of Theology, is on to talk about his book Mythologizing Jesus: From Jewish Teacher to Epic Hero. Get ready to talk about the New Testament and Greek literature, and maybe even preach it, too.

Dennis talks about the use of Greek literature and myth by the early Church, the similarities and differences between the New Testament narratives and Greek literature, and why the early Church would have written stories about Jesus in this way.

Plus, Tripp and Dennis talk about sourcing Mark and the other Synoptic Gospels, Mark's innovation and its affect on the life of the church, how it is more mythologizing than biography, and what Nietzsche might have to say about all of this.

Also by Dennis, Christianizing Homer and The Gospels and Homer.

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Smells Like Teenage Phenomenology with J. Aaron Simmons LIVE from #PYM17 Jun 09, 2017

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We are live from North Carolina today!

J. Aaron Simmons, Lauren Winner, and Ryan Newsome were all on stage for the live podcast from the Progressive Youth Ministry conference at Montreat in North Carolina. PYM just announced details for next year's conference, so make sure to check progressiveyouthministry.org for more.

This episode includes the full interview with Aaron Simmons from this past March. If you want the full live podcast experience you'll have to come in person next year! Big thanks to the Center for Process Studies for sponsoring (and providing the beer).

Tripp and co-host Tony Jones talked with Aaron about what exactly phenomenology is, what it's like being a phenomenological philosopher and Pentecostal, why phenomenology is different than the philosophical framework that came before it, Heidegger on subjectivity and self-hood, plus, Aaron gives a live phenomenological reduction demonstration.

Throughout, Tripp explains how to teach phenomenology to teenagers in confirmation classes and why every youth minister should be a phenomenologist.

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Religious Diversity, Jesus, and the Church with Todd Outcalt Jun 07, 2017

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Today on the podcast is Todd Outcalt, pastor and prolific writer, to talk about his books, The Other Jesus: Stories from World Religions and Common Ground: Lessons and Legends from the World’s Great Faiths. These books were written out of the experience of interfaith dialogue, learning about and wrestling with other religions, and how their views about Christianity and the person of Jesus shaped his experience.

In this interview you'll hear Tripp and Todd discuss what it's like to be an author who publishes and writes regularly and a pastor who preaches weekly, the creative tasks of writing sermons for a congregation and writing for a general audience, and what not to do in interfaith dialogue.

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Questions for Trinity (Sunday) #LectioCast Jun 05, 2017

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The good Doctor Daniel Kirk is on a road trip across the country with Clan Kirk, but no need to fear your Lectiocast is still here! It is an honor to fill in for Daniel and talk some lectionary goodness. We will see how long it takes before Daniel quits his trip and gets me off the show, but for now I am excited.

During the podcast I discuss the four lectionary texts for the week and the questions I imagine inspiring my sermonizing...if I was still working in a pulpit.

For each of the texts I pulled out some questions that could drive a sermon. Here's a few of them.

Matthew 28:16-20 * Where is Galilee today? * Does our worship hold space for doubt? * What kind of disciples are we making? * Where is God with us now? * What is the church's relationship to the kin-dom? Psalm 8 * How does the world become creation? * What are the habits and boundaries that structure space for creativity? * God-spotting. * Eco-stewardship Genesis 1:1-2:4a * Go Keller * Don't conquer chaos, it's where the spirit-filled living happens. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

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Interruptions of Lament and of New Originary Stirrings with Erin Schendzielos Jun 01, 2017

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"Lament is the antidote of denial." - Walter Brueggemann

This episode Tripp and Nathan talk to Erin Schendzielos about new project her and the Shelter50 Publishing Collective are working on with Walter Brueggemann - Antidote: Interruptions of Lament and of New Originary Stirrings. This project was inspired by the Adult VBS Walter did at the Hatchery last summer (you can enter to win the audio from all 5 sessions plus over $200 worth of Brueggemann books here) and by his book Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks. The ides is to honor him and all of his amazing work by having theologians, poets, musicians, artists, academics, lay people, etc., respond to a chapter either through prose, poem, song, art, etc., and compile the responses in a book. Erin and Shelter50 did a similar project with an essay by John Caputo called It Spooks: Living in Response to an Unheard Call.

This is part of the "on the porch" series: an extended and vulnerable dialogue among friends sharing zesty craft beverages. It is one way of living out the very theory Brueggemann talked about that inspired Erin in the first place - out loud grief work done together as the antidote to the denial of reality. You'll get to hear a little bit more about Erin, her story, what inspired her to pursue theology and begin a project like Shelter50.

Shelter50 is the name of a former space where innovation, imagination, & interrogation merged. It was a physical place of hospitality which invited people to explore the ways we manifest in the world and to investigate the ways our beliefs function in our lives. It was a space which hosted a wide variety of experiences aimed at bringing people together in meaningful & transformative ways. Shelter50 Publishing Collective (PC) was birthed out of (and named from) this former space. Shelter50 PC then, carries forward this (currently more conceptual) space which seeks to be colonized by none, and simultaneously is open to diverse expressions and imaginative undertakings from within and without Christianity.

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Money and Possessions with Walter Brueggemann May 30, 2017

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The one and only Walter Brueggemann is on the podcast again, this time talking with Tripp and Barry Taylor about his latest book, Money and Possessions. In scripture, Brueggemann says, there is a contest between commodity and covenant. Advocacy for covenantal economics and resistance to an extractive, predatory economics occurs throughout scripture.

In the interview he:

introduces his framework for understanding questions about money and possessions in the New as well as Old Testament
discusses how this framework relates to our current economic situation in the US both on the individual and collective level
addresses American exceptionalism and our current political climate
explains the 10 commandments as resistance to the totalizing narrative of Pharaoh
uses the exodus and the four key characters (Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh, and God) to help us understand all of this

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