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Hey, I'm happy to introduce you to my friend, Cornell Ellis. Cornell is the executive director of theblockc.org , which exists to increase the number of black male educators in our school systems. It's a super important job and I'm really proud to be a part of theblockc's effort. I hope you'll take time to click on the link and find out more.  Make sure to jump on my substack and even more sure to...

Today's conversation is with my friend, Heather Hamilton. She's someone who's been on a journey ... life, parenting, church, and reintepreting the bible. Her book is called Returning to Eden: A Fieldguide for the Spiritual Journey. Her website is returningtoeden.com and I hope you check it out, jump on her newsletter, and see what she's up to.  Meanwhile, we're a part of the QuoirCast Network now,...

It was great to be with Paul Young today. He's the author of a little book ... let's see, what was the name again? Oh, yeah, The Shack . Paul and I got introduced to each other a couple of months ago, which then led to this conversation, (and also led to his endorsement of my forthcoming book, but more on that later). Not suprisingly, Paul is a really genuine guy and I had a great time interacting...

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It was a great to be with one of my favorite people today, Ilia Delio. Ilia has a lot to say about evolution, A.I., science, fear, consciousness, and love. And now you know why she’s one of my favorite voices. Ilia currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University She holds PhDs in Pharmacology from Rutgers University and in Theology from Fordham Universit...

Here's me and my friend, Andre Rabe, talking about Girardian inspired things. It was a GREAT conversation. -Find out more about Andre at https://alwaysloved.net and if you're listening to this in August of '23, sign up for our online conference by clicking or copying and pasting rb.gy/izadv. If you're listening after August of '23, well, it sucks to be you. -Hope you've joined the substack newslet...

Good to be with Brian Zahnd again today! Brian's a pastor and author. My favorite book of his is probably "Beauty will Save the World." And he'll be a part of our online Girardian Intersections online conference. Copy and paste following URL to get tickets rb.gy/izadv. (And BZ's website is www.brianzahnd.com.) -Some of today's music can be found at epidemicsound and the opening little tu...

Great to be with Dr. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Jennifer will be one our presenters at the upcoming "Girardian Intersections online Conference." Copy and paste following URL to get tickets https://rb.gy/izadv -Jennifer teaches at Campbell University, works with the Bible for Normal People, and has a book out entitled, Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims. -Some of today’s musi...

-Here’s my conversation with the always kind and interesting Peter Rollins. And if you want to find the video rather than the audio, check it out on substack.com/jonathan_foster or patreon.com/jonathan_foster -Find out more about Pete, his writing, film making, conferences and all the really interesting stuff he’s up to at peterrollins.com. I’ve learned a lot from his work over the years and was r...

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Hey everyone, I believe this will be the last of season five! Unless I change my mind. Then it won't. Thanks for hanging out with me this season. It's been a lot of fun. --Feel free to review, like, star, thumbs up and more if you've found anything helpful here. Sign up for my newlsetter at jonathanfosteronline.com and as always, find videos with my full conversations like the one I had on this ep...

Here’s a bit about AI (artificial intelligence), technology, evolution, post-humanism, and what religion (Christianity specifically) probably needs to change in order to assist AI (and all of us) in learning values. //I mention Ilea Delio a couple of times in this episode. If you’re interested in this subject matter, you should certainly check out her work, including “Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why...

Episode 11 is me hanging out with my man, Shay Foster who is the co-executive director at www.lovehaiti.org. If you don’t have a non-profit to plug into, you should check it out. -We talk some theological change, church stuff, and life, but mostly we talk about Haiti, it’s history, our involvement, and why humans in the Global North should be aware of what's happening there. -Don’t forget to join...

Big day today: Theology of Consent-Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe is out everywhere. It’s the culmination of almost 3 years, or almost 8 years, or almost 50 years depending on how we quantify these things.  Pick up a copy. Leave a review. Join the party! -Here’s the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/3Db7rOB -I kinda like the tune I use to open and close today’s episode. It’s called...

Questions about parenting within the paradigm of uncontrolling love is the theme of this episode. It’s a super important subject. I hope to bring a few ideas to the conversation, and a bit of my time with Ryan and Jess Lambros, but also point you to the full zoom dialogue I had with (as well as my conversation with Libby Tedder-Hugus) on my patreon page. Just search for www. Patreon.com/jonathan_f...

On this episode I respond to questions by going next level. That’s right, I’m bringing in one of my mentors, the Dr. Thomas Jay Oord to answer questions about the bible, the validity of different religions, sexuality, and finding personal meaning. Plus, at www.patreon.com/jonathan_foster I continue the conversation by talking to Tom about randomness, God controlling the future, love, and bonus top...

I think the truest thing we can say of God is that S(H)e is love. And the fundamental characteristic of love? It's consent. It feels week, but I suspect it’s the weakness that makes it strong. The weakness of consent is the strength of love. And it’s the thing that can help us move from a negative to positive dominant mindset in the church. -Some resources I reference on this episode: Mary Douglas...

On this episode I respond to questions about moving forward with the church. One young person put it this way: “What is even the point? Given how many people have been hurt, is church even helpful any longer?” So I give some open and relational theological thoughts, some stuff that’s been influenced by those who are influenced by Bill Hegel, some stuff to rethink omnipotence, mystery, and the misg...

On this episode I took a group of questions I got recently about church and boiled ‘em down to one: How did we get here? There are a handful of different topics to work through in order to answer that question well, but here’s a bit of my take filtered as it is through mimetic theory, open and relational theology. So, we’ll talk about Omnipotence some, plus the scapegoating mechanism, some evangel...

Today our topic de jour is deconstruction. I don’t even scratch the surface of this subject, but I imagine you’ll get some stuff here that you might not with most low budgets podcasts. Ha, cuz that’s what this is! Yeah, we talk a bit about Girard and deconstruction as well as some of my frustrations with the church’s approach in general (surprise, surprise) all while giving some input regarding de...

Welcome to the relationship episode where I do my best to offer a response to the question, “How do I be in relationship without being judgmental?” And also, “How do I be in relationship when I’m the one being judged?” Idk if I give great answers or not, but I definitely give some things to consider. -Don’t forget about my follow up conversation on my Patreon page (search for jonathan_foster to si...