Writing Religious Studies: Featuring Amos Yong, Alicia Myers, and Christopher Hoklotubbe
Summary: Do you ever wish you knew how other writers come up with ideas, research for essays, or write their books? In this episode, Zen speaks with Alicia Myers, Amos Yong, and Christopher Hoklotubbe...
21 Juli 20231h 28min
Interdisciplining Theology: How the Psychological Sciences Help Theological Studies
Summary: In this episode, Zen speaks with the Primary and Co-Investigators of “Illuminating Theological Inquiry and Christian Ethics Through Training in Psychological Science,” a 2.5 million dollar Jo...
14 Juli 202346min
Hearing History: Mandy McMichael on Interviewing Baptist Women in Ministry
Summary: In this episode, Zen speaks with Mandy McMichael about her project on Baptist Women in Ministry and the art of interviewing for historical research. Themes: Baptists, women in ministry, oral...
7 Juli 202326min
The Last Things (until Summer School!)
In this episode, Zen wraps up season one of Currents in Religion. In addition to giving thanks to our listeners and our guests, Zen shares about Summer School, which will be a short season in late Jun...
28 Apr 20234min
The Book of...Judges? Julian Chike on literary and historical issues in Judges
Why do we call the main characters in the Book of Judges “judges”? Compared to what judges are supposed to do in Deuteronomy, for example, the “judges” of Judges don’t really look like judges at all. ...
21 Apr 202344min
Trevor Hart on Christ and His Works
In this episode, the Rev. Dr. Trevor Hart joins us to discuss Jesus and his works, christology and soteriology. We discuss topics like substitution, deification, participation, particularity, and more...
14 Apr 202350min
The Cross and the Lynching Tree: Malcolm Foley on James Cone, Racism, and American Christianity
James Cone died five years ago this month. He is one of the legends of American theology, writing books like A Black Theology of Liberation, God of the Oppressed, and The Spirituals and the Blues. One...
7 Apr 202331min
Dave Nelson on Publishing Academic Books
In this episode, Dave Nelson talks about publishing academic books. He discusses the process of publishing a book, gives tips for turning a dissertation into a published book, and offers ideas on how ...
31 Mars 202331min
