As promised, 2014 has brought a new Eco-Theology series called "HomeBrewed Grown Christianity" all about-earth care and lovin' God. It has grown into an 8 part series including a TNT follow-up to the initial run of interviews that begin today. Episode 1: Leah Kostamo Planted: A Story of Creation, … Read more about HomeGrown Christianity Begins Today
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and the Transformative Spirit
Grace Ji-Sun Kim is the author of "Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit", "The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology" and "The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology". She is also the Professor of Doctrinal Theology … Read more about Grace Ji-Sun Kim and the Transformative Spirit
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
Zombie Categories and Globalization
I have spent that last two weeks reading and shoring up my familiarity with Creation Ex Nihilo and the Trinity respectively. As fascinating as that has been, I have to admit that am speculated out. I can only take so much speculative theology. This is part of why I am so happy to be in the field of … Read more about Zombie Categories and Globalization
The Death of the Liberals is killing us
In chapter 1 of his book Death of Liberal Class, Chris Hedges sketches both the height of the Liberal era in the 19th century and its cataclysmic implosion with the arrival of World War in the 20th. The disillusionment of human evil, aggression, and suffering deflated the optimism of innate human … Read more about The Death of the Liberals is killing us
Listen to John Cobb on the 40th Earth Day
Forty years ago the first Earth Day was celebrated. Two years later, John Cobb was the first philosopher to publish a single-author book-length environmental ethics text about the ecological crisis. He has continued to speak and write about new ecological issues that weren’t known at the time … Read more about Listen to John Cobb on the 40th Earth Day
Green Revolutionary Ben Lowe: Homebrewed Christianity 57
Ben Lowe is co-coordinator of Renewal, a grassroots student movement answering God's call to renew creation through prayer, service, and advocacy. There are lots of books coming out about 'creation care', but this one, Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation, gets the official … Read more about Green Revolutionary Ben Lowe: Homebrewed Christianity 57
Evolution and Spirituality with Bruce Sanguin: Homebrewed Christianity 43
How can Christians discuss evolution in ways that move from scientific data towards spiritual inspiration? Bruce Sanguin and I try to recover a spirituality of awe and mystery, fostering an ecological Christianity. Our talk covers: disenchantment in the modern era a new cosmology that … Read more about Evolution and Spirituality with Bruce Sanguin: Homebrewed Christianity 43
The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham: Homebrewed Christianity 40
In episode 40, the first episode of Homebrewed Christianity Season 2, we finally reveal the much anticipated 'hypaliciousness'. Listen for the list of what is new this year for the podcast. The controversy over the new Emergent National Coordinator is settled, we share our plans for upcoming … Read more about The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham: Homebrewed Christianity 40