Homebrewed Christianity

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, associate professor of Theological Field Education and New Testament at Chicago Theological Seminary, is on the podcast to talk about her new book, When Momma Speaks: The Bible and Motherhood from a Womanist Perspective. If you're saying to yourself "what's a womanist interpretation of scripture?" then this book and podcast are for you. The book explores biblical stori...

Monica A. Coleman is back on the podcast talking spiritual terrorism, spiritual liberation, and how process theology can help liberate us from those things that create fear in us and make us feel further from God. Monica and Tripp discuss why our inherited assumptions about God's omnipotence can lead to spiritual terrorism and how we can deal with the ugliness in the church today. Follow the podca...

Tripp was in Santa Barbara where the Way Collective sponsored the Believing Skepticast at the phenomenal Third Window Brewing Co. Tripp and Tim talk about what is happening with religion in the 21st century and navigating the tricky waters of faith and doubt. Whereas in the past, atheists and believers from separate camps would debate in the public sphere, today we often see hints of both schools...

So you think you're autonomous? Brent Waters, UCC minister, theological ethicist, and author of the book Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization is on the podcast talking economics, globalization, and Christian ethics. This book might just annoy more people on the left and the right than any other book in a long time. Not to mention, it's really persuasive. Brent and Tripp tac...

Jeffrey Pugh and Eric Hall have taken over the Theology Nerd podcast this week! Jeff and Eric, authors of the Homebrewed Guide to the End Times and God (respectively), sat down early on Holy Saturday to talk about their books, how a young Assemblies of God Eric got an endowed chair at a Catholic school, and what it was like to be an original Jesus Freak with Jeff in the 60s and 70s. They also get...

Jean-Pierre Fortin (professor at Loyola University in Chicago) is on the podcast to talk about his new book, Grace in Auschwitz. The book offers a constructive theology of grace in the wake of unprecedented evil. Unlike a book that tackles the problem of evil in the abstract, he does interviews and retellings of stories from Auschwitz, not to fix the problem of evil, but to develop a doctrine of g...

Are you an Oordian? Are you a member of Oord Nation? Listen to Thomas Jay Oord answer your questions about open and relation theology and you just might become an Oordian. In this episode Tripp and Tom answer a stack of questions that people sent in about open and relational theology. Topics include: divine power, dealing with doubt, the relationship between religion and science, evil and sufferin...

This episode is a crossover episode with the Good Doctor Daniel Kirk (of the LectioCast fame). How high was the early church's Christology? Daniel is on this podcast to talk about his new book A Man Attested by God, and answers this very question. This book is a bit oppositional. The Good Doctor is taking on very trendy New Testament scholars and early church theologians around the emergence of a...

This is a Q&A episode of the Theology Nerd podcast, where we answer questions that listeners like you send in. We talk about how not to preach the woman at the well story (John 4), the intersection of musical theater and theology, and what Peter Berger's Sacred Canopy has to say (if anything) about the Trump administration. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a mem...

This is an extremely special episode to mark the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 49 years ago. This is the talk that Adam Clark, professor at Xavier, author of the forthcoming Homebrewed Guide to Salvation, gave the Third Rail Theology event at the Hatchery this past January. Adam looks at the King's legacy as a metaphor for dealing with race, class, and white privilege...

Jason Silva is on the podcast to talk about the intersection of religion and technology. Jason is best known for the Shots of Awe YouTube channel and as the host of Brain Games on National Geographic. He has a new show, Origins: The Journey of Humankind, which airs on Mondays on National Geographic. Barry Taylor joins Tripp to talk to Jason about technology, evolution, spirituality, altered states...

If you've ever asked yourself, "What does constructive Christian theology look like for today?" then this episode is for you. Stephen Ray Jr., professor at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, President of the Society for the Study of Black Religion and the Co-Chair of the Workgroup on Constructive Theology, author of Do No Harm and Black Church Studies: An Introduction, is co-editor with Lau...

Are you ready to get real with Niebuhr? Scott Paeth, professor of ethics at DePaul in Chicago, is on for this edition of the Why Go? series. Today, Scott is giving us 5 reasons why we should go Niebhurian (Niebuhr is probably the most influential American theologian of the 20th century, FYI). Scott is also the author of The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians. How, as Christians, are we to e...

