Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

In this podcast Erin Law joins Tripp and Robyn to talk about her work in Somatics. They discuss... Why Erin Law is awesome. "Gender Trouble" as the Sermon on the Mount for humanity degrees... also Judith Butler is sometimes called J Buts. the nature of gender and sexuality what's the deal with Christianity and bodies? how friendship can become the place of resistance the oppressive technology of separation you should get Activist Theology -there is now an AUDIO version. Then Steed Davidson and Brian McLaren join the fun as we discuss... Dr. Steed Davidson is a post-colonial scholar of the Hebrew Bible at McCormick Theological Seminary. Tripp takes advice from a Homebrewed Community Member and gets Brian to talk to Steed about the role of post-colonial thought for the future of the church. the role of politics and empire in the Reformation translations of scripture King James... of the authorized version KJV Bible translation was gay the language of 'slavery' is used in expanding Protestanti

Dr. Jonathan Jong is a Research Fellow at Coventry University, and Deputy Director of the Brain, Belief and Behaviour group there. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford. Most of his current research is on the psychology of religion and the philosophical issues associated with the scientific study of religion. The Doctor is also a Reverend and Associate Priest at the parish church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford and the Web Editor for the St Mary Magdalen School of Theology. In this conversation we talked about... what is the scientific study of religion? what of religion is available to science? the role of humility in theological speculation how does cognitive science describe the origin of religion? what are the two big approaches to understanding the evolutionary origin of religion? how the relationship of our cognitive mechanisms and culture work together the role and function of culture in shaping humanity's religious dispos

This is a special live podcast episode. It was recorded at Wild Heaven Brewing in Atlanta Georgia with a bunch of our friends from McAfee School of Theology. During this zesty episode we discuss... what is a 'wet baptist'? Dean Greg DeLoach gives beer style intros to Profs on the Mics the nature of missionary dating and how it is absolutely not connected to the missionary posititon the nature of Baptist life and American Evangelicalism why David Gushee is sticking it to Stan... at least in podcasting. Tripp discusses Carmen. He is sorry. we meet Colin. he managed to publish a very zesty text as a student at McAfee with Dr. Gushee... Moral Leadership for a Divided Age: Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World why Ghandi might not be included in the second edition the inspiring life of Oscar Romero what question would you ask a Presidential Candidate to get at their moral leadership? "we are remembering faith, not an ideological faith" how comic books help you learn how to read the Bible wh

This is a zesty LIVE episode, recorded live in Nashville. I am joined by two friends, Stan Mitchell and Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. I get to ask them each 5 questions before we take questions from the people gathered for the fun. If you are wise you will get inspired to check out Robyn's new book. If you do... we got a bunch of goodies from Robyn to send you when you pre-order their new book Activist Theology. That's right, when you pre-order the book just forward the receipt to goactivistheology [at] gmail [dot] com and we will send you our class Theologies of Resistance and Robyn's lecture from Theology Beer Camp.  SEPTEMBER 27-28 - Cary, NC -  Called to Be Prophets I can't wait for this event. It is not only going to be my last in the USA before my family's move to the UK, but so many of my friends will be there. If you want to come to use the discount code TRIPP for 15% off. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad

Guess what theology nerds? This is a special announcement. I have just accepted a position as Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. There I will be part of a John Templeton Foundation project, God and the Book of Nature: Building a Science-Engaged Theology of Nature. It is hard to exaggerate how excited I am about this position and the opportunity to work in theological education. On top of that I will be able to interact and connect with a host of new voices for the podcast, across the pond. It really is a dream come true for this theology nerd. Here's where I would absolutely love your help. Taking an entry level academic position at a prestigious university will open doors in the long run, so we want to take the venture as a family. The transition over seas will have a pretty significant hit in our monthly income, but being frugal isn't the biggest concern, it is the rather daunting costs of moving over seas. That's why we setup a GoFundMe where you can make a tax-deductible donation to

Michael Reiss is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is professor of science education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is assistant director, research and development. We had a fun conversation about his recent Boyle lecture (you can watch it here). We discuss a number of topics: how is ethics framed and formed by our evolutionary heritage? Dawkins and the genes eye view the role of language and rituals in the formation of the self reflection how human fictions shape our living the emergence of religion within humanity and the social brain how religious practice preceded ethics and belief how ethics evolved among our species the nature of humanity's expanding in-group a shout out to Peter Singer You can find out more about the Religion and the Social Brian project here. He also has a number of articles available for download here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of

Dr. Michael J. Murray is the President of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and former Arthur and Katherine Shadek Chair in Philosophy and the Humanities at Franklin & Marshall College and Senior Vice President of Programs at the John Templeton Foundation. He received his BA from Franklin and Marshall and his MA and Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on two primary areas. The first is seventeenth century history of philosophy and theology, with a particular focus on the work of Gottfried Leibniz. The second is contemporary philosophy of religion. His most recent work focuses on the problem of evil and animal suffering, and cognitive and evolutionary accounts of the origin and persistence of religious belief and practice. In our wide-ranging conversation we discuss... fine-tuning gene-editing climate change the theological significance of science cognitive science of religion evolutionary psychology cultivating vocations in science among the church the origins of religion

