Homebrewed Christianity

Jesuit Philosopher and Theologian Joseph Bracken is our guest this week on the podcast.  He recently retired from Xavier University & was honored with an amazing tribute - Seeking Common Ground - which includes articles from John Cobb, Catherine Keller, and more.  In this episode we take a tour through Bracken's influential career working toward common ground between religion & science, Aquinas &...

This is a live Theology Nerd Throwdown from my visit to Oklahoma City.  It was hosted by the local Mutiny Reading group under the leadership of Damien Parks and Todd Littleton.  During the evening I talked for an hour about Philosophers loving on Paul, played some tunes, & then got GET interviewed by Greg Horton! Greg Horton was one of the inspirations behind starting the podcast. He had a podcast...

Bo and I reunite their bromance in the Homebrewed Bat Cave after some summer vacationing. There were some brews, delicious cigars, HBC Deacon Shout Outs, & two very giggly theology nerds. We had plans to respond to a respond to a bunch of awesome Deacon sent questions...BUT the good Dr. Daniel Kirk got us distracted. Kirk recently blogged about a past episode of TNT “Nerd Out: Leaving Church, Pack...

What happens when a Process theologian plants a church? How does relational theology impact the way you organize worship gatherings or church structures? Can there be a straight up real deal Process based church? In this final special episode from the Emergent Village theological conversation you hear practicing Process ministers with Phds. In this episode Bruce Epperly, Jeanyne Slettom, and Monic...

If you love Rock & Roll, being nerdy, & sweet story telling then you shall enjoy this episode. Our guest Barry Taylor is not only a professor of Culture & Religion at Fuller Seminary, author of Entertainment Theology and an Episcopal Priest but more importantly this evening he was the sound engineer for Rock Legends AC/DC. You could say he has the inside track on the sacred and the profane. Follow...

This episode is brought to you by the letter 'P'... Preaching, Power, Pannenberg, & Pastor Pops.  Bo and I finally got back together in person after I made it back from the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina.  This is the result of our friendly nerding. In this episode we discuss..... * Bo's blog posts on Creeds, Miraculous Preaching, & Divine Action * Parental model of Providence * Monica Cole...

Today the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology comes to you! This is audio from Session Five where we Process Theology meets liberation theologies! Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into theological awesomeness! Monica has been on the podcast in the past introducing...

What happens when Homebrewed Christianity throws a party for the best book of the year? You don't have to guess, ya just gotta listen! Be prepared for metaphysics, skepticism, atheism, Christology, religious experience, doubt, the death of God, Process thought, and all the theological hype money can buy! This week you get to visit the home of Philip Clayton where a bunch of theology nerds packed i...

John Cobb is back in action with this special bonus track. It's a follow up to his recent call to secularize Christianity.  Lisa Domke and Scott Jones serve as our brilliant ministerial conversation partners. Scott was on the podcast a long time ago...episode 7 & episode 16. In the conversation they discuss Progressive Christians Uniting, liberals failure to do theology, Wes Jackson at the Land In...

Bo and I were invited to the United Church of Christ Annual Gathering to rock the Theology Nerd Throwdown.  We were joined by Erin Wyma, Thea Mateu, Mary Sue Brookshire, and Dave Palmer. Best of all they secured us a space at the Alcatraz Brewing Company for the late night theology party. There were about 40 UCCers and local HBC Deacons in attendance and then an Orange County brewery that packed f...

The one great world religion is killing the planet on the backs of the poor.  Will the church let this death-dealing faith, economism, win?  John Cobb is here to challenge the church with a progressive missiology.  One in which the church is called to join God in working for the salvation of the world.  What do we gotta do?  We need to combat religiosity and secularism by secularizing Christianity...

Martin Sanders is the head of Global Leadership, runs the D.Min for Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY ... and most importantly, he is Bo's Dad. That's right! Its the BoDaddy's Daddy (as Tripp says). Among Dr. Sanders' works are The Power of Mentoring and The Family You've Always Wanted. The Power of Mentoring has been reworking and released in French. Global Leadership is in 37 countries...

