Homebrewed Christianity

Aaron Simmons is back on the podcast to preview our upcoming reading group - Walking with Kierkegaard. In this conversation we give 5 reasons the church needs Kierkegaard today. 

5 Reasons the Church needs Kierkegaard today 1. Kierkegaard reminds us that faith is about lived commitment, not simply about right belief. 2. Kierkegaard helps us see that Christian Nationalism is anti-Christ. 3. Kierkegaard shows what it means to seek faithfulness, rather than success. 4. Kierkegaard stresses the radical inclusivity of the call: "Come all who are heavy burdened." 5. Kierkegaard models what it looks like to see humility as the condition of confidence.

 

J. Aaron Simmons holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and is currently a Professor of philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, SC (USA). He is the President of the Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA) and has published widely in philosophy of religion, phenomenology, and existentialism. Among his authored and edited books are God and the Other: Ethics and Politics After the Theological Turn; The New Phenomenology: A Philosophical Introduction; Kierkegaard’s God and the Good Life; and Kierkegaard and Levinas: Ethics, Politics, and Religion. He and his wife, Vanessa, have been married 20 years and have an 11 year old son, Atticus. Although Aaron loves doing philosophy, he would almost always rather be fishing. Check out Aaron’s youtube channel: “Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves,” and his TedX talk (also on youtube): “The Failure of Success.”

 

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My buddy Dustin Kensrue is back on the podcast. We discuss his band Thrice's newest album - horizons/east. On top of being a rock star, Dustin is a member of the #ProcessParty and in our conversation, we discuss how his views of faith, politics, and more have changed and are expressed in the album. Enjoy :)

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When Amy-Jill Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School, looked at the gospels, when she read them, every once in a while Jesus would say something that would take her aback.

• Sell all you have and give to the poor.
• Comments about a fiery hell.
• Hate your mother and your father.
• You Jews are children of the devil.

She would read these versus, and I think Jesus what were you thinking? What did you mean?

Find answers and meaning to these perplexing teachings with Amy-Jill Levine and her new study The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings. The study includes a book, leader guide, and video sessions.

With this study come learn, come be challenged, come be inspired, come be provoked, come be comforted, and come find even more of the Good News.

 The Difficult Words of Jesus book and Bible study components are available wherever you buy books. Explore the study at AbingdonPress.com/DifficultWords.

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Wm. Curtis Holtzen is a professor of philosophy and theology at Hope International University. He is the author of The God Who Trusts: A Relational Theology of Divine Faith, Hope, and Love and has also authored chapters on pop culture topics such as The Simpsons, The Peanuts, and Bruce Almighty.

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In this episode, Brian McLaren joins the pod and we tackle some excellent questions. Here you will get a glimpse of what a QnA session sounds like in our current online learning group Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 years after 9/11. The class itself is 6-weeks and features a weekly session with Diana Butler Bass and Brian, along with occasional QnA sessions like this. 

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In this episode, Brian McLaren joins the pod and we tackle some excellent questions. Here you will get a glimpse of what a QnA session sounds like in our current online learning group Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 years after 9/11. The class itself is 6-weeks and features a weekly session with Diana Butler Bass and Brian, along with occasional QnA sessions like this. You can join live or watch the archived video/audio, and plus it is ‘pay-what-you-can’ (including 0). We hope you consider thinking through it all with us.

Join the next online readng group….

 

Dr. Myron Penner is a professor of philosophy at Trinity Western University and director of the Anabaptist-Mennonite Centre for Faith and Learning. On top of being a stellar scholar, he is a dear friend and the coolest Mennonite Canadian philosopher on planet earth :)

Since we are friends, Myron managed to turn almost every question around back at me and then bring up topics he knows animate certain peculiar frustrations of mind. This made for a very unique vibe and me talking more than normal. Believe it or not, this conversation was originally over 3 hours. There is a reward for those that make it to the end. We discuss a fun follow-up podcast where we bring three of our good friends on to play a little philosophical game.

