The Magnificast

We're back with chapter 1 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos . In the episode, we talk about revolt, state oppression, and peace. Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http...

We're locking in this week to talk about humour in the bible, how tall the giants in the bible were, God watching deadpool and, of course, our favourite economic paradoxes.  Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreo...

This week on the pod, we're pausing our Revelation reading plan for some current revelatory news, we're surpassing 1.5C of warming! Read the UN EP report with us . Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreon.com/them...

We're back on our apocalyptic kick with Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos . In the episode, we talk about Boesak's life, South African apartheid, Christianity and the state, and the specicifity of revelation to oppressed communities. Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberati...

You want more book content? Hopefully you said yes because that's what this is. Thanks to the good folks at The Regrettable Century for a fun chat. Be sure to check out the rest of their episodes!

This episode, has got it all: reddit questions, a Young Washington review, Pope hat news, and Christians organising against green capitalism.  Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreon.com/themagnificast Music by A...

This week, we're exploring Marguerite Porete a bit further with Simon Critchley's book Faith of the Faithless. In the episode, we dive deeper into Porete and how she thinks you can align your soul with God and become free. We talk about what this means for political theology and what we think about it. Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capi...

With the recent passing of Raoul Vaneigem, we're spending this episode talking about his book the Movement of the Free Spirit. It's a weird book about a heretical trend in medieval Christianity that pointed people toward freedom rather than repression. But, to be honest, it's a pretty mixed bag! Check out the book over here on Archive.org Also, read some other Vaneigem content here Order our book...

In this episode, we're locking in, talking about our favourite miracles, the devil and his body, climate denial, the North Sea, and fascists. Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreon.com/themagnificast Music by Am...

In a world where the IMF has said the entire stock of whales are worth 1 trillion dollars and biological offsets equivocate one threatened environment for another, Christianity can help us think of life as worthless and beyond value altogether. We've got a new episode where we're talking about the valuation of life and how we can reframe the way we think about value altogether. To get there, we're...

This week on the Magnificast we're reading reddit questions, talking about demons, fallen angels, SSPX, and Pope Michael. Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreon.com/themagnificast Music by Amaryah Armstrong and...

This week, we're chatting with Anupama Ranawana, author of the book Liberation for the Earth: Climate, Race and Cross from SCM press. In the episode, we talk about Tissa Balasuriya, global solidarity and Scottish politics.  Buy Anu's book: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334061267/liberation-for-the-earth Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-d...

In this episode, for whatever reason, we decided to talk about upcoming Christian movie releases, fascism, competing nationalisms, Scottish football, and more!  Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon http://patreon.com/themagn...

This week, we're LOCKING IN and answering some important and thoughtful questions from reddit. We also talk about a Scottish Island called Eigg, and a non-Scottish Island called Cuba.  Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our patreon ht...

This week we're talking about the new papal encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. In the episode, we talk about where this falls within Catholic Social teaching, AI, the rhetoric of the encyclical, just war theory, and turning off email. Read the encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpr...

This week on the show, we've got Dr. Nicolete Burbach to talk about her work on Catholicism and the trans experience. Throughout the episode, we talk about the popes, gender ideology, Christian unity and being trans within the church. Find all of the essays and books we talked about here: https://linktr.ee/nicoleteburbach Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-...

You're never going to believe this, but our book is published and out in the world. Listen along as we chat about why we wrote this book and take a peak behind the curtain of how we wrote it! Order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/ Get our Winstanley Zine https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/ Join our pat...

We've done it folks, We've finished Pablo Richard's book on Revelation. Tune in this week and listen to the exciting conclusion of Revelation! Here's the book about Zapatista women we mention: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Compa%C3%B1eras.html?id=1gcDBAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/apocaly...

We're back with that revelation's content that you crave! This week, we're talking about beasts, harlots, and more Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/ Pre-order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capit...

This week we've got a war in heaven, the angel being defeated, beasts rising from the earth and the sea! You're not going to want to miss all of these biblical cryptids! In this episode, we're talking about Revelation 12:1-15:4, idolatry, and imperialism. Listen before the world ends!  Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Or get it f...

This week we're talking about Revelation 8:2-11:19; 15:5-16:21 and exploring the trumpets and bowls of God's wrath. In the episode, we talk about symbolism, political pessimism, left behind, and resentment.  Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/ Pre-orde...

We're finally to the weird stuff in Revelation! This week, we've got creatures with weird faces, horsemen, cataclysms, and more! Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/ Pre-order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-...

This week on the pod, we're reading Pablo Richard's commentary on John of Patmos' letters to the churches in revelation. We talk about symbolism, anti-semitism, the phrase "Luke-warm christian," and the anti-imperialist nature of within Revelation. Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstoc...

Folks, we're back this week reading the second chapter of Pablo Richard's book Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the book of Revelation. In this episode, we talk about the verses the frame the book. You can read the Richard's book yourself here: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Pre-order our book https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-ca...

Hey Folks, we've got a classic episode for you this week, but next week we'll be back with some apocalyptic podcasting!  Something cool about having a podcast is that you can talk about whatever you'd like and no one can stop you. This week, we're doing just that. We've both gotten really interested in photography as a hobby and practice, so we're talking about Vilém Flusser's Toward a Philosophy...