Deacons I am thrilled to let you all in to a live HBC house-show & yard party with your favorite British PoMo theological and cultural super star Barry Taylor (check him on the podcast, with Peter Rollins on the Apostle Paul and at Theology After Google). The show is almost an hour and a half of interactive theology, inappropriate religious jokes, guitar strumming, Pop Culture commentary, & curse...

Theology Nerds Get READY to Throw Down!  This week Bo and I have a blast nerding out with abandon. During the episode we enjoyed the Art of Darkness & some Rocky Patel cigars. This episode is hockey style, coming in three periods. 1. The Crazy Gay-Hating Minister, Same-Sex Marriage, and Church\State battles.  This conversation kicked off with the rumble Rev. Charles L. Worley stirred up with his h...

Get ready for a theological treasure chest! Here you get not one or even two theologians but SIX theologians ready to throw down theologically over Creation Out of Nothing. The audio was harvested from the Open and Relational Theologies group at the American Academy of Religion of which I am a very proud member! This episode will include the panelists arguments for or against Creatio Ex Nihilioand...

Is all that substance based, Aristotelian flavored, authoritarian Creedal style Christology getting you down? Do you wish talking about God at work in Jesus didn't require you to yell mystery and paradox all day while avoiding good questions?  Do you want to know what it's like to hear one of the two greatest theologians in the last 110 years?  YES?  Then get ready for John Cobb! This is straight...

It's time for session Two of the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology!  You get not only one but two big deal theologians! Tom Oord and John Cobb are on the podcast and they are talking Jesus, Christology, the kingdom commonwealth of the God, incarnation, Creeds, and religious pluralism. Don't forget to check out the first session from the Emergent Village Theological Conv...

Jack is Back... and this time we are discussing radical theology!  John Jack Caputo is a living legend and top notch philosopher of religion.  He comes with faith of Derrida and the Catholic mystical deferral.  Today you get to experience a live 3-D event, "Christianity UnCorked." This episode is sponsored by Dr. Laurel Schneider.  Thank You Laurel!  We appreciate the support!  If you missed Laure...

Why are people leaving Church?  Rachel Held Evans blogged it, Bo shared it, and now we discuss it.  Andrew Sullivan's post that got the conversation started 'Christianity in Crisis.'  In this conversation Tripp discusses three good reasons people are leaving the church Majoring in the Minors Lack of Intellectual Integrity Lack of Ethical Integrity and then questions the impact of age programed min...

So you have heard the podcast with Monica Coleman from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation.  NOW you get a bonus episode!  Here Doug Pagitt, Julie Clawson, and the rest of our attendees ask Monica a few more follow up questions on religious pluralism, chocolate, liberation, and gendered language for God. Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American R...

Today the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology comes to you! This is audio from Session One where we introduced Process Theology. Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into Process Theology! She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovatio...

In this wild & wooly hour, Bo and Tripp cover 4 diverse topics. The first is a blog-post by Bo's mentor Randy Woodley over at Patheos . They also cover Tripp's post at PoMoMusings(@adamw) In between, the topic of  Zombies (via the Walking Dead) and the Hunger Games is introduced by a call from Tripp's brother, Steven Fuller Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a mem...

Why should everyone care about theology?  Laurel Schneider joins us this week for some good theo-nerding.  We have too much fun tackling just a few non-controversal theological topics like...Politics, Culture, Power, Social Justice, Feminism, Church History, Economics, Freedom, Liberty, Queer Theory, Occupy Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Karl Barth, Capitalism, Democracy, and a few other goodies. Laurel S...

Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Barth, & Paul Tillich all make an appearance in this podcast. So sit back and get ready for a nerd-filled fiesta! Prof. Paul Capetz & Deacon Stephen Keating join Bo and I in the Homebrewed Christianity HQ in Redondo Beach on a rainy St. Patrick's Day morning for a podcast. We had a blast! You will...

Here's a little Easter egg for all the Homebrewed Christianity Deacons to pop open! It's a little 3-d experience...a bootlegged version of the Homebrewed Christianity 3-D event at Soularize. Since we couldn't get access to the sound board we couldn't get a better recording but thanks be to Bo who has edited the event down an hour and EQ-ed the speakers so you can make out what they are saying. If...