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Keith Ward is a British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2004. Don’t forget to check out some amazing free lectures of Keith. Literally quality, zesty, nerdy, and free lectures.

Here’s his previous podcast visits:

• Religion in the Modern World

An Oxford Philosopher’s Journey from Atheism to Idealism with Keith Ward

Keith Ward talks about the Bible 

The Christian Idea of God with Keith Ward 

Keith Ward’s Guide to Thinking God 

What do theologians really think?

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Who is ready for some religion, politics, history, inspiration and a few pretty intense questions? I hope you are because Diana Butler Bass is here.

This is the kick-off of our newest online pop-up community - Ruining Dinner.  When the headlines bleed and your relatives are screaming at each other online, who knows what this election season will bring. For many of us, some of our closest relationships are strained and fracturing at thought of 4 more years of this. Well, as we approach election day (or month?!!) let's do it together. You don't have to ruin ever dinner alone - let us help!

• Weekly Live Streams: Diana & Tripp will gather online to share timely insights as scholars of religion about the present moment, introduce you to some other progressive Christian scholars/activists, and tackle questions/topics from the community.
• Private Community Facebook Group: We will have a private FB group so you can have a MAGA-free space in your feed & a community of people to ride with.

• Moments of Gratitude & Reflection: In these anxious times we will work to cultivate a deeper spiritual center amidst our crazy times.
• Email Updates: Info on all the streams, resources, and opportunities will be shared so no one is out of the loop.
• A Community Archive: All the content will be archived and available to each member online. You do NOT have to join live to get everything.

Dr. Bass is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.  Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world – a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice, entering the fray of social media with spiritual wisdom and smart theology, and writing books to help readers see themselves, their place in history, and God differently.

Don't miss out on Diana's excellent and regular newsletter - The Cottage. 

In the episode we get a visit from Rev. Ryan Eller, Executive Director of New Moral Majority, and hear about his work organizing people of faith this election year. 

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Dr. Daniel White Hodge is an associate professor of intercultural communications and the chair of the communication arts department at North Park University.

Go check out his website here. Don't forget to check out his podcast that all the cool kids are already listening to - Profane Faith. 

 

Check Out His Books Homeland Insecurity: A Hip Hop Missiology for the Post–Civil Rights Context Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining the Gospel according to Tupac Amaru Shakur The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims, Timbs and a Cultural Theology Hip Hop's Hostile Gospel: A Post-Soul Theological Exploration Hip Hops Hostile Gospel

 

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This week I had a great conversation with the filmmakers behind the new feature film Hosea – a modern-day retelling of the ancient biblical story through the eyes of its forgotten female character. The film comes out today on iTunes, Amazon, etc. and I definitely recommend you check it out.   You  can WATCH THE TRAILER HERE and RENT THE FILM HERE   For so long, the ancient story of Hosea has been told from the male perspective as a metaphor for love and forgiveness. It has also and unfortunately been used throughout history to subjugate women, justify spousal abuse, and blame victims of violence and sex trafficking as though their painful experiences were their own fault. There’s so much good stuff to explore, consider, and discuss in this film.   The Hosea team is making it easy for the Homebrewed community to host small group film screenings and discussions. You can visit this page to learn more! You can even email [email protected] to access an online screener to see if it’s a good fit!   *Before you watch: In addition to dealing with themes of love, redemption, and identity, Hosea also covers sensitive – sometimes triggering – topics such as sexual abuse and self-harm. Given the film's dynamic themes, we want to make sure anyone watching the film is able to do so safely and in a way that welcomes meaningful reflection and dialogue.   Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

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Today my friend and theological ethicist Ryan Newson is back the podcast. He has a brand new book out on Confederate monuments titled Cut in Stone and you don't want to miss it.

Dr. Ryan Newson is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. Their mascot is a really cool Camel.

Have you got my new book? You should. If you would like to hear me read the book, then consider joining the Hombrewed Community where I am sharing each chapter, along with a 5 minute summary of the chapter's main points.

Ryan's Previous Podcast Visits A Bunch of Baptists at a Brewery Getting Nerdy Radical Friendship in the Age of Trump with Ryan Andrew Newson Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

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David Gushee returns to the podcast for a book launch party!

His brand new book After Evangelicalism is out and we had a live stream book launch. It was a bunch of fun to reconnect with David and celebrate my new favorite book of his.

Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Dr. Gushee is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics.

Book Details... A building crescendo of developments, culminating in evangelical support for the Trump presidency, has led many evangelicals to question the faith they inherited. If being Christian means rejecting LGBTQ persons and supporting systemic racism, perhaps their Christian journey is over.

David Gushee offers a new way forward for disillusioned post-evangelicals by first analyzing what went wrong with U.S. white evangelicalism in areas such as evangelical identity, biblical interpretation, church life, sexuality, politics, and race. Gushee then proposes new ways of Christian believing, belonging, and behaving, helping post-evangelicals from where they are to a living relationship with Christ and an intellectually cogent and morally robust post-evangelical faith. After Evangelicalism shows that it is possible to follow Jesus out of evangelical Christianity, and more than that, it's necessary.

