This episode is about Pussy Hat Christianity vs. #MAGA Hat Christianity
Donna Bowman, author of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Being Human, is a rare theologian in that she does qualitative research (translation: she talks to real humans).
Donna and Tripp sit down and talk about getting out of the office and library to talk with real people, what made her decide to dedicate her life to educating, that question that hit at the existential register and demanded a better answer than the one she was given, and on reading the puzzle that is the bible
Plus, Donna shares some of the cross cultural metaphysical assumptions she’s discovered in her research and how they differ from those in the academy, the pussy hats made and worn for the women’s marches after Trump’s inauguration, the intersection of the symbolic and material, Adorno and “Hillary hate,” and using TV and media a place of theological research.
Speaking of #MAGA, are you ready to make Advent great again? Make Advent Great Again is a pop-up community for holiday resistance and renewal. We’ll give you daily reflections that plant potent seeds of hope to counter the weeds of that Grinch-ly other #MAGA. We’re offering a weekly
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- Mother Mary and Us: Recovering a Radical Christmas of Renewal & Resistance
- How to Go Home for the Holidays without Losing Your Soul
- Grounding in the Ultimate Gift: The Advent of Us
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If you are in North Carolina, you better get ready for a two back-to-back live podcasts in December. On December 7th Tripp will be in Winston-Salem talking with Bill Leonard (author of the Homebrewed Guide to Church History) and on December 8th he will be in Cary, NC.
If you really want to #MAGA, join Tripp with the folks from the Crackers and Grape Juice podcast in Washington DC on December 16th. You can get tickets and learn more here.
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