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In part 2 we hear from friend of the podcast Jeremy Fackenthal and then get Caputo's response to all the papers - including those from part 1.

If Jeremy Fackenthal sounds familiar, you may have heard him from the popular breakout session at EVTC 2012 session "Marx & Whitehead" or his previous AAR session on Occupy The Church.

We look forward to your feedback on these fantastic papers - which will be available in E-book format next month.

The Theology Nerd Throwdown is excited to welcome Chalice Press. They are the offical publishing sponsor with lots of great books and resources for theology nerds, preachers, and church planters. They just might become your #1 favorite progressive Christian publisher. So check them out.

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The HomeGrown Christianity series is pleased to welcome Jen Butler to discuss creation-care and Christian perspectives.

We talk about the unique opportunity of our times and the challenges that are posed when addressing eco-theology in a seminary setting.

The Reverend Jennifer L. Butler is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, where she currently serves in a call at First Congregational UCC in Corvallis, Oregon. In addition to pastoring, she is an adjunct instructor at George Fox Seminary, where she teaches ecology, theology, and ethics in the Earthkeeping concentration. Her first book (co-authored with two of her teaching colleagues), On Earth as in Heaven, will be published in 2014 by Baker Academic Press.

As you will hear in the interview, she wrote her master's thesis on ecofeminism and evangelicalism. You will enjoy her insights and passion about the variety of issues that impact the subject.

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The Caputo Session at AAR from the past year was amazing! This is part 1 of that night. Part 2 will follow in just a couple of days.

We look forward to your feedback on these fantastic papers - which will be available in E-book format next month. The Theology Nerd Throwdown is excited to welcome Chalice Press. They are the offical publishing sponsor with lots of great books and resources for theology nerds, preachers, and church planters. They just might become your #1 favorite progressive Christian publisher. So check them out.

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Who doesn’t love J.R.R. Tolkien, the mythology of Middle Earth, and getting to see Smaug (the most EPIC of all dragons) on the big screen?  If Led Zeppelin can sing about it and nerds can roll 12 sided dice about it, then it must be pretty awesome.  On Thursday February 6th we hosted a live video streaming podcast with Gregory Walter to nerd out about Tolkien’s world.  It was an amazing conversation in which you get convo about the book, movie, and all the Middle Earth mythology.

Our guest is Dr. Gregory Walter, a professor of religion and Pro Grade Hobbiter.  He is a professor at St. Olaf College and was recently on the podcast to discuss his new book Being Promised: Theology, Gift, and Practice.  At the end of the podcast we realized our mutual love for the Hobbit and this podcast idea was born!

You can check out the video HERE.

Gregory's list of the essential Tolkien texts can be found HERE.

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With 20 calls queued up ... we made it through exactly 3. When you hear the 3rd call you will understand.  We did listen to a bunch of them and plan to keep working through as many as possible so click that speak pipe button.

For more thoughts on the Pope (for Protestants) check out Bo's post from last week or read Tripp's (sort of) interview with the Pope.

Click that banner over to the left.  You get a free eBook of Tom Oord.  You can hear his podcast interview from a while back here.

The Theology Nerd Throwdown is excited to welcome Chalice Press. They are the official publishing sponsor with lots of great books and resources for theology nerds, preachers, and church planters. They just might become your #1 favorite progressive Christian publisher. So check them out.

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