What happens when a philosopher interviews a scientist about energy? I am not gonna tell you but you can listen! Clayton Crockett, c0-author of The New Materialism, interviews Kevin Mequet about the pivotal scientific concepts in the book. This episode is a follow-up to Clayton's partner in … Read more about The Energetic Science of the New Materialism
Palm Sunday Is The Most Political Sunday
As a children’s and family minister, I love Palm Sunday. At our stained-glass and organ church we do it up big. We get lots and lots of palm branches for folks to wave during the singing of the hymns and we have the kids process down the aisle and march around the sides of the pews. It is quite a … Read more about Palm Sunday Is The Most Political Sunday
A Pope from the Southern Hemisphere! This is a game-changer
For those of us from missionary backgrounds, we have saying (myself for almost 2 decades) that if when the Catholic Church elects a pope from the Southern Hemisphere - S. America, Africa, Asia, or Islands - that is would be a game changer. Well that has happened. Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina … Read more about A Pope from the Southern Hemisphere! This is a game-changer
Entertaining Empire
I'm almost done reading The Secret History of the American Empire by John Perkins. The subtitle is "The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World". It is the follow up to his first book Confessions of an Economic Hitman. He details how global corporations, American … Read more about Entertaining Empire
Has God Been Occupied by the Right? #OccupyChurch
"Our images of God are occupied by the Right," argues theological ethicist Joerg Rieger. You can check out the entire podcast from the #occupychurch session. Rieger and I have also had two different interviews HERE & HERE. Listen and enjoy! … Read more about Has God Been Occupied by the Right? #OccupyChurch
TNT: Bible Bash with Brueggemann and Fretheim
Bo and Tripp riff off of Terence Fretheim and Walter Brueggemann answering the same set of questions. These two legends of Biblical Theology give us their best take on passages to preach when controversial subjects come up. Topics include: Economy Ecology Homosexuality Immigration Other … Read more about TNT: Bible Bash with Brueggemann and Fretheim
Christianity is Political… so #OccupyChurch
Philip Clayton brings his high energy game to the Homebrewed Christianity session at the American Academy of Religion. Here's the video. Get more of our videos at SoGo media. … Read more about Christianity is Political… so #OccupyChurch
Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
In all of the hub-bub surrounding the Mayan apocalypse that came and went without incident, it was tough to resist the funny one-liner on Facebook and Twitter. We have become so calloused against the doomsday predictions that have fueled the religious airwaves, TV broadcasts and book sales of the … Read more about Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
When did America become like God? or Who would die for their country?
Charles Taylor, in his book Modern Social Imaginaries, utilizes the term ‘social imaginary’ to refer to god-like capacity described by Benedict Anderson in Imagined Communities. The term encompasses a threefold meaning: First is the way that ordinary people “imagine” their surroundings in … Read more about When did America become like God? or Who would die for their country?
Lisa Sharon Harper on Justice and the Inauguration Special
Lisa Sharon Harper is the author of Left Right & Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics and Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat. She is also the director of mobilizing for Sojourners & was the founding executive director of New York Faith & Justice - among others … Read more about Lisa Sharon Harper on Justice and the Inauguration Special
Moving Toward Multiplicity
Listening to Howard Zinn (author of the classic A People’s History of the United States) at a town hall meeting style presentation recorded in 2007 (you can get it on Itunes from WGBH Politics) I was struck by the need to recognize the sheer complexity of issues and multiplicity of … Read more about Moving Toward Multiplicity
A Guide to Being a Communist Calvinist with Roland Boer #zesty
There is only one person equipped to provide a guide for being a Communist and a Calvinist and that man - Roland Boer - is on the podcast. Roland, a preacher's kid, had an intellectual conversion in school when he moved from liberation theologians to reading Marx for himself. Since then he has … Read more about A Guide to Being a Communist Calvinist with Roland Boer #zesty