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Magnificast Classic: Revolutionary Forgiveness Jul 14, 2023

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Ya boys are in a bit of a transition period, so episodes have been a bit slow to produce. We'll have a new one up shortly, but until then, here's some of that good classic content!

This week on the show, we're talking about a really neat book called Revolutionary Forgiveness: Feminist Reflections on Nicaragua by the Amanecida Collective. The book is a reflection on 13 theologians who took a number of trips to Nicaragua in the early 80's. The book highlights a lot of interesting interactions between Christianity and politics during the Nicaraguan Revolution.

Find the book here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666719802/revolutionary-forgiveness/

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Subversive Habits with Shannen Dee Williams Jul 10, 2023

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This week we welcome Dr. Shannen Dee Williams to the show to talk about her book Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle. Tune in to find out how religious sisters went to Black Panther meetings, how Black sisters and the Civil Rights Movement called out segregation and racism in the Catholic Church, what US sisters were doing with Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, and more!

Pick up Dr. Williams' book here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/subversive-habits
Follow her on twitter at: @BlkNunHistorian
And check out her website for more here: https://www.shannendeewilliamsphd.com/
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Cultural Christianity Jul 01, 2023

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Evangelicals are always paranoid about a type of Christianity that follows cultural norms more than "Biblical" norms, but what if evangelicals are doing the same thing without knowing it? In this episode, we're vibing about cultural Christianity, how it works and just goofin.

Decoupling & Degrowth Jun 24, 2023

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Climate change seems bad, right? But won't some genius entrepreneur come along and just invent some kind of more efficient energy source? No probably not. In this episode, we're talking about the idea that you can decouple growth from environmental factors.

Here's Timothee Parrique's study on Decoupling we talked about: https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Decoupling-Debunked.pdf
Here's a link to the Future is Degrowth: https://bit.ly/3Nl8z6l

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Angels, Cyborgs, or Just Guys? W/ Marika Rose Jun 17, 2023

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You might remember a few weeks back we talked about Angels from the perspective of a weird book by Michel Serres. Well, we decided we couldn't leave the conversation there. We needed an angel expert. So, this week, we're joined by Marika Rose to talk about angels, cyborgs, and her new book, Theology for the End of the World.

If you're in the UK, you can preorder Marika's book here:
https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334060666/theology-for-the-end-of-the-world

You can get it in late July if you're not in the UK.

Also, in the episode, Marika talks about she and her colleagues taking industrial action at the University of Winchester. Support them here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/fightingfund

Pat Facts Jun 11, 2023

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Pat Robertson is dead and we've got some things to tell you about him. You've probably already heard about all of the goofy stuff he's said on the 700 Club. You also probably know about his short-lived political career, but do you know he supported genocidal Guatemalan dictator, General Efrain Rios Montt? Tune in and get straight on some PAT FACTS.

Here are the articles we talked about
https://www.counterpunch.org/2005/09/17/rev-pat-robertson-and-gen-rios-montt/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pat-robertson-obituary/

Angels Jun 03, 2023

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Ok, folks, don't get too excited--we are talking about angels, just in the weirdest way possible. This week on the podcast, we're indulging our most basest desires to talk about French philosophy. We're reading through Michel Serres' book Angels: A Modern Myth. Throughout the episode, we talk about metaphysics, messages, the angelic, and the problems of defying humans.

St Francis & Liberation May 27, 2023

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A few weeks back we talked about St Francis and what some Marxists thought of him. But this time, we're bringing you Leonardo Boff's thoughts on St Francis and how Boff thinks Francis relates to liberation theology. Go to Archive.org and read it for yourself! https://archive.org/details/francisofassisim0000boff

A Secret Third Type of Surplus Value May 20, 2023

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Exploitation? Yeah, it's bad. But, superexploitation? It's super bad. In this episode, we talk about Ruy Mauro Marini's theory of dependency and superexploitation. As it turns out, the exploitation of workers in the global south is just the way capitalism works.

Read the article about Marini in the Monthly Review here: https://monthlyreview.org/2023/04/01/superexploitation-and-the-imperialist-drive-of-capitalism-how-marinis-dialectics-of-dependency-goes-beyond-marxs-capital/

Socialism, Democracy, and Christianity May 13, 2023

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This week we're talking about Leonardo Boff's brother, Clodovis Boff, and a letter he wrote parsing out the connections between socialism and democracy and the nod he makes toward Christianity and socialism. In the episode, we talk about the ways Boff thinks socialism and democracy go together and whether or not Christianity is rediscovering its socialist roots.

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