John D. Caputo is a hybrid philosopher/theologian who works in the area of radical theology. Prof. Caputo has spearheaded a notion he calls “weak theology,” by which he means a “poetics” of the “event” that is harbored in the name (of) God, or that “insists” in the name (of) “God,” a notion that depends upon a reworking of the notions of event in Derrida to theological ends. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a long time I have been a fan of John Haught's work. He is a Catholic theologian, invested in the conversation between religion and science, who brings together two of my favorite thinkers - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead. His recent award winning book, The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe, Haught's mature theological voice is at work in a serious way. There he argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration.  We discuss that and a number of other topics in this conversation including... Big History and its inside story the relationship of religion and science Layered Explanations of reality and meaning 3-fold pattern of growth: Divergence, Convergence, and Emergence the cosmological literalism of the New Atheists - a modernist form of fundamentalism the narrative shape of the cosmos Teilhard, Lonergan, Whitehead, Polyani the nature of religion in the evolution of homo

I am pumped to share this episode with you. For a long time I have enjoyed the work of biologist Kenneth R. Miller and over the course of this conversation we cover a number of topics which include... How the poetry of Thomas Merton help bring Ken back to faith His role in the debates between Creation Science, Intelligence Design, and Evolution "if Augustine and Aquinas were around today, they would be evolutionists" on the craft of being a baseball umpire the nature of Biblical truth and scientific discovery stories from the legal battles over Intelligent Design the overwhelming evidence for a common ancestor how humans are unique among the natural world the failure of Sam Harris' argument on free will a sweet E.O. Wilson story on free will and its necessity for science his friendship and disagreement with Stephen Jay Gould about NOMA Ken's theory of mind and consciousness he argues against Nagel about the nature of consciousness we discuss emergence via complexity Kenneth R. Miller is Pro

The dynamic duo of dialectical theology - David Congdon & Travis McMaken - are on the podcast. These two scholars, friends, and theological provocateurs are here to bring you some dialectical theology.   This conversation was recorded in their hotel room at the American Academy of Religion. Their room may or may not have had a bunch of crystals surrounding a giant collection of analytic theology texts.   Travis was on the podcast in the past talking about Why God loves Justice and Why Go Barthian?.   David joined the podcast to talk Bultmann’s Mission of Demythologizing.   If you are inspired you should go join the Society for Dialectical Theology In this podcast we discuss.... - the day David convinced Travis the bodily resurrection wasn't necessary - dialectical theology's relationship to theological tradition - what does the term "event" mean for DT? - humans are messed up and are not the solution of our problem - the kenosis of the patriarchy - theology for the religiously unaffiliated - sadly Travis ha

Reza Aslan is back on the podcast with the release of God: A Human History in paperback. Reza Aslan is a best-selling author (Zealot, No god But God), commentator, professor, and producer for The Leftovers (HBO), Of Kings and Prophets (ABC), Rough Draft (Ovation), and Believer (CNN). In our conversation we discuss a bunch of topics... the birth of God in human history cognitive science of religion evolutionary account of religion Reza resists scientific reductionism what comes first, myth or rituals? what is going on in religion? why religion is not primarily about beliefs, but identity the ignorance of ignoring religion a prophetic voice in a multi-traditioned culture Reza's enthusiastic endorsement of Pete Buttigieg for President why Donald Trump is personified evil a minister who will not stand against racism is failing parenting in a multi-faith family Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

Earlier this week we were joined by A. Ron from the Bald Move podcast. His co-author for Gods of Thrones and historical Jesus scholar, Dr. Anthony Le Donne, is on the podcast talking comparative religion in the Game of Thrones. We have too much fun and get to a bunch of topics... Game of Thrones as a secular apocalypse narrative GOT and LOTR (Lord of the Rings) eucatastrophe in LOTR the end of ethical theories how Martin sees the nature of religion the influence of Catholicism and Roman religion the cultural phenomenon of GOT and its growing tribe anxiety, agency, and our global crises White Walkers and the Ecological Crisis blood and incest introduction to comparative religion in Westeros why fan theory is awesome from canonical texts to post-canonical TV how GOT tackles changing norms the historical Jesus had warts GOT and the emergence of a promo-democracy how to finish the books if Martin can't an aside on the politics of historical Jesus research Anthony Le Donne is Assistant Prof

