Homebrewed Christianity

It's time for Advent and we have prepared a weekly exploration of the Biblical texts offered in the lectionary.  Due to Thanksgiving, we pre-recorded this episode and wanted to offer it for some fun and conversation. If you are interested in the next 4 please sign up for the class and plan to join us each Thursday night in Advent. In the final segment we mention Critical Theory and the Emergent Vi...

Last year in Baltimore the Open and Relational Theologies session took a look at the Emerging Church.  This session involves three conversations, with three participants in each. These conversations pertain to papers written by participants, but there will be no formal reading of the papers. The conversations explore issues in the emergent church as they relate to open and relational theologies. P...

Sharon Putt challenges us to 'rethink everything you've been taught about salvation and the cross' in her new book Executing God. Today she talks with Callid Keefe-Perry about her book and a nonviolent understanding of atonement.  Sharon L. Putt (formerly Sharon L. Baker author of Razing Hell) researches and writes in the areas of non-violent atonement theory, justice, reconciliation, forgiveness,...

The Elder of Hops joins Bo and Tripp to chat about the empty tomb, Biblical scholarship and church planting.  The book that Bo references is The Shaping Of Things To Come. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week Scott Paeth rocked the podcast with the Armchair Niebuhrs! This is the rest of the conversation about what the brothers may have had to say about current political controversies. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian Piatt of the Homebrewed CultureCast was recently in SoCal to hang with Tripp Fuller and talk about his new book PostChristian: What's left? Can we fix? Do we care?   They were joined by Bart Campolo, Peter Rollins and Benjamin Cory to talk about the implications of moving on. Imagine this as an a living room conversation in an auditorium.  It was a ruckus affair but we wanted you to hear...

March 2014 in San Diego TransFORM provided Homebrewed with three firsts: The debut of a new gameshow "En Fuego!" Joerg Rieger says nice things about capitalism Tripp lost a preach-off (to Peter Matthews pictured right) We had a blast catching up with old friends and meeting tons of new folks. Rebekah Berndnt and Micky Jones were great contestants for En Fuego! and Joerg Rieger was a good sport for...

Scott Paeth is back to talk about the Niebuhr Brothers - this time for armchair theologians. Associate Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He works in the fields of Christian Social Ethics and Public Theology. You can check out some of his texts here.  He is also a blogger and excellent twitter-logian.  You may remember Scott from his segment at last years Progressi...

Two Friars and a Fool come by to explain why they think you should stop praying. It's an interesting conversation about their concept of prayer and action.  We want to thank Chalice Press for sponsoring the show. Check out the book on Amazon (Kindle is $7) Make sure to check out Phillips Theological Seminary ahead of our AAR event! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or beco...

Christine Helmer chats with Tripp about her book Theology and the End of Doctrine. You can check out a sample chapter at WJKbooks.com or just get the book on Amazon. Christine Helmer is Professor of Religious Studies and German at Northwestern University. She is the author of The Trinity and Martin Luther (Zabern 1999) and contributing editor of numerous books on biblical interpretation, historica...

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We sit down with Pete Rollins and Phil Harrison in the backyard to chat about everything from art and justice to Jesus and religious authority. Phil was in town to promote his new movie The Good Man. Make sure to check it out and look for our upcoming interview with him! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad cho...

Ian McFarland is on the podcast for the first time and he's talking about his new book From Nothing: A Theology of Creation.  Dr. McFarland is a professor of theology at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in the ATL .  During the interview I found out he earned his PhD at Yale with former guest Kathryn Tanner.  It was an amazing conversation in which we discuss the nature of God, Creati...

Incarnation, the Biblical conquest and worship for your benefit are our topics this week. We start with Victoria Osteen's viral video. Joshua's Canaanite genocide is up next. Then we flesh out the incarnation via an interesting thought experiment. We end with a little game to see what Tripp learned during his comprehensive exams. Outro music: Full Circle by Ben Kweller Follow the podcast, drop a r...

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Facebook & Ferguson  Bo is back and publishing some of his conversations recorded over the past months.  Tripp and Bo intro the episode then Micky Jones (starting at 7:50) and Bo chat for a half-hour. The second half is the Theology Nerds fielding phone calls about different types of  Christianity.   The 2nd half of this episode will come out in 2 days.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, send fee...

Referred to as a "prairie mystic" by the Boston Globe and characterized by Rolling Stone as someone who "asks all the right questions," Carrie Newcomer is a singer-songwriter that brings her spirituality to the same table as her songwriting. Callid got a chance to talk to Carrie about her new book and album, both called A Permeable Life. The book is full of great pieces of prose and poetry that sh...

Let's talk about Wolfhart Pannenberg! The planet lost one of the greatest theologian this past week & in this episode Philip Clayton and I discuss his amazing career.  Philip Clayton is a professor of theology at Claremont School of Theology and former student of Pannenberg.  He recently wrote a beautiful tribute to his former mentor you can read here.  We thought it would be fun to remember Panne...

Kester Brewin is back on the podcast.  He was part of a live podcast experience at Monkish Brewing company with his partners Peter Rollins & Barry Taylor.  This triumvirate of Radical Theology is always a blast to hear and this time time is no exception. During the live event they explored the way in which Radical theology opens up possibilities for political activism.  Ohh Kester also talks about...

Cecilia González-Andrieu discussing her book Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty. In the interview she covers the link between aesthetics and ethics, discusses the theological role of wonder, and asks what the opposite of Beauty is, suggesting that the answer is important for contemporary theology. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Com...

Brian Bantum teaches theology at Seattle Pacific University out in the mighty Northwest.  This spring when he and Callid were both at the Christian Leadership Forum of  FTE they sat down to talk about Brian's book Redeeming Mulatto: A Theology of Race and Christian Hybridity. Because they are in a hotel lobby there a bit of background noise, but it is such a terrific interview that you'll want to...

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We finish with a BANG! Callid and Bo conclude the ABC's of Theology series with:  V is for Vatican II (ecclesiology) W is for the Word of God (scripture) X is for X-ray (technology) Y is for Y2K (apocalyptic) Z is for Zebra (evolution) Thank you for all of your feedback and encouragement. A special thanks goes to Jesse Turri for the artwork for this series!!!! Follow the podcast, drop a review, se...

Micky and Callid join Bo to discuss Salvation, Theopoetics and Universalism for the ABC's of Theology.  You can read the original posts here: S is for Salvation (Micky) T is for Theopoetics (Callid) U is for Universalism (Bo)   You can follow the rest of series here [link]  Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.   Learn more about your a...

Wild Goose 2014 was a seriously wet podcast. Despite the rain we had a blast thanks to Phillips Theological Seminary who sponsored the beer steins for brews & John Vest who smoked some yummy BBQ pork.  This is just a 55 minute sample of the 2 hours of excitement. Tripp, Amy, Micky, & Christian spend some talking with Everyday Sunday's Trey Pearson.  Last year at the Goose he not only visited the p...