Gushee's Previous Visits to the podcast LIVE from McAfee School of Theology: Kingdom Ethics and Moral Leadership in a Divided Age Live! from Atlanta #McAfeeTheology Theology, Politics, and Anxiety with David Gushee Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

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We had a bunch of questions and we attempted to answer them!

The questions came from all the cool people in our Black Theology reading group. If you want to join and get access to the readings, deep dive lectures, and more than head over here.

Here's the books we recommended:

• Making a Way Out of No Way: a Womanist Theology
• The Claim to Christianity: Responding to the Far Right
• Jon Sobrino: Spiritual Writings
• The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
• Race: A Theological Account
• Religion of the Field Negro: On Black Secularism and Black Theology
• For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference

 

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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Dr. Monica A. Coleman is back on the podcast and it is fun ride! Adam Clark and I were thrilled to welcome her as a special guest in the Black Theology Reading Group.

Monica A. Coleman is committed to connecting faith and social justice. She is a widely sought speaker and preacher on the topics of mental health and faith, sexual violence and church responses, liberation theologies, and religious pluralism. An ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and priestess of Obatala and Osun in traditional Yoruba religion, Coleman has earned degrees at Harvard University, Vanderbilt University and Claremont Graduate University. Coleman is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware. Check out all her books here.

  Previous Podcast Visits from Dr. Coleman Spiritual Terrorism and Liberation with Monica Coleman 5 Reasons to Go Process, theologically speaking w/ Monica Coleman Christian Feminist Theology with Elizabeth Johnson, Monica Coleman, and Cindy Rigby Special Bonus Episode: Cynthia Rigsby, Monica A. Coleman, and Scott MacDougall Womanist Theology Goes Process with Monica Coleman BONUS TRACK: Process Theology Q&A with Monica Colemann, Doug Pagitt, & Julie Clawson What is Process Theology? Let Monica A. Coleman Tell You! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

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The one and only Rev. Jesse Jackson is on the podcast!!

I cannot exaggerate the respect I have for Rev. Jackson. When I found out that Dr. Adam Clark and I were going to be visited by Rev. Jackson and Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim I was beyond thrilled.

The brand new book, Keeping Hope Alive is out now in PRINT and in AUDIO. Since the book is a collection of sermons and speeches, I found the audiobook extremely compelling. I don't think I have teared up and been so full of hope washing dishes with Rev. Jackson in my ear.

PS MY NEW BOOK IS OUT AND I REALLY REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT!!! This episode is sponsored by the brand new book from Upper Room Books...  Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice.

Both a cry for action and a comfort for our anxious souls, Rally addresses issues of social justice through lament and celebration. Using a call-and-response format, the litanies in this resource were created to unite us in prayer and common mission. Rally provides words for concerned Christians who yearn to lift their voices to God with their community to confront injustice in its many forms:

racial and gender inequality • economic disparity • white privilege • abuse of power • violence • mistreatment of migrants and refugees • people pushed to the margins of society

The selections in this resource evoke hope and connection, guiding us as we sift through the headlines, lament the destruction of the earth, and ask for the grace to love alike though we don’t think alike. God commands us to love one another in a way that values each member of the human family. Without exception.

Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.

 

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The one and only Rev. Jesse Jackson is on the podcast!!

I cannot exaggerate the respect I have for Rev. Jackson. When I found out that Dr. Adam Clark and I were going to be visited by Rev. Jackson and Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim I was beyond thrilled.

The brand new book, Keeping Hope Alive is out now in PRINT and in AUDIO. Since the book is a collection of sermons and speeches, I found the audiobook extremely compelling. I don’t think I have teared up and been so full of hope washing dishes with Rev. Jackson in my ear.

If you want to join the Black Theology reading group then just head over here and sign up. It is pay-what-you-can and all the content is archived on the group page, so you can catch up or go at your own pace.

PS MY NEW BOOK IS OUT AND I REALLY REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT!!!

This episode is sponsored by the brand new book from Upper Room Books…

 Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice.

Both a cry for action and a comfort for our anxious souls, Rally addresses issues of social justice through lament and celebration. Using a call-and-response format, the litanies in this resource were created to unite us in prayer and common mission. Rally provides words for concerned Christians who yearn to lift their voices to God with their community to confront injustice in its many forms:

racial and gender inequality • economic disparity • white privilege • abuse of power • violence • mistreatment of migrants and refugees • people pushed to the margins of society

The selections in this resource evoke hope and connection, guiding us as we sift through the headlines, lament the destruction of the earth, and ask for the grace to love alike though we don’t think alike. God commands us to love one another in a way that values each member of the human family. Without exception.