On the podcast today is Doug King, who is part of Presence - a non-profit think-tank/ministry group that advocates for integral theology that works towards a vision of wholeness and peace globally. Today, we are talking about Spiral Dynamics, Integral theology, the relationships between different religions, spirituality, and culture, and what identity looks like as you move through different stage...

Your theological imagination is about to get overloaded with zestiness. To celebrate #TheologyBeerCamp Summer Edition in Denver (August 18-19) and Oklahoma City (August 25-26) we are looking back on some of the highlights of the first Theology Beer Camp in LA this past January. Can there be any greater highlight than John Cobb speaking at Beer Camp?! Here was the format for the final day of Theolo...

To celebrate the launch of Theology Beer Camp: Summer Edition we are sharing some of our favorite moments from the first Theology Beer Camp earlier this year. Tickets for Theology Beer Camp in Denver (August 18-19) and Oklahoma City (August 25-26) are on sale now! But you better hurry, prices go up Friday! In this episode, Eric Hall, author of the Homebrewed Guide to God (on sale now), and Archbis...

To celebrate the launch of Theology Beer Camp: Summer Edition we are sharing some of our favorite moments from the first Theology Beer Camp earlier this year. This is friend of the podcast, professor at Xavier, and author of the Homebrewed Guide to Salvation Adam Clark's session from the first Theology Beer Camp. Adam talks about notions of salvation in scripture, gives a survey of different atone...

Pete and Tripp are back for another bonus episode. To help get ready for the launch of Theology Beer Camp in Denver and Oklahoma City this August, Peter Rollins and Tripp got on Facebook live to answer your questions. In this episode: you'll get to hear how Pete would run a youth group purity retreat what they think about mysticism in our modern context whether your decision to drink that deliciou...

Are you ready to get your heart strangely warmed? Next up in the Why Go? series, Thomas Jay Oord joins Tripp to talk about why you should go Wesleyan. Tom gives 13 reasons, including: God's primary attribute is love God is triune God acts first in every moment to offer salvation, and humans freely respond to God's offer God does not predestine some to heaven and others to hell God values and seeks...

How do we, as Christians, interact with those people who raise our anxiety level? Theological ethicist at Mercer University David Gushee is on to talk about his book, "A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends." This book was written before the election, and little did he know how many more anxious Christian friends he would gain after the election. Gushee says that anxious, white Christians helped...

Peter Rollins and Tripp wanted to make a special bonus episode to make sure that you know about Theology Beer Camp this summer in Denver and Oklahoma City. Pete and Tripp take questions submitted by you (yes, you!) and discuss their favorite parables, atonement theories, and pre-meal prayers. They will be doing another Facebook Live video Monday, March 13th at 9:30am Pacific. So if you want to hea...

We're all Kierkegaardians, whether we know it or not. So why not hear 5 reasons to let Soren salt your theological grub. Stephen Backhouse, author of the new Kierkegaard biography, Kierkegaard: A Single Life, give us five reasons to embrace our Kierkegaardian inheritance. Why go Kierkegaard? There is not school or church of Kierkegaard. He made sure that there could not be. Instead, he is the salt...

Buckle your theological safety belts. If you're a theology nerd, just prepare yourself: it's about to get real. Paul Hinlicky, professor of Lutheran Studies at Roanoke College, is on talking about his new book, Divine Simplicity. In this conversation, Tripp and Paul talk about: divine simplicity how christology is a challenge to the normal way we do metaphysics divine revelation and the situatedne...

There's a new sacred in town. Today we are going to talk about the altars where we worship, and it just so happens that is the name of a new book by Juan Floyd-Thomas, Stacey Floyd-Thomas, and Mark Toulouse - The Altars Where We Worship: The Religious Significance of Pop Culture. We were joined by all three authors to talk about the relationship of religion and culture, the religious nature of cul...

This is an audiological taste of what happened at the first annual Theology Beer Camp. During this special session of theological tailgating Philip Clayton and Tripp got all processy and talked about Jesus, God, creation, science - all while a cornhole tournament happened below! If after listening to this you've got some questions about process theology you should let us know! We will be doing an...