Homebrewed Christianity

The Birth of a Nation is both a powerful movie that tackles the deepest nightmares of America and a cultural event that brings to the surface a number of challenging questions around art, the artist, and our digital histories.

In this podcast Barry Taylor joins the conversation. The first 30 minutes is a discussion of the film as a cultural event. The we get into the film with tons of spoilers. This episode is weighty and just the first of two episodes on the film. The second will appear next week with Adam Clark and Eboni Marshall Turman.

Check out this episode of Decode DC where historian Dr. Carl Bogus describes the role preservation of slavery and protection from slave revolts played in getting this amendment into the Bill of Rights.

Khalia joined the Hombrewed screening and blogged about it here at Kingdom Crowned.

Nathan discussed birth of a nation, Moltmann, and disability here: Rebirth of a Nation: Baptism and Disability.

Here is Gabrielle Union, who had a phenomenal performance in the movie, discussing her own experience of the controversy around Nate Parker and the film.

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How does embodiment and culture shape the way we think? That is a good question and in this episode Dr. John Sanders joins the podcast to talk about it. He has a new book out with Fortress titled Theology in the Flesh. After listening in you are gonna want to get a copy.

John Sanders is professor of religious studies at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. He is author of The God Who Risks (2007) and No Other Name(1992) and coauthor of The Openness of God (1994).

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In this episode we are gonna talk about Mary. I doubt you are prepared for this conversation with Sharon Jacob unless you have read her recent stellar book Reading Mary Alongside Indian Surrogate Mothers: Violent Love, Oppressive Liberation, and Infancy Narratives. In this book and our conversation looks to read the character of Mary in the infancy narratives...

In this episode we are gonna talk about Mary. I doubt you are prepared for this conversation with Sharon Jacob unless you have read her recent stellar book Reading Mary Alongside Indian Surrogate Mothers: Violent Love, Oppressive Liberation, and Infancy Narratives.

In this book and our conversation looks to read the character of Mary in the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew alongside the lives of experiences of the Indian surrogate mother living a postcolonial India. Reading Mary through these lenses helps to see this mother and her actions in a more ambivalent light, as a mother whose love is both violent and altruistic.

Dr. Sharon Jacob is a New Testament Professor at our podcast partner - Phillips Theological Seminary. She is also  a native of India, studied at Bangalore University, received a Master of Divinity from Lancaster Theological Seminary in 2003, and a Master of Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School in 2005. In 2013, she earned her PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity from Drew University.

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You've never experienced a VBS quite like this!

Listen as Walter Brueggemann talks politics, Kester Brewin gets high, Kristen Howerton makes Tripp choke on his laughter, and Barry Taylor discusses love songs.

You can check out Kester's newest book here, Reality, Grief, Hope by Walter here, and Kristen's website here.

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“Who is God?” or “What is God?” Living legend Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is on the podcast (for the third time) to help us understand what we are talking about when we talk about God. This tag team interview with Tripp and Scott MacDougall is a Trinitarian treat of Catholic theological brilliance. In this episode, Beth talks...

"Who is God?" or "What is God?"

Living legend Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is on the podcast (for the third time) to help us understand what we are talking about when we talk about God. This tag team interview with Tripp and Scott MacDougall is a Trinitarian treat of Catholic theological brilliance.

In this episode, Beth talks about:

• How Pannenberg and Barth have influenced her work
• Experience as a source of Theology
• Does the term "prophetic" apply to theologians?
• The risks of theology
• Divine action
• Science and religion
• And much, much more

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What does the piety of a Liberal Christian look like? How can a more liberal theology be embodied in personal and communal existence? We tackle these questions and more on this episode.

Professor Ottati is the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in North Carolina.  He is one of the best communicators I know.  Not only is he a top-notch nerd but he has a strong love for the church and bringing theological goodness into local congregations.

Previous Ottati visits to the podcast include:

• Why Write a Liberal Theology?

• The Genealogy of Liberal Theology

• A Liberal Christian Christology

On top of the most awesome first volume of Theology for Liberal Protestants you can check out Theology for Liberal Presbyterians and Other Endangered Species, Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today’s World, and Hopeful Realism: Recovering the Poetry of Theology.

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This episode is like rolling a theological Yahtzee.

Tripp is joined by co-host Trevor Malkinson and two titans of theology - Sallie McFague and John Cobb. What you are about to hear is so zesty, so drenched in wisdom, you might just wreck you car or walk into a pole.

To kick things off, John Cobb gives us some process hot takes on:

• retrieving Paul for progressive Christians
• science doesn't really hate God
• the problem of evil
• God's power
• and inter-religious relationality

Then, Sallie joins the group to share and reflect on a section from her book. To conclude, Trevor asks Sallie, John, and Tripp about where the find hope in a process worldview.

The Centre for (r)Evolutionary Theology was the sponsor for this event (here's the centre's twitter) and Canadian Memorial Church and the Centre for Peace was the host for the evening. Here's Tripp's sermon from the weekend. 

Books mentioned: Super, Natural Christians and For the Common Good

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Be prepared, Bart is a real evangelist. Bart Campolo, the Humanist Chaplain at the Univsersity of Southern California, talks with Tripp about: His story from Evangelical Christian to Evangelical Secular Humanist What happens when the Bible is no longer believed to be inerrent Why his dad named him Bart Communities and the narratives they use...