Things Not Seen Podcast

In his recent book, If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk, our guest John Pavlovitz invites us to find a faith that makes us better neighbors and better humans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest, Professor Jacques Berlinerblau, returns to the show to talk about his recent book, Secularism: The Basics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Jessica Coblentz calls readers and scholars alike to re-imagine our theological accounts of depression and recovery in her recent book, Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more than three decades, our guest Martin Doblmeier has produced award-winning documentaries about faith and culture. We are delighted to welcome him back to the show to talk about 5 of those films, collected now as the "Prophetic Voices" series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome Michael O'Loughlin back to the show to talk about his recent book, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his new book, The Body of the Cross, our guest Dr. Travis E. Ables invites Christians to reconsider the atonement, and goes back to the early days of the church to learn new ways to think about how God is reconciled to the world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We revisit a conversation with Leah Payne and Brian Doak, who are both professors, authors, and pop culture aficionados. They are the creators and co-hosts of the amazing podcast Weird Religion. Their new season starts this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome back John J. Fontana, co-director of the Ignatian Legacy Fellows Program. For the past 25 months, the first cohort of scholars have gone around the globe, learning how to be in service to others. He tells us about their journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Kaya Oakes talks about her recent book The Defiant Middle, which draws on the wisdom of women mystics and explores how transitional eras or living in marginalized female identities can be both spiritually challenging and wonderfully freeing, ultimately resulting in a reinvented way of seeing the world and changing it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Paula Huston tells the history of a monastery on the California coast, and the role that both Thomas Merton and World War II played in its founding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we remember the life and legacy of Archbishop Tutu, we revisit this interview from earlier in the year. The Rev. Dr. Michael Battle has been a student and friend of Archbishop Desmond Tutu for a good deal of his life. In his recent book, Battle offers what he calls "A Spiritual Biography of South Africa's Confessor" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Erickson is an artist and performer who, with his book Honest Advent, has created a wonderful set of meditations and images for reflecting on the earthiness and mystery at the heart of the Advent season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Nadra Nittle has created a fascinating portrait of author Toni Morrison, exploring the elements of religion in her various writings, and showing especially how Catholicism interweaves through her work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For years, Kirsten Powers has been center stage for many of our nation's most searing political and cultural battles as a columnist and TV analyst. On a good day, there will be civil disagreement. On a bad day, it's all-out trench warfare--nothing but a cycle of outrage and self-righteousness. More and more, Powers finds herself wondering, along with countless Americans: How are we to cope with th...

In her recent book, Return from Exile: Revelations from an Anchoress in St. Augustine, our guest Marie Laure tells us about a multi-year attempt to visit the home of the mystical writer, Julian of Norwich, and the serendipitous pilgrimage there and back again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Maia Kotrosits talks about her recent book, The Lives of Objects, which invites us to rethink the material history of Christian communities through the centuries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rev. Jacqui Lewis takes her readers on a journey in her recent book Fierce Love - across the country, across decades, and from trauma to healing to flourishing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest, historian Daniel Silliman, has looked at five novels that helped shape the culture and faith of Evangelicalism in America. We talk about his recent book, Reading Evangelicals, and explore this fascinating odyssey of religion and politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After decades in the pulpit, pastor Katie Hays helped found a church for those who felt "devout and kicked out." She talks to us about her journey, and about her recent book, God Gets Everything God Wants Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Danté Stewart talks about his recent book Shoutin;' In the Fire: An American Epistle, and the theological imperative to be honestly Black in white-controlled spaces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her recent book, Atando Cabos, our guest Elizabeth Conde-Frazier explores the rich and varied contributions of Latinx communities to theological education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

King Herod the Great looms large on the edges of the stories of the New Testament. In a monumental and fascinating new study, Bruce Chilton digs deep into the history and intrigue of this theocratic monarch, and the dynasty he founded.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest, jazz musician Deanna Witkoski, has written a spiritual biography of Mary Lou Williams, whose life and music helped to shape American Jazz and influence Catholic liturgy in the 20th Century Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Shannon K. Evans talks about the vast landscapes of feminine spirituality and the value of deep connection with diverse voices and experiences in her recent book Rewilding Motherhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome back songwriter Carrie Newcomer to talk about her recent album and book of poetry, both with the title Until Now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices