Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

Today the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology comes to you! This is audio from Session Five where we Process Theology meets liberation theologies! Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into theological awesomeness! Monica has been on the podcast in the past introducing Process Theology, answering questions from the Emergent Village, Debating Creation out of Nothing, and Religious Pluralism. She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought), The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence, and a contributor to the new Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. There are a couple videos from the EVTC from Monica. She discusses Life After Death & Creative Transformation. Check them out and share them! Y ou can follow her blog and all the other media projects

What happens when Homebrewed Christianity throws a party for the best book of the year? You don't have to guess, ya just gotta listen! Be prepared for metaphysics, skepticism, atheism, Christology, religious experience, doubt, the death of God, Process thought, and all the theological hype money can buy! This week you get to visit the home of Philip Clayton where a bunch of theology nerds packed in and more streaming online while we celebrated the launch of Philip Clayton and Steven Knapp's book The Predicament of Belief: Science, Philosophy, and Faith. Philip has been on the podcast before live with Caputo, talking Jesus from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation, debating Creation, and 3-Ding at the American Academy of 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

John Cobb is back in action with this special bonus track. It's a follow up to his recent call to secularize Christianity.  Lisa Domke and Scott Jones serve as our brilliant ministerial conversation partners. Scott was on the podcast a long time ago...episode 7 & episode 16. In the conversation they discuss Progressive Christians Uniting, liberals failure to do theology, Wes Jackson at the Land Institute , faith and activism, economism, the ecological crisis, agriculture, food, and higher education. John Cobb has been on the podcast a number of times; Prayer and Process, and the special 101st episode, earth day, and Incarnation-cast. Cobb will answer your questions. Want more Process theology? Check out my video bibliography 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

Bo and I were invited to the United Church of Christ Annual Gathering to rock the Theology Nerd Throwdown.  We were joined by Erin Wyma, Thea Mateu, Mary Sue Brookshire, and Dave Palmer. Best of all they secured us a space at the Alcatraz Brewing Company for the late night theology party. There were about 40 UCCers and local HBC Deacons in attendance and then an Orange County brewery that packed full of people who had this conversation show up on there Friday night out.   We must give a big shout out to Deacon Billy Steele for coming all the way from North Carolina to be there in the flesh! In our conversation we discussed Obama's kill list, women in ministry, the growth of progressive churches, gay and polygamous marriage, partisan divisions, and prophetic preaching among other topics.  You will notice that these UCCers go silent like MSNBC when I give President Obama a hard time but after that they were rather open.  A couple of the Deacons in attendance said afterwards "this is what liberal Christians so

The one great world religion is killing the planet on the backs of the poor.  Will the church let this death-dealing faith, economism, win?  John Cobb is here to challenge the church with a progressive missiology.  One in which the church is called to join God in working for the salvation of the world.  What do we gotta do?  We need to combat religiosity and secularism by secularizing Christianity! This is the first part of session four from the emergent village theological conversation.  John's first appearance was posted here and here where he discusses Christology and the Common Wealth of God. John Cobb has been on the podcast a number of times; Prayer and Process, and the special 101st episode, earth day, and Incarnation-cast. Cobb will answer your questions. Want more Process theology? Check out my video bibliography 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

Martin Sanders is the head of Global Leadership, runs the D.Min for Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY ... and most importantly, he is Bo's Dad. That's right! Its the BoDaddy's Daddy (as Tripp says). Among Dr. Sanders' works are The Power of Mentoring and The Family You've Always Wanted. The Power of Mentoring has been reworking and released in French. Global Leadership is in 37 countries and has been involved in leadership development on every continent. 35 years in ministry, including 25 as a Seminary Professor, provided Bo and Tripp with plenty of material to ask questions: Leadership, Mega-Churches, International, Regional, Generational, Denominational and Historical.     35 years in ministry, including 25 as a Seminary Professor, provided Bo and Tripp with plenty of material to ask questions:  Leadership, Mega-Churches, International, Regional, Generational, Denominational and Historical. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn

Deacons I am thrilled to let you all in to a live HBC house-show & yard party with your favorite British PoMo theological and cultural super star Barry Taylor (check him on the podcast, with Peter Rollins on the Apostle Paul and at Theology After Google). The show is almost an hour and a half of interactive theology, inappropriate religious jokes, guitar strumming, Pop Culture commentary, & curse word Bingo (Barry will explain…I hear lay people at his church invented it).  If you can't imagine course language and thick sarcasm being use for something fruitful then please don't listen.  Pete Rollins may have his Pyro-theology but we got Profane Theology.  This was recorded September 30, 2011. We discuss Scot McKnight's King Jesus Gospel, Peter Rollins, Mark Driscoll's Thug Jesus excitement, reality TV (and Christianity), Phyllis Tickle, Mel Gibson's love of the Jewish people, the Passion of the Christ, Rob Bell, Love Wins, Rick Warren, Shane Hipps, techno-noise, AC/DC, the Star Wars religion, changing reli

Theology Nerds Get READY to Throw Down!  This week Bo and I have a blast nerding out with abandon. During the episode we enjoyed the Art of Darkness & some Rocky Patel cigars. This episode is hockey style, coming in three periods. 1. The Crazy Gay-Hating Minister, Same-Sex Marriage, and Church\State battles.  This conversation kicked off with the rumble Rev. Charles L. Worley stirred up with his hate speech & Bo's big question post 'Is This Even Christianity?' Check out the podcast I recorded with fellow UCC minister Erin on homosexuality and the church. 2. Generational Hating and Radical Orthodoxy frustrations. Deacon Andrew Tatum wrote an amazing blog post 'Generational Blackmail or Tepid Pseudo Spirituality?' in response to a less-than awesome post (but generative question) by James K.A. Smith.  Since we recorded the question Barry Taylor joined in the conversation with style.  Oh and many thanks to Sarah for calling in. 3. Creation Out of Nothing, Moltmann & Process thought! In this section we di

Get ready for a theological treasure chest! Here you get not one or even two theologians but SIX theologians ready to throw down theologically over Creation Out of Nothing. The audio was harvested from the Open and Relational Theologies group at the American Academy of Religion of which I am a very proud member! This episode will include the panelists arguments for or against Creatio Ex Nihilioand later this weekend we will post the Question & Response portion of the session. The initial panel includes: Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology view/download paper Monica A. Coleman, Claremont School of Theology view/download paper Catherine Keller, Drew University view/download paper Michael Lodahl, Point Loma Nazarene University view/download paper Richard Rice, Loma Linda University view/download paper Marit Trelstad, Pacific Lutheran University In the past week Tony Jones picked a little fight over Creation Out of Nothing by quote bombing me with Moltmann, I responded and Tony retorted

Is all that substance based, Aristotelian flavored, authoritarian Creedal style Christology getting you down? Do you wish talking about God at work in Jesus didn't require you to yell mystery and paradox all day while avoiding good questions?  Do you want to know what it's like to hear one of the two greatest theologians in the last 110 years?  YES?  Then get ready for John Cobb! This is straight up, real deal, John Cobb at his best.  John has written one of the best Christologies, Christ in a Pluralistic Age, and is here to unpack a bit of it for you. Deacon Dan, thanks for the call.  Here's John Cobb talking about Process and Prayer & here's the Theology Nerd Throwdown episode on prayer. Don't forget to check out the first session from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation here and the Question & Answer session that followed this podcast. John Cobb has been on the podcast a number of times; Prayer and Process, and the special 101st episode, earth day, and Incarnation-cast. Tom Oord visit

It's time for session Two of the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology!  You get not only one but two big deal theologians! Tom Oord and John Cobb are on the podcast and they are talking Jesus, Christology, the kingdom commonwealth of the God, incarnation, Creeds, and religious pluralism. Don't forget to check out the first session from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation here. John Cobb has been on the podcast a number of times; Prayer and Process, and the special 101st episode, earth day, and Incarnation-cast.  Tom Oord visited on two previous occasions; The Open-Relational Gospel and the Science of Love! Want more Process theology?  Check out my video bibliography here! Tom Oord is a sweet blogger.  Cobb will answer your questions. 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

Jack is Back... and this time we are discussing radical theology!  John Jack Caputo is a living legend and top notch philosopher of religion.  He comes with faith of Derrida and the Catholic mystical deferral.  Today you get to experience a live 3-D event, "Christianity UnCorked." This episode is sponsored by Dr. Laurel Schneider.  Thank You Laurel!  We appreciate the support!  If you missed Laurel's visit to the podcast go check it out NOW! Both Caputo's first,  second, and third visit rocked the podcast. Then we shared his main-stage fun from Soularize and the 3D event with Philip Clayton, Jay Bakker, and Peter Rollins.  Even more exciting are these class lectures Caputo is sharing here at HBC.  These lectures are free theological cat nip for theology nerds. Enjoy. Here's Elizabeth Johnson's 1st and 2nd visit to the podcast.  She is the Catholic theologian Jack mentions as the one who got in trouble for attempting to counter the patriarchy in Classical theology. Follow the podcast, drop a review

Why are people leaving Church?  Rachel Held Evans blogged it, Bo shared it, and now we discuss it.  Andrew Sullivan's post that got the conversation started 'Christianity in Crisis.'  In this conversation Tripp discusses three good reasons people are leaving the church Majoring in the Minors Lack of Intellectual Integrity Lack of Ethical Integrity and then questions the impact of age programed ministry through college on the decline of the church.  Why does Tripp have gay friends at Acts 29 churches? Then we move on to discussing Jesus and his disciples packing heat.  Bo previously blogged all the verses where Jesus mentions swords and then he 'Walter Wink's it' by discussing turn the other cheek. Tripp then wonders about metaphysical violence and Process philosophy.  We concluded by getting a little sermonic about the Biblical logic for universalism! 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

So you have heard the podcast with Monica Coleman from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation.  NOW you get a bonus episode!  Here Doug Pagitt, Julie Clawson, and the rest of our attendees ask Monica a few more follow up questions on religious pluralism, chocolate, liberation, and gendered language for God. Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into Process Theology! She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought), The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence, and a contributor to the new Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. There are a couple videos from the EVTC from Monica.  She discusses Life After Death & Creative Transformation.  Check them out and share them! You can follow her blog and all the other media projects that she does at http://monicaacoleman.com/.

Today the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology comes to you! This is audio from Session One where we introduced Process Theology. Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into Process Theology! She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought), The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence, and a contributor to the new Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. There are a couple videos from the EVTC from Monica. She discusses Life After Death & Creative Transformation. Check them out and share them! You can follow her blog and all the other media projects that she does at http://monicaacoleman.com/. She is indeed a master tweeter and Patheos Progressive Christian Blogger. * SUPPORT the podcast by just getting anything on AMAZON through THIS LINK.We really appreciat

In this wild & wooly hour, Bo and Tripp cover 4 diverse topics. The first is a blog-post by Bo's mentor Randy Woodley over at Patheos . They also cover Tripp's post at PoMoMusings(@adamw) In between, the topic of  Zombies (via the Walking Dead) and the Hunger Games is introduced by a call from Tripp's brother, Steven Fuller 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

Why should everyone care about theology?  Laurel Schneider joins us this week for some good theo-nerding.  We have too much fun tackling just a few non-controversal theological topics like...Politics, Culture, Power, Social Justice, Feminism, Church History, Economics, Freedom, Liberty, Queer Theory, Occupy Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Karl Barth, Capitalism, Democracy, and a few other goodies. Laurel Schneider is Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture at the Chicago School of Theology.  If you are wise you have surely gotten yourself a copy of Laurel's edited volume Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicity and Relation since both Catherine Keller and John Thatamanil have discussed it on previous episodes.  Now you just got check out Laurel's Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity. Check out Lauerl's "It Gets Better" video 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

Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Barth, & Paul Tillich all make an appearance in this podcast. So sit back and get ready for a nerd-filled fiesta! Prof. Paul Capetz & Deacon Stephen Keating join Bo and I in the Homebrewed Christianity HQ in Redondo Beach on a rainy St. Patrick's Day morning for a podcast. We had a blast! You will enjoy this podcast...if you are into philosophy, history, political ranting, Tillich's theology or existentialism hitting the pews then this is the podcast for you. Paul is an amazing historical theologian, Presbyterian minister, my favorite Calvinist, and dear friend. He was on the podcast for Calvin's 500th birthday, joined John Cobb for our special 101st episode, and explained how a Calvinist gets pumped about Process Theology. THANK YOU..."Secret Deacon" who had JR Cigars deliver some yummy sticks to me. That was awesome. I love it when the Deacons call in and I love it when they donate on PayPal but this '

Here's a little Easter egg for all the Homebrewed Christianity Deacons to pop open! It's a little 3-d experience...a bootlegged version of the Homebrewed Christianity 3-D event at Soularize. Since we couldn't get access to the sound board we couldn't get a better recording but thanks be to Bo who has edited the event down an hour and EQ-ed the speakers so you can make out what they are saying. If you want more 3-D excitement just get ready for Jack Caputo's 'what is radical theology?' 3-D experience & Philip Clayton's 'Predicament of Belief' show. Both of those WE ran the sound system and they sound like gold!  This podcast begins with Jack Caputo & Philip Clayton wrestling with religion and Christainity. Then Peter Rollins starts to insurrect things and Jay Bakker helps us get our preaching legs underneath us. The podcast ends with the music we used to begin the live event...Jesus and my favorite song writer....BILL MALLONEE.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of

Bart Ehrman is back on the podcast talking about his newest book Did Jesus Exist? Don't worry the answer is YES! In the conversation Ehrman responds to the popular nonsense of the 'mythicists' who attempt to argue Jesus didn't exist.  Like Dan Brown's conspiracy theory, the mythicists may get some followers online but they don't have much of an intellectual case and this top notch atheist leaning New Testament scholar is here to set them straight.  Of course that was just part of the conversation.  We also discuss the apocalypticism of Jesus, Holy Week, fundamentalism, plays the 'name game' with NT Scholars and then answer Jay Bakker's question.  It was a real pleasure to talk with Ehrman and we hope you enjoy it and share the Brew! 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