The McKrakenCast

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The McKrakenCast episodes

  • Helmut Gollwitzer: Forgotten Left-Wing Barthian

    This 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!

    26 min
  • Biography 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).

    25 min
  • Barthian and Process Theologians in Dialogue (Part 1), with Nichole Torbitzky

    Rev. 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

    24 min
  • On Julian of Norwich, with Kate Hanch

    This 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

    28 min
  • Introducing Dialectical Theology, with David Congdon

    David 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/2gbBblH


    Follow David on Twitter: @dwcongdon

    47 min
  • Questions & Answers about John Calvin

    John 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. 

    18 min
  • Top 5 Books I Read in 2017

    I 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 Context
  • Tillich, The Socialist Decision
  • Prum, The Evolution of Beauty 
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    15 min

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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:…