features

Dr. Petra Carlsson is an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Stockholm School of Theology and a minister of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. It was a blast discussing her work and how radical material theology moves between the seminary classroom and the congregation. Be wise and go check … Read more about Petra Carlsson: Radical Material Theology

We just launched a brand new online pop-up learning community - Captial Change with Dr. Joerg Rieger. Over 6 weeks we will explore the intersection of religion and economic justice. To join learn more details and sign up just head over here. Want to get all the class sessions in a podcast feed … Read more about Joerg Rieger: the End of Religion & Business as Usual

"John Polkinghorne said his being a physicist-priest might strike some like being a vegetarian-butcher. But in his writings, speaking, teaching, and ministry, he showed one could affirm the best of both science and theology. John died on March 9, 2021. I was privileged to work with him on several … Read more about On John Polkinghorne: Creation, Prayer, Miracles, and Time

Douglas Ottati joins the podcast for his 5th visit to discuss his new book, A Theology for the Twenty-First Century. This is one of the most significant Protestant Systematic Theologies in years. I absolutely loved it. Of course, I talk about Ottati's Christology in my recent book so I am a bit of a … Read more about Douglas Ottati: Reformed Theology for the 21st Century

This is a special crossover episode with Chase Tibbs from the Faith and Capital podcast. In our conversation, Chase gives 5 reasons to go 'Christian Socialist.' Most theology nerds know that the overwhelming majority of theologians in the 2oth century were socialists. Barth, Tillich, Niebuhr, … Read more about Chase Tibbs: Why Go Christian Socialist?

How do you become a hippie socialist Jesus Freak? Well, this is the story of one of them. Very excited to have Kevin Max on the podcast! Kevin is a four-time Grammy-winning vocalist, whose work began in DC Talk and has since explored a host of different genres from spoken-word, electronica, … Read more about Kevin Max: From DC Talk to Spiritual Cosmonaut

We continue a hardcore lockdown here in Scotland, so I talked two of my co-workers into joining me digitally to answer some of your questions. Just think of it as an audio simulation of a staff lounge conversation. Dr. Joshua Ralston is a Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations here at the … Read more about Staff Lounge Shenanigans with Sarah Lane Ritchie & Joshua Ralston

Friend of the podcast and theological super-star John Thatamanil is back on the podcast to talk about his ohhh sooo good new book Circling the Elephant. We had a bunch of nerdy fun and discussed... the task of comparative theology and its relation to constructive theology why the category of … Read more about John Thatamanil: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity

Dr. Andrew Davison is a lecturer in the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a fellow at Corpus Christi College, where he is also the Dean of Chapel. He is a regular contributor to Church Times and the Times Literary Supplement. Since 2014, he has been the Canon Philosopher of St … Read more about Andrew Davison: Participation in God

Excited to have Dr. Alister McGrath on the podcast. He is a public intellectual, a scholar of science and religion, a prolific author, and the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. In the conversation we discuss: the relationship of religion and science … Read more about Alister McGrath: Faith and the Big Picture

In this Big God Questions live stream Thomas Jay Oord joins me to tackle a stack of questions people just like yourself sent in. If you enjoyed this, then you should click on to OpenAndRelationalTheology.com and join our upcoming class Becoming Christian. In the class we will be going line by line … Read more about Big God Questions: Aliens, Hope, the Cross, & Divine Hiddenness

January 6th 2021 needed a theological debrief. I brought two friends of the pod and recent partners for reading groups, Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh. Recently Dr. Pugh and I hosted a Bonhoeffer reading group and Dr. Clark and I put on together on Black Theology. The topics and questions we cover were … Read more about Jan 6th Theological Debrief: Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh