This Is Not Church Podcast

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This Is Not Church podcast offers a compelling and thought-provoking exploration of the intersections between deconstruction, activism, spirituality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as vital issue... more

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February 03, 2025The Quest For Thin Places: A Conversation With Dana Hicks
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by The Story Of Christianity Told As Good News For All by Ric Machuga. Published by Quoir and available now.
In this episode we chat with Dana Robert Hicks
Dana Robert Hicks is an Amazon best-selling author, public theologian, and ecclesiastical disrupter whose writings revolve around the themes of culture, change, and spirituality. For over 30 years, he served as a church planter, pastor, university professor, and leadership developer. He now calls Phoenix, Arizona home where he likes to golf, ride his road bicycle, find the perfect Mexican food, and obsess a little too much about the National League Champion Arizona Diamondbacks. He is the President of The Open Table Network - a progressive network that ordains faith leaders so they can be people of love within communities of love. He is also the Chief Operating Officer for Azura - a social services agency that exists to alleviate poverty in the State of Arizona.
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1h 3min
January 27, 2025Fire In The Whole: A Conversation With Robert Callahan
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by The Reconstructionist by Jonathan Foster. Published by Quoir and available now.
In this episode we chat with Robert Callahan
Robert is a prolific writer and accomplished attorney, dedicated to his practice at Callahan & King, PLLC in the heart of Texas. In 2020, Robert was named Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Gonzaga University and a Juris Doctorate at Baylor University School of Law where he serves as an adjunct professor of Integrating Faith and Legal Practice. With an undeniable talent for blending humor and insight, he takes the spotlight in the arena’s three-ring circus of law, race, and religion. Robert’s prowess extends beyond his legal expertise; he’s also a second-degree black belt in the venerable art of Snark. Together with his wife, he revels in their interracial love story, a source of inspiration that has blessed them with three wonderful children, three insistent canine companions, and a mountain of student loan debt.
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Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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1h 4min
January 20, 2025Honoring Her Journey: A Conversation With Leslie Nease
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by Drugs and Jesus: Faith Meets Harm Reduction by Joshua Lawson. Published by Quoir and available now
In this episode we chat with Leslie Nease
Leslie Nease, formerly recognized as Sister Christian from Survivor China, boasts a multifaceted background as a former Christian Radio Show Host, Speaker, and Writer specializing in women's ministry. Transitioning from her prominent role in faith-based media, Leslie embarked on a profound journey of deconstruction, reevaluating her former faith tradition. Today, she extends her expertise and empathy to others navigating similar paths through her podcast, "Honoring the Journey," and her coaching enterprise, dedicated to guiding individuals through life and faith transitions.
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Jonathan_Foster   Sacred Thoughts   Holy Heretics   Reframing Our Stories   Bros Bibles & Beer   Liminal Living
Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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1h 2min
January 13, 2025The Black Utopians: A Conversation With Aaron Robertson
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel by D.T. Bryant. Published by Quoir and Available January 14th
In this episode we chat with Aaron Robertson
Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Jonathan_Foster   Sacred Thoughts   Holy Heretics   Reframing Our Stories   Bros Bibles & Beer   Liminal Living
Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric!
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1h 2min
January 06, 2025Making Room: A Conversation With Carl Siciliano
This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Heretic Too by Matthew J. Distefano. Published by Quoir and available now.
In this episode we chat with Carl Siciliano
Carl Siciliano is a nationally recognized advocate and provider for homeless LGBTQ youth. In 2002, Siciliano founded the Ali Forney Center (AFC), which has grown to become the nation’s largest and most comprehensive housing program for homeless LGBTQ youth. His work has been featured by NPR, CNN, The Daily Show, and New York magazine. His writing has appeared in HuffPost, The Advocate, and The New York Times.
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Jonathan_Foster   Sacred Thoughts   Holy Heretics   Reframing Our Stories   Bros Bibles & Beer   Liminal Living
Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric!
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1h 4min
December 30, 2024Judaism Is About Love: A Conversation With Rabbi Shai Held
This Quircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Theological Musings Volume II by Dillon Naber Cruz. Published by Quoir and available now.
In this episode we chat with Rabbi Shai Held
Rabbi Shai Held-- philosopher, theologian, and Bible scholar-- is President and Dean at the Hadar Institute. He received the prestigious Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, and has been named multiple times by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America and by the Jewish Daily Forward as one of the fifty most prominent Jews in the world. Rabbi Held is the author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence (2013), The Heart of Torah (2017), and Judaism is About Love (2024) and he is the host of Hadar's newest podcast, Answers WithHeld.
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Jonathan_Foster   Sacred Thoughts   Holy Heretics   Reframing Our Stories   Bros Bibles & Beer   Liminal Living
Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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1h 5min
December 23, 2024The Great Search: A Conversation With John Philip Newell
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by What Can't Be Hidden by Branon Andress. Published by Quoir and available now
In this episode we chat with John Philip Newell
John Philip Newell is a renowned Celtic teacher and author known for his spirituality teachings that inspire a reawakening to the sacredness of Earth and humanity. Canadian-born and Scottish, he lives with his wife Ali in the Findhorn ecovillage in Scotland. Founder of the Earth & Soul initiative, he teaches internationally, leads pilgrimages on Iona, and has authored over fifteen books, including the award-winning Sacred Earth Sacred Soul. His upcoming book, The Great Search (August 2024), explores humanity’s spiritual yearnings amidst religion’s decline. A self-described “wandering teacher,” he integrates Celtic poetic and scholarly traditions with spiritual, ecological, and political awareness. Newell relinquished his Church of Scotland ordination in 2020 but remains a “grateful son of the Christian household” engaging with diverse spiritual wisdom. He has received accolades like the Contemplative Voices Award and the Sacred Universe Award for his contributions to spirituality and ecological compassion.
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57min
December 16, 2024American Christian Nationalism: A Conversation With Michael Austin
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by God, Sex, And Rich People by Mattie Jo Cowsert. Published by Quoir and available now.
In this episode we chat with Michael Austin
Michael W. Austin is Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. He has published twelve books, most recently Humility: Rediscovering the Way of Love and Life in Christ and QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories.
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Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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1h 3min
December 09, 2024God, Sex, And Rich People: A Conversation With Mattie Jo Cowsert
This Quoircast podcast is brought to you by Theological Musings Vol. 2 by Dillon Naber Cruz. Published by Quoir and available now
In this episode we chat with Mattie Jo Cowsert
Mattie Jo grew up the youngest daughter of four kids in a Midwest, wholesome, Christian household. She lived in Branson, Missouri. which was a lot like being on a kitschy, yet charming movie set all the time, but a movie set nonetheless. Now a professional actor and author, she's ready to book that Hallmark Christmas movie so people back home know she's really made it.
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Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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1h 10min
December 02, 2024Rebirth Of A Nation: A Conversation With Joel Edward Goza
This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by High Minds Podcast. Taking Culture, sports, politics, religion, and entertainment to the next level.
In this episode we chat with Joel Edward Goza
Joel Edward Goza is a Professor of Ethics and the Director of Academic Partnerships at the HBCU Simmons College of Kentucky. In addition, Joel offers Simmons’ courses in Kentucky Prisons. Joel is the author of two books: America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics and Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America. Joel has also published in the LA Times, The Hill, The Houston Chronicle, The Louisville Courier Journal, Religion News Service, and Salon. Before focusing on writing and teaching, Joel worked in urban redevelopment and community activism for over a decade. Joel is a graduate of Wheaton College and received his Master’s of Divinity from Duke University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas. When not working, Joel spends his time pestering his family.
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Jonathan_Foster   Sacred Thoughts   Holy Heretics   Reframing Our Stories   Bros Bibles & Beer   Liminal Living
Love Covered Life   The Social Jesus Project   I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist   Radical Love Live   The God Squad
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56min

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