Homebrewed Christianity

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.

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Incarnation, the Biblical conquest and worship for your benefit are our topics this week.

We start with Victoria Osteen's viral video. Joshua's Canaanite genocide is up next. Then we flesh out the incarnation via an interesting thought experiment.

We end with a little game to see what Tripp learned during his comprehensive exams.

Outro music: Full Circle by Ben Kweller

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Facebook & Ferguson 

Bo is back and publishing some of his conversations recorded over the past months. 

Tripp and Bo intro the episode then Micky Jones (starting at 7:50) and Bo chat for a half-hour.

The second half is the Theology Nerds fielding phone calls about different types of  Christianity.

The 2nd half of this episode will come out in 2 days. 

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Referred to as a "prairie mystic" by the Boston Globe and characterized by Rolling Stone as someone who "asks all the right questions," Carrie Newcomer is a singer-songwriter that brings her spirituality to the same table as her songwriting. Callid got a chance to talk to Carrie about her new book and album, both called A Permeable Life. The book is full of great pieces of prose and poetry that she wrote while developing the album.

The interview is addresses her writing practices, the ways in which questioning can be a form of faithfulness, and how sometimes the best we can do is to just keep going on. She also shares two songs and does a great reading about an amazing moment of clarity.

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Let's talk about Wolfhart Pannenberg!

The planet lost one of the greatest theologian this past week & in this episode Philip Clayton and I discuss his amazing career.  Philip Clayton is a professor of theology at Claremont School of Theology and former student of Pannenberg.  He recently wrote a beautiful tribute to his former mentor you can read here.  We thought it would be fun to remember Pannenberg by discussing his theology and we did.  We went through a bunch of different topics he covered and yet after 70 minutes we barely discussed a third of my list of 'Pannenberg's big ideas.'  I hope you enjoy this half as much as I did.

Check out this collection of Pannenberg remembrances and resources.

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Kester Brewin is back on the podcast.  He was part of a live podcast experience at Monkish Brewing company with his partners Peter Rollins & Barry Taylor.  This triumvirate of Radical Theology is always a blast to hear and this time time is no exception.

During the live event they explored the way in which Radical theology opens up possibilities for political activism.  Ohh Kester also talks about technology, space exploration, and hippies.

Enjoy the Brew!

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Cecilia González-Andrieu discussing her book Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty.

In the interview she covers the link between aesthetics and ethics, discusses the theological role of wonder, and asks what the opposite of Beauty is, suggesting that the answer is important for contemporary theology.

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