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Dr. W. Travis McMaken carries on conversations with friends, books he’s reading, and the strange voices inside his head. He is a professor of religion and author of books on theology. On Twitter: @WTr... more
FAQs about The McKrakenCast:How many episodes does The McKrakenCast have?The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
April 25, 2019Helmut Gollwitzer: Forgotten Left-Wing BarthianThis is the live recording of my presentation to the Karl Barth Society of North America at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Boston (2017), with a brief, informal introduction by George Hunsinger.Get my book on Gollwitzer here!...more26minPlay
April 24, 2019Biography of a Calvin Reader (How I Read John Calvin, part 1)This is the first in a three-part series on How I Read John Calvin. Thanks to Joshua Torrey (Twitter: @JoshuaTorrey) for sparking the idea.At one point I say that McNeill published a selection of the Institutes; I should have said that Donald McKim did so.Elsie McKee's book is entitled, The Pastoral Ministry and Worship in Calvin’s Geneva (Geneva: Droz, 2016)....more25minPlay
April 24, 2019Barthian and Process Theologians in Dialogue (Part 1), with Nichole TorbitzkyRev. Dr. Nichole Torbitzky, one of my colleagues in the Lindenwood University Philosophy & Religion program, joins me to discuss Colin Gunton's book on Karl Barth and Charles Hartshorne - Becoming and Being - in an effort to help Barthian and Process theologians understand each other better. This is part 1 of a multi-part series. Follow Nichole on Twitter: @ntorbitzky...more24minPlay
April 24, 2019On Julian of Norwich, with Kate HanchThis is my interview with Rev. Kate Hanch about Julian of Norwich. We discuss Dame Julian's sociohistorical context, her doctrine of the Trinity, the metaphors that she uses for God and for Jesus, what texts you should read to get to know her better, and more. We also talk a little about what it means to be a Cooperative Baptist.Follow Kate on Twitter: @KateHanch...more28minPlay
April 23, 2019Introducing Dialectical Theology, with David CongdonDavid Congdon joins me as we provide an introduction to dialectical theology and announce the launch of the new Society for Dialectical Theology.If you would like to join the Society for Dialectical Theology, follow this link: http://bit.ly/2gbBblHFollow David on Twitter: @dwcongdon...more47minPlay
April 23, 2019Questions & Answers about John CalvinJohn Calvin was the leading Protestant reformer in Geneva, Switzerland, during the second generation of the Reformation. One of the founders of the Reformed / Presbyterian tradition, his theology remains highly influential for many people still today. In this episode, I answer some questions about all that. ...more18minPlay
April 23, 2019Top 5 Books I Read in 2017I read a lot of books in 2017. Here are my top 5.Featured books:(#OGLJ) McMaken, Our God Loves Justice Ch’en, Buddhism in China Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree Van Buren, Christ in ContextTillich, The Socialist DecisionPrum, The Evolution of Beauty ...more15minPlay
FAQs about The McKrakenCast:How many episodes does The McKrakenCast have?The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.