Black Lives Matter to Jesus: Marcus Jerkins on Salvation and Race in Luke-Acts
In this episode, Zen chats with Rev. Dr. Marcus Jerkins about his book, Black Lives Matter to Jesus: The Salvation of Black Life and All Life in Luke and Acts. The book explores the significance of Bl...
10 Feb 202329min
Adaptive Church: Dustin Benac on Collaborative Christian Communities
In this episode, we chat with Dustin Benac about his new book Adaptive Church: Collaboration and Community in a Changing World (Baylor University Press 2022). The book studies the way Christian commun...
3 Feb 202338min
Getting a Religion PhD at Baylor University: A Conversation with Katherine Ellis
In this episode, I speak with Katherine Ellis about getting a PhD in Baylor's Religion Department. We talk about the various stages of the program, from course work to dissertation. We talk about fund...
27 Jan 202332min
Rotten Epiphany: Mikeal Parsons and Cody Sanders talk Corpse Care
“What is the revelatory potential of the corpse?” That is the question that Cody Sanders and Mikeal Parsons seek to answer in their new book, Corpse Care: Ethics for Tending the Dead. Here's the book'...
20 Jan 20231h
Should We Abandon Inclusion? Erin Raffety on Disability and the Church
For many, the term “inclusion” is the end all for social justice efforts. But, in her new book, Erin Raffety suggests that “inclusion” doesn’t work, at least in churches with disabled people. Listen t...
13 Jan 202350min
Baptists in 2022 with Elizabeth Flowers and Doug Weaver
In this episode, Elizabeth (Betsy) Flowers and Doug Weaver discuss Baptist-related headlines from 2022. Topics include Christian nationalism, women in pastoral ministry, and the sexual abuse scandal i...
23 Des 202241min
Christmas Through History and Around the World
In this Christmas special, three church historians share about Christmas throughout history and around the world. David Wilhite, Allison Brown, and David Chrisna discuss the origins of celebrating Chr...
23 Des 202234min
Micheal O'Siadhail on Faith, Poetry, and Daring to Love
In this episode, Zen speaks with Micheal O’Siadhail about his newly published Testament, a collection of poems published by Baylor University Press. In addition to readings from Testament, we discuss ...
16 Des 202232min
