Category: Culture
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A History of Sex and Christianity with Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch (Podcast)
Read more: A History of Sex and Christianity with Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch (Podcast)Over the course of our conversation, Prof. MacCulloch explains the impetus behind his book as unsettling many “settled facts” about the Christian history of sexuality. We talk about differing views on sex before the Fall, sex in the eschaton, modern approaches to sexuality like purity culture, when weddings began to be held in churches, and…
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The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)
Read more: The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. David Bennett is a post-doctoral research fellow in theology and ethics at the University of Oxford and he’s the author of A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus (published by Zondervan). In our conversation we review and discuss the portrayal of Jesus’s…
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The Marriage You Want with Sheila Wray Gregoire (Podcast)
Read more: The Marriage You Want with Sheila Wray Gregoire (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Sheila Wray Gregoire, who is a speaker, author of several books, and manager of the podcast and website, BareMarriage.com. She’s also the author (along with her husband, Keith) of the book that we’re discussing on this episode: The Marriage You Want: Moving Beyond Stereotypes for a Relationship Built on…
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Climate Change, Preaching, and the Apocalypse of Place with Dr. Jerusha Neal (Podcast)
Read more: Climate Change, Preaching, and the Apocalypse of Place with Dr. Jerusha Neal (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Jerusha Neal, who is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School and the author of Holy Ground: Climate Change, Preaching, and the Apocalypse of Place (published by Baylor University Press). In this conversation we talk about climate-informed homiletics and specifically what Dr. Neal gleaned from indigenous preaching…
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Becoming the Pastor’s Wife with Professor Beth Allison Barr (Podcast)
Read more: Becoming the Pastor’s Wife with Professor Beth Allison Barr (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Beth Allison Barr, who is the James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University and the author of Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry (published by Brazos). Over the course of our conversation we talk about how the common notion…
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Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)
Read more: Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new volume on Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (Rowman & Littlefield). We’re joined by the editors Dr. Andy Byers (lecturer in New Testament at Ridley Hall in the Cambridge Theological Federation) and Dr. Adam Powell (lecturer in…
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The LOST Documentary with Leslie Garcia (Podcast)
Read more: The LOST Documentary with Leslie Garcia (Podcast)In this episode we debrief and review the new documentary about the hit TV show from the mid and late 2000s—LOST. The documentary (Getting LOST) is a nostalgic treat for fans made by fans 20 years after the airing of the pilot in 2004 with loads of creative and acting representation (available on Amazon Prime)….
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Squid Game 2 (Podcast)
Read more: Squid Game 2 (Podcast)In this episode we discuss the second season of the hit Netflix show, Squid Game. We chat about what we appreciated most about season 2 relative to season 1, how this season builds upon previous questions that the show raises about capitalism and makes the stakes more jarring as we think about its effects on…
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Religion for Realists with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)
Read more: Religion for Realists with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Sam Perry, who is Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma is the Department of Sociology, and the author of several books, including, most recently, Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion (with Oxford University Press). In our conversation we…
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Reclaiming Hope After the Election with Kaitlyn Schiess (Podcast)
Read more: Reclaiming Hope After the Election with Kaitlyn Schiess (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Kaitlyn Schiess, who is a Doctoral Student at Duke Divinity School, the Co-host of the Holy Post podcast and host of the Curiously Kaitlyn podcast, and the author of The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from…