Homebrewed Christianity

Jean-Pierre Fortin (professor at Loyola University in Chicago) is on the podcast to talk about his new book, Grace in Auschwitz. The book offers a constructive theology of grace in the wake of unprecedented evil. Unlike a book that tackles the problem of evil in the abstract, he does interviews and retellings of stories from Auschwitz, not to fix the problem of evil, but to develop a doctrine of grace, asking: How can God be brought to us through the experience of the survivors?

In one sense, it is a more honest look at Auschwitz, evil, and suffering, because it is in the lives of people where the theological work is done. He also frames contemporary Christological issues of kenosis or divine power in relation to those personal stories.

He also argues that Auschwitz wasn't the exception in Western progress, but a relapse into the very heart of civilization itself: if we think of Auschwitz as an exception we actually miss what is a revelation into the heart of violence of civilization.

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Are you an Oordian? Are you a member of Oord Nation? Listen to Thomas Jay Oord answer your questions about open and relation theology and you just might become an Oordian.

In this episode Tripp and Tom answer a stack of questions that people sent in about open and relational theology. Topics include: divine power, dealing with doubt, the relationship between religion and science, evil and suffering, and some different reasons why people go open and relational, prayer, eschatology, and more!

So if you have some questions that you are itching to get answered, make sure to sign up for the Homebrewed email list so you can get updates about when the next Q&A will be and so you can send us those questions you need answered.

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This episode is a crossover episode with the Good Doctor Daniel Kirk (of the LectioCast fame).

How high was the early church's Christology? Daniel is on this podcast to talk about his new book A Man Attested by God, and answers this very question. This book is a bit oppositional. The Good Doctor is taking on very trendy New Testament scholars and early church theologians around the emergence of a high Christology early in the history of the church. He discusses:

• Why have these early high Christologies become so popular?
• What is the place of Jesus' humanity?
• How did we even end up with these gospels in the first place?
• And what makes Jesus unique and distinct?

Tripp also has three very big concerns about Daniel's book, since Daniel had three very big concerns about Tripp's book (which you can purchase in ebook form for $2.99 along with the HBC Guide to God and End Times...)

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This is a Q&A episode of the Theology Nerd podcast, where we answer questions that listeners like you send in. We talk about how not to preach the woman at the well story (John 4), the intersection of musical theater and theology, and what Peter Berger's Sacred Canopy has to say (if anything) about the Trump administration.

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This is an extremely special episode to mark the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 49 years ago.

This is the talk that Adam Clark, professor at Xavier, author of the forthcoming Homebrewed Guide to Salvation, gave the Third Rail Theology event at the Hatchery this past January. Adam looks at the King's legacy as a metaphor for dealing with race, class, and white privilege in the church.

Can the Tea Party and #BlackLivesMatter both claim King and be right? What image of King is being constructed that makes everyone, even the people who oppose the policies he supported, so comfortable with championing him? Plus, Adam talks about the events leading up to and the title of the sermon that MLK was working on right before he was assassinated.

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Jason Silva is on the podcast to talk about the intersection of religion and technology.

Jason is best known for the Shots of Awe YouTube channel and as the host of Brain Games on National Geographic. He has a new show, Origins: The Journey of Humankind, which airs on Mondays on National Geographic.

Barry Taylor joins Tripp to talk to Jason about technology, evolution, spirituality, altered states of consciousness, how human beings and technology have co-evolved and co-created each other.  There are a ton of books that get mentioned, including:

• Intoxication
• Stealing Fire
• Natural Born Cyborgs
• TechGnosis
• The Denial of Death
• Darwin's Pharmacy
• The Singularity is Near
• On Drugs
• Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age
• and the YouTube channel NerdWriter

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If you've ever asked yourself, "What does constructive Christian theology look like for today?" then this episode is for you.Stephen Ray Jr., professor at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, President of the Society for the Study of Black Religion and the Co-Chair of the Workgroup on Constructive Theology, author of Do No Harm and Black Church Studies: An Introduction, is co-editor with Laurel Schneider for the new book Awake to the Moment: An Introduction to Theology and is on the podcast to talk about it.

There are several contributions from theologians who've been on the podcast before, like Laurel Schneider, Joerg Rieger, Mary McClinktock Fulkerson, Darby Kathleen Ray, Don Schweitzer, James Evans, Cynthia Rigby, and more!

How did they get such a diverse group of theologians to write a book together? What did they gain from doing it? Listen to find out!

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Are you ready to get real with Niebuhr?

Scott Paeth, professor of ethics at DePaul in Chicago, is on for this edition of the Why Go? series. Today, Scott is giving us 5 reasons why we should go Niebhurian (Niebuhr is probably the most influential American theologian of the 20th century, FYI). Scott is also the author of The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians.

How, as Christians, are we to engage in society? How are we to understand human nature? How should we understand the nature of evil and sin? All of these questions and more are covered in this very timely episode.

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On the podcast today is Doug King, who is part of Presence - a non-profit think-tank/ministry group that advocates for integral theology that works towards a vision of wholeness and peace globally.

Today, we are talking about Spiral Dynamics, Integral theology, the relationships between different religions, spirituality, and culture, and what identity looks like as you move through different stages.

Presence offers a free video series that goes through integral thought and spiral dynamics. You can learn more here.

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Your theological imagination is about to get overloaded with zestiness.

To celebrate #TheologyBeerCamp Summer Edition in Denver (August 18-19) and Oklahoma City (August 25-26) we are looking back on some of the highlights of the first Theology Beer Camp in LA this past January. Can there be any greater highlight than John Cobb speaking at Beer Camp?!

Here was the format for the final day of Theology Beer Camp: John Cobb gave a lecture, followed by getting interviewed, round robin style, with a host of different podcasts. In between each podcast interview, Tripp gave commentary on what Cobb said, claiming he was saying all the things John Cobb thought, but was too nice to say. You be the judge.

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