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In this episode, Diana Butler Bass joins the pod and we tackle some excellent questions. Here you will get a glimpse of what a QnA session sounds like in our current online learning group Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 years after 9/11. The class itself is 6-weeks and features a weekly session with Diana Butler Bass and Brian, along with occasional QnA sessions like this.

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Michael Showalter is here to talk about his newest film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye. He first got his start as a founding member of the sketch comedy troupes The State and Stella, and well as co-writing and staring in the now classic film, Wet Hot American Summer.

More recently, he directed The Lovebirds (Paramount/MRC), a comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. He also directed the 2017 Academy Award-nominated film The Big Sick, starring Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan, and the 2016 SXSW award-winning film Hello, My Name Is Doris, starring Sally Field, which he also co-wrote.

Michael is a co-creator of TBS critically-acclaimed series Search Party, starring Alia Shawkat, and is an executive producer of the CW series In The Dark, created by Corinne Kingsbury, in which he also directed the pilot episode.

In 2019, Michael directed Ray Romano in his first stand-up special in 23 years titled Right Here, Around the Corner, now available to watch on Netflix. Michael has done a number of other projects with Netflix, including co-creating the TV mini-series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.

His film credits include They Came Together, a satire of romantic comedies starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler, and The Baxter, inspired by the stylings of a Howard Hawks comedy. In addition to film, Michael has directed numerous episodes of television shows including Grace & Frankie and LOVE.

In addition to Showalter, I am joined by my friend and scholar of religion and pop-culture - Dr. Ryan Parker. In our conversation we disuss...

• Pairing The Eyes of Tammy Faye with The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, and the TV show The Righteous Gemstones.

Life after the perversion of evangelical faith

Lord of the Rings and the upcoming series on Amazon...

Power Ranking Marvel & Star Wars on Disney+

Ryan is just now starting the Clone Wars. If it is new to you the MORTIS TRIOLOGY is amazing.

What is your go-to Star Wars film?

If you could only have one super power...and the one Socrates is against

How if you were the Flash you should consume more carbs and erase dumb things you say

Why Ryan and I love Henry at Monkish Brewing

If you got to produce a graphic novel what would it be?

We mention the greatest living comic book author, Jason Aaron's visit to the podcast and Ewan McGregor.

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In this episode, Diana Butler Bass joins the pod and we tackle some excellent questions. Here you will get a glimpse of what a QnA session sounds like in our current online learning group Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 years after 9/11. The class itself is 6-weeks and features a weekly session with Diana Butler Bass and Brian, along with occasional QnA sessions like this. 

Here are a few links from things we mention in the episode...

• If you enjoy the QnA, then consider joining the class for more - Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 Years After 9/11.

Head over HERE to check out Diana's recent newsletter breaking down the recent data on American Evangelicals.

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In the episode, we discuss two collections of data. First is this recent study from PEW Research Center and then this study from PRRI looking at the partisan divide on perspectives about 1/6.

We both mention our love for this particular John Shelby Spong book.

I mention how much of loved The Eyes of Tammy Faye - a movie you should check out.

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Matthew David Segall returns to the podcast after 8 years!

It was a blast to talk with Matt about his new book and a bunch of other process-related goodness. When you get done listening make sure you check out his YouTube channel and the new book.

• How did Matt end up with cosmological questions
• finding Alfred North Whitehead through Terence Mckenna
• "Whitehead is like Psychadelics, you shouldn't jump into them alone"
• the allure of Whitehead's vision of mind in nature
• the potential of a process engagement with different sciences
• Tripp talks about how part five of Process & Reality feels like a philosophical revival sermon
• the limits of science and problem of repressed reductive metaphysics
• what does Whitehead mean by a philosophy of organism
• the hot spring hypothesis for the origin of life
• what is in the concept 'world-soul'
• how does Whitehead help one think of life after physical death
• how Whitehead came to affirm God
• Matt shares the story of his own wrestling with Christianity and his reflection on the future of the faith... 'a non-denominational non-institutionalized Christian'
• what do we make about the power and problems that come with a religious tradition

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