Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

It's a new year and you better get your geek out for this one! This is the second half of the live HBC podcast from the American Academy of Religion. After Tony Jones and I interviewed the zesty German one - Moltmann - we hosted an impromptu all-star panel of HBC regulars discussing the work and influence of Moltmann's ground-breaking text The Crucified God. First our friends Philip Clayton and Scot Paeth kicked things off with us discussing the pathos of God, the Trinity, liberation theology and a number of other topics. 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

I am super pumped to share one of the most amazing conversations of the year. Rabbi Brad Artson is on the podcast dropping some Jewish Process Theology! He is author of Renewing the Process of Creation and God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and they are straight up awesome. If you are looking for introductory level texts about Process theology then you really need to check them out. Most importantly there are ZERO reasons not to subscribe to his podcast. LITERALLY ZERO REASONS. Bradley Shavit "Brad" Artson (born 1959) is an American rabbi, author, speaker, and the occupant of the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California, where he is Vice-President. He supervises the Louis and Judith Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and provides educational and religious oversight for Camp Ramah of California. He is Dean of the Zecharias Frankel College at the University of Potsdam

God. God! God? God:) God is the topic of this debacle. It is not a great debacle nor a tremendous debacle, but the Almighty Debacle. Is there an Ultimate Reality behind the ideas, images, myths and passion of religion? Can a plausible understanding of God be articulated in light of science? Is the world better off if humanity got over God or got right with God? These questions and more will be explored during the God Debacle! The God Debacle features two friends of the Homebrewed Podcast, LeRon Shults and Philip Clayton. There was a time when these two philosophers of science would have been allies in the academic pursuit of the divine. Today LeRon is no longer a Christian or even a theist and recently published a book exploring how God is both born and borne by humanity, Theology After the Birth of God. Philip recently published his book The Predicament of Belief and Confronting the Predicament of Belief in which he argues for the reality of God in light of contemporary science.  If you don't believe me a

Jurgen Moltmann is on the podcast! Moltmann is the most influential theologian from the 2nd half of the 20th century. In this episode you will get to hear Moltmann answer our questions like a theological champ. His one liners are inappropriately zesty! This is the first half of the live HBC podcast from the American Academy of Religion. You will get to hear Tony Jones and I interview the zesty German one - Moltmann! During the podcast we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Moltmann's ground-breaking text The Crucified God. We were also joined by Jennifer McBride and Philip Clayton. Get ready for the excitement!! 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

Tom Oord is on the podcast to discuss his excellent new book The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence. Providence is one of those topics that bring up all sorts of topics like divine action, the problem of evil, the goodness of God, miracles, prayer and essential kenosis. I have to admit that we not only chat up his book, but we start nerding out with our geeks out at a high volume. Prepare to have too much fun. Check out Austin's review of the book for more details. In the conversation we also discuss John Sanders' The God Who Risks, Philip Clayton and Stephen Knapp's The Predicament of Belief, and my new book on Jesus. 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

This week on the podcast we are joined by the author of the brand new Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus. Friend of the podcast, Greg Horton, conducted the interview in front of a packed house at TapWerks in Oklahoma City. 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

It's a soapy blabbery with Peter Rollins and Tony Jones. This was recorded during the Soapbox event hosted by Pete here in Redondo Beach. The attendees were hanging out, having brews and being jovial while we blabbed. Pete explains the gospel of radical theology, Tripp discusses process and Tony giggles. Plus you hear everyone's worst public speaking event. Enjoy 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

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It is time to Nerd Out with your Geek Out! This episode of TNT was hosted on Blab, a new social media platform, and I really enjoyed it. Hopefully this will become a more frequent happening and I can connect with more of the listeners on the video screen. Make sure to check out my Blab profile and follow it so you are notified next time we go live. PS Blab hates the Safari web browser. You can view the unedited video of the session here. 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

It is time to discuss a robust affirmation of God in conversation with non-dual thinking, spiral dynamics and integral philosophy. Steve McIntosh is back on the podcast for the fun. We discuss his new book The Beauty of the Infinite and after you hear this conversation I suggest you get your 'click' on and get the book headed your way. Steve McIntosh  is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and author of the new book on spiritual experience: The Presence of the Infinite (Quest 2015). Steve is also author of Evolution’s Purpose (SelectBooks 2012), and Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Paragon House 2007). He currently works as President and Co-Founder of the nonprofit social policy organization: The Institute for Cultural Evolution. In addition to this think tank, and his work in philosophy, McIntosh has had a variety of other successful careers, including founding the consumer products company Now & Zen, practicing law with one of America’s largest firms, working as an executive wi

It is time to talk about the church. I am joined by Scott MacDougall who is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Let me just tell you now that this episode is a nerdy good time. Not only is Scott an actual HBC Deacon but he is the professor of a Deacon of legendary proportions - Aron Klinefelter - and comes on good recommendation. [This is me subtly suggesting if you have had an awesome prof who should be on HBC play theological match maker] MacDougall received his M.A. in theology from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church and his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Fordham University. We discuss his new book More Than Communion and lots of other connected topics. In More Than Communion: Toward an Eschatological Ecclesiology Scott seeks to expand the general ideas of communion ecclesiology (understood broadly), by suggesting they often pay insufficient attention to eschatology, which has deleterious effects on the church's theological imagin

Are you prepared for not one - but two - amazing podcasts? On this episode of Homebrewed Christianity you get to hear high quality audiological goodness about Embracing the Other and How to Read the Bible. Harvey Cox is the legendary Harvard scholar of religion and one of my favorite Baptist scholars on planet earth. In our conversation he tells us how to read the Bible... which is convenient because that is also the name of his new book. I am sure you will want to check the book out after listening to this gem! Grace Ji Sun Kim is an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion and author of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Spirit (which you can pre-order right now). In this episode she talks about her brand new book, that I loved every ePage of, Embracing the Other: the Transformative Spirit of Love.   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

It is time to prepare yourself for the #GodDebacle. There is no one better to have on to prime the pump than Wesley Widman. As fellow scholar and friend of both Philip Clayton and LeRon Shults he is not only able to introduce the landscape of the debacle but the participants as well. He even ends the podcast with some rather specific questions towards both of them! Wesley Wildman is a professor at Boston University, in the Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Department within the School of Theology. He teaches and writes in those areas, and also in religion and science issues--especially the scientific study of religion. To support the scientific study of religion, he co-founded the Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion and the instant-feedback survey site Explore My Religion.  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

It is International Podcast Day! Ok I am sure that won't change your world today but it was a good reason to talk to Peter Rollins. We got to catch up with each other since he got back from a trip to Ireland. We discuss a bunch of things...  a bunch of upcoming events Pete's beef over total depravity with Jack Caputo bowel movements we review a Sartre book without reading it Pete tells me how awesome my Jesus book is. So go buy it here or on amazon. how awesome podcasting is Demons and exorcisms undercover atheist ministers & how to (not) to get rid of them Pete's christian rap band and other things. explosive things. 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

Philip Clayton is on the podcast and we are talking the shape of postmodern theology. Phil came on so we could let you know about the National Summit on Reimagining Theological Education. It is gonna be kicking off a new initiative in theological education and as you will hear our listeners are people they are looking to connect with. Recently Philip published his follow up to The Predicament of Belief, Confronting the Predicament of Belief. In it he tackles some direct push backs to the thesis he argues in POB from philosophers and scientists of different perspectives. In this podcast we discuss some of those topics and have some nerdy fun. Join us for the first National Summit on Reimagining Theological Education (Oct 9-11 in Chicago) featuring some of the most innovative and out-of-the-box programs in theological education.  Leaders of these programs will be present to share what is groundbreaking about their curriculum, how they teach and market it, and what kinds of leaders they are seeking to develop

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JC is on the podcast! That's right it is Just Catherine (Keller). During the podcast we discuss her amazing new book Cloud of the Impossible and the connections between the apophatic tradition, contemporary science and process theology. This podcast episode is sponsored by Subverting the Norm III. STN3 (November 5-7) is that most awesome of an event in Springfield Missouri in which Keller, Caputo, Rollins, and more will be bringing the theological heat. Be there. Use the code HBCSTN for a discount. The day before on November 4th Jack Caputo and I will be putting on a Theology Nerd Bootcamp. If you want to nerd out in a very significant way then you should be there. Sign-up now! Catherine Keller is Professor of Constructive Theology at the Theological School of Drew University. In her teaching, lecturing and writing, she develops the relational potential of a theology of becoming. Her books reconfigure ancient symbols of divinity for the sake of a planetary conviviality—a life together, across vast webs of d

In this episode you get not one, but two awesome interviews. I conducted these interviews in the Hatchery smart classroom from the General Assembly of the Disciples of Christ. The Hatchery is the new alternative seminary where I am now the Director of Theology and the Humanities. Check it out if you if you are looking for a school or awesome event on the beach in SoCal to attend. Jack Caputo is a world renown philosopher and friend of the podcast. In this conversation we discuss his brand new book from Fortress' Theology for the People line Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim.  If you want some more Caputo then you should join us for a day of philosophical geekery in Springfield MO November 4th. We will be putting on a Theology Nerd Bootcamp at Brentwood Christian Church the day before Subverting the Norm III kicks off. Get a discount to STN with the code HBCSTN. You can see the video of the conversation w/ Jack here. Adam Clark is an Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier Universit

It is always good to hear from Jack Caputo. This is his keynote lecture from the End of Religion conference which HBC partnered with Villanova University to bring to your ear buds. After Jack drops some of his wisdom there is a panel featuring Westphal, Robbins, and Simmons. It is sure to prick your imagination. 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

Ethicists love to talk about war and peace. Theologians regularly debate the merits of pacifism verses just-war. The biggest problem with theses conversations is just how foreign the actual experience and situation of the solider is from the debates. On the show this week is Logan Isaac and Matt Moorman from the Centurion's Guild. Matt was a friend of Tripp's from high school turned solider turned minister and friend of Logan. Logan is an Iraqi vet and a peace activist and advocate for his fellow soldiers. He's the author of Reborn on the Fourth of July: The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism & Conscience and For God and Country (In That Order): Faith and Service for Ordinary Radicals.  Make sure to check them out on twitter, instagram and Facebook. 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