WINTER IS COMING!  A. Ron of the Bald Move is on the podcast talking podcasting, online community, and Game of Thrones (GOT). It is fun. Not only is A. Ron host of my favorite GOT podcast, but he recently put out a two volume exploration of the religions of GOT. George R.R. Martin, author of GOT, recognized that many fantasy works (like LOTR) may explore religious themes, but they rarely have a rich tapestry of religious life. That is not a problem in Westeros. I hope you enjoy the episode and get prepared for part two late this week with Dr. Anthony Le Donne. In our conversation we cover a bunch of ground, including: How A. Ron fell in love with science fiction and fantasy forming community online and the Bald Move the Game of Thrones (GOT) experience what explains the cultural phenomenon that is GOT what is Martin getting at in the end game of GOT thinking through the redemptive arcs in GOT what are the motivations of the white walkers the Wall as the DMZ zone of the ancient war who is going to

Michael Ruse was a complete treat as a guest. He is an insightful, energetic, and humorous conversation partner. On top of that, as a philosopher of science, Dr. Ruse brings a career's worth of insights into the present state of the religion and science conversation. I have quite a bit of gratitude that Dr. Ruse took his time to join the podcast. During the podcast we discuss: the changing shape of the relationship between Religion - Science the battle over Creationism is there a purpose? the meaning of life the problem of holism evil, violence, and the problem of war the New Atheism as a Secular Religion  moving beyond original sin growing up Quaker during war Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University. He's a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution co

I am super duper pumped to share my conversation with Robert Wright. For a long time I have enjoyed Bob's podcast, books, and his new post-Trump newsletter. His return to the podcast follows my visit this past week on his own, which was a bunch of fun. Here's a number of topics we tackle: Why Buddhism is True The problem with getting rid of prayers of confession from worship Why everyone could use a class in evolutionary psychology Western love of secular buddhism Robert asks Tripp about confirmation and facilitating experiments in truth What is a "wet baptist"? The role and desire of religious rituals Can religions leave competition behind? Can Christianity become a wisdom tradition? The New Agnosticism The hard problem of consciousness "purpose" in the story of evolution the possibility of moral progress how a simple theist may end up being more accurate than the New Atheists how Process theology's multiple ultimates gives a different way to connect eastern and wes

What is morality for? Where did 'the good' come from? Is the human even a trustworthy partner for asking these questions? In this episode I am joined by Dr. Robert Kurzban, an evolutionary psychologist, who has spent his life studying human behavior through an evolutionary framework. Robert was a complete blast to converse with and I grateful he took the time to talk to me off a cold email through the digital-space. Over the course of our time you will get to know a bit about his own life and research, including.... What is Evolutionary Psychology? A Modular Brain? The evolutionary origins and functions of morality and virtue How we hide our agendas from ourselves Climate Change and the public good problem How people of faith can endorse policies counter to the basic tenants of their faith Religion and the abortion debate The coercive force of spotting hypocrisy The role of wisdom in overcoming our biological hardware Robert Kurzban is an evolutionary psychologist and author of two very readable

Physicist and regular contributor to the religion & science conversation, Dr. Karl Giberson is on the podcast. You will get to hear the inside story of this ex-evangelical scientist's changing relationship to science and the church he first knew. Ultimately Dr. Giberson couldn't see a way for the American evangelical community to reconcile with science and today, while still a Christian, works in a Catholic context. The topics we cover are wide-ranging and include: Physics & Cosmology the Multiverse (and his skepticism) the fine-tuning of the universe chance, randomness, and divine action (the lack of a) literal Adam and Eve life after evangelicalism LGBTQ equality in the church evangelical anti-intellectualism Dr. Giberson holds a PhD in Physics from Rice University. Dr. Giberson has lectured on science-and-religion at the Vatican, Oxford University, London’s Thomas Moore Institute, and at many prestigious American venues including MIT, Brigham Young University and Xavier University. Dr. Giberso

You don't have to be an Old Testament hater. I know it seems popular and pretty easy to dismiss the Hebrew scriptures, BUT it is a heresy and almost all the reasons you will think of apply to the New Testament as well. Here's the deal - the reason we are easily attracted to ditching the Hebrew scriptures may be we really don't want to read, hear, and listen as they intend to be heard. For that very reason I was pumped to Rolf Jacobson write the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament. The book is awesome. We talk about the book and a bunch of other things in this podcast. I also hadn't preached in 2 weeks when we recorded it, so there's a small sermonette in the middle of it. [You can avoid a sermonette in the middle of a podcast by inviting me to speak :)] Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we are going to talk about a bunch of different topics in the larger science and religion conversation. Topics include cosmic history, divine action, the history of religions, astrotheology, and even extraterrestrial life. We are joined by a living legend in the field, Ted Peters. Ted is a Research Professor at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He is Research Professor Emeritus in Systematic Theology and Ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. You can check out his personal website for an overview of all his different work. The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences has a bunch of resources. Below are links to a few articles of Dr. Peters that touch our conversation:  "From Big History to Cosmic History" , "Introducing Astrotheology", "Science and Religion: Ten Models of War, Truce, and Partnership", "Should CRISPR Scientists Play God?", "Transhumanism and the Posthuman Future: Will Technological Progress Get Us There?" Follow the podcast, drop a review, se