John Dominic Crossan: Saving the Biblical Christmas Stories
It is almost time for our next online class and John Dominic Crossan is here to lure to join Christmas Stories🙂 John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American biblical scholar with two-year post-doctoral diplomas in exegesis from Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute and in archeology from Jerusalem’s École Biblique. He has been a mendicant friar and a… Read more about John Dominic Crossan: Saving the Biblical Christmas Stories
21 Marras 202239min
John Thatamanil: What we do when we do theology
John Thatamanil returns to the podcast and it is one zesty conversation!! We were both in Napa, California for the Power & the God of Love conference. The event was wonderful and getting to record in person with one of my favorite theologians was a real treat. Dr. Thatamanil is Professor of Theology & World Religions at… Read more about John Thatamanil: What we do when we do theology
18 Marras 20221h 9min
Diana Butler Bass: Ruining Election Night Dinner
Diana Bass is back on the podcast for a session of our ongoing series “Ruining Dinner.” We talk about religion and politics with a bunch of zest. Normally these conversations are for our community members, but we decided to share this one far and wide. To be a part of future zoom sessions and get access to… Read more about Diana Butler Bass: Ruining Election Night Dinner
9 Marras 20221h 51min
John Dominic Crossan: the most important discovery for understanding Jesus
Thrilled to announce our upcoming Advent class with John Dominic Crossan. If you want to dig into the Biblical Christmas narratives with one of the most respected New Testament scholars alive, then signup. It will feature 4 visual lectures, live QnA, a discussion of his book ‘the First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About… Read more about John Dominic Crossan: the most important discovery for understanding Jesus
2 Marras 20221h 23min
Ryan Burge: Evangelical Jews, Educated Church-Goers, & other bits of dizzying data
A couple of months ago, Ryan joined to discuss recent data on religion in America. It was a very popular episode, and members of the Homebrewed Community requested more charts! Here it is. Ryan P. Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. Author of numerous journal articles, he is the… Read more about Ryan Burge: Evangelical Jews, Educated Church-Goers, & other bits of dizzying data
29 Loka 20221h 43min
Brian McLaren: Should I Stay Christian if I don’t Believe?
This is the final live stream QnA from the Do I Stay Christian? online class. It was a complete blast to hang with Brian and a couple thousand readers 🙂 To join Brian, Tripp, and a bunch of their friends at Southern Lights: an Adventure in Progressive Christianity this January head over here. If you decide to come… Read more about Brian McLaren: Should I Stay Christian if I don’t Believe?
27 Loka 20221h 22min
Mariana Rios Maldonado: Ethics & Otherness in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
Mariana Rios Maldonado completed her undergraduate studies in Literature and Spanish Linguistics at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico, and her master’s degree in Comparative Literature at the Peter Szondi Institute in Berlin’s Freie Universität. Her research focuses on the influence of Germanic mythology and culture in contemporary literature, Germanophonic fantastic literature between the 18thand… Read more about Mariana Rios Maldonado: Ethics & Otherness in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
23 Loka 20221h 23min
Theology Beer Camp Debrief
WOW! Theology Beer Camp was amazing! I had to debrief it with some friends so I invited Nick Polk (Tolkien Heads), Kevin Garcia (Tiny Revolution), Sarah Heath (REVcovery), and Sam Perez (FUNctional Adults /Skip Sandwich Deluxe) to join the conversation. Want to be the first to find out details for Theology Beer Camp 2023? Just sign… Read more about Theology Beer Camp Debrief
19 Loka 20221h 51min