Profane Faith

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!! Shoo-wee fam...a lot to process this week!! Luckily I got my newfound friend The Heathen Queen and she breaks it down...check it out and listen in.

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! Yeah, you know we had to have this discussion....and it's so layered. Join us as we go in on this mess. Elonda and Sean, Profane Faith contributed, chime in.

What does research look like regarding White U.S. Evangelicals' capitalization to capitalism and free-market....yeah, that! Dr. Rachel Schwaller joins me this week to discuss that and the colonization of Xtianity on many different levels. Rachel Schwaller received her PhD in American Studies from the University of Kansas. Rachel’s primary field focuses on Christianity in America with a particular...

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! What does it mean to leave the might evangelical culture...and what might it signify within a Latinx context...yeah, deep! Check out Joey's story about survival, grit, and perseverance within toxic contexts. This one is long, but SO worth it.

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! Fam, this week my man Chase comes on and breaks. shit. down! As a Rector of All Saints in Pasadena and a poet, this brutha is putting in work. Check it out. Chase holds a Masters of Divinity from Fuller Seminary, and is deeply committed to pursuing racial justice, pursuing the real Jesus, and helping to dismantle the burdens of white supremacy and the myriad ways it manifests its...

Author, pastor, and fellow seeker in all things religion, Rev. Dr. Katie Hays joins me to talk about her new book, the amazing things she's doing in their church out in Texas, and just life as a pastor in 2022. Deep! Listen in.

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! This week I sit down and hear one amazing story about an ex-evangelical's journey out of the madness. I mean....wow. You've got to hear Ashley's story man!

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! The great and always wise Lisa Sharon Harper is back! This time she get's into her own family history and their connection to U.S. slavery, racism, and the pursuit of equity. Join us during Black History Month 2022 to hear this and more!

Our series continues to welcome in Black History Month 2022 with brutha Sean. This series explores the social construct of God in relation to the social construct of God forms...yeah, deep stuff! Check it out.

!!!EXPLICIT!!! The amazing and sharp theologian herself, Melissa Florer-Bixler joins me this week and oh do we go in on some things! We even touch on a hostile White take over of the U.S.! Yeah, listen in!

This week I talk with one of my colleagues who teaches a host of courses in the field of Communication Arts. She has a really innovative approach to education and pedagogy in the classroom. The work she does has her classes packed out...listen in!

Khristi is back! And with a new book on top of that! Join the Profane Faith conversation and hear how she's navigated the pandemic, being an author, and working with a new generation of Black women who are doing uh-may-zing things! Happy 2022 fam!

We're back after the holiday break, and wow...what an episode to jump into with Tori Williams Douglass. She breaks some stuff down on race, religion, and being a mom through all of that. Listen up!

!!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! A new series dealing with theology, God, being...ecclesiology...all that good stuff. Join Profane Faith correspondent Dom and I to get in on this convo.

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! Shoo-wee! A barn-burner of an episode this week. The convo that just stumps most Xtian spaces is sex...or there is so much bad info on it, that people end up in really bad spots. Tune in now to hear Erica talk on all that!

!!!EXPLICIT!! We're back! Season 6 in full effect! Dr. Megan Goodwin joins me to talk gender, possession, Satan, and all the myths around that. Get it and listen in! Megan Goodwin is a scholar of gender, race, sexuality, politics, and American religions. She is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions (Rutgers 2020). With Ilyse Morgenstein...

Season 5 Finale!!! Well, you know I wasn't gonna leave you hanging. Summer got the best of me. Check out S 5 finale with none other than J.R. and a nice ending to this series! Check it out and see you in season 6.

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!! Oh yeah, we continue on with our series here! This week, Dr. Christopher Driscoll, religious studies scholar, joins me and digs right in on the convo. Check it out! Christopher M. Driscoll is assistant professor of religion studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Driscoll is a scholar of race, religion, and culture, and historical and contemporary white U.S. and European re...

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! A new series dealing with the ontological and cultural essence of God idealogy. This week we kick off with my good friend, Sean Watkins. Check it out!

!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!! This week will be worth the wait! The great and wise Alicia T. Crosby is on the show this week, and, wow...is this a barn burner!!! Check it fam! Alicia T. Crosby (she/hers) is a justice educator, activist, and minister whose work addresses the spiritual, systemic, and interpersonal harm people experience. Through her teaching, writing, speaking, and space curation, Alicia helps...

!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! This week in honor of pride month I get to talk with a new friend, whom I know will be a long-time one, Leo Wolters Tejera. We go in on race, religion, human sexuality, and our current era. Check it!

Wow. What a treat! My long-time friend Dawn Finch and I finally get a chance to have a conversation about her amazing work with youth and young adults in L.A. A true O.G.!

This week the amazing Tamisha Tyler hijacks the show to turn the tables and interview me! We get into my 2nd book, The Soul of Hip Hop. Can you believe it? It's been 10 years! Well, 11 if you count 2021. And the episode is under an hour! How about that!

!!!!!!EXPLICIT!!!!! This week I welcome Emily Joy as she talks about her new book #Church Too: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing. Yo...this is DEEP! Buckle up!

!!!!EXPLICIT!!! So here you have it...an array of voices talking about their thoughts and reflections regarding the George Floyd trial. This one is long but so worth the time. Dig in!