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Palestinian Liberation Theology with John Munayer (Podcast)
Read more: Palestinian Liberation Theology with John Munayer (Podcast)In this episode we talk about Palestinian Liberation Theology with John Munayer, who is an instructor at Bethlehem Bible College, and who serves at Musalaha ministry, which promotes reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. In our conversation, John explains what Palestinian Liberation Theology is and how it relates to other forms of Liberation Theology by way…
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The History of Zionism and the Nakba with Yousef AlKhouri (Podcast)
Read more: The History of Zionism and the Nakba with Yousef AlKhouri (Podcast)In this episode we’re beginning a short series on Palestinian Liberation Theology, starting with a discussion on Zionism and the Nakba with Yousef AlKhouri, who is a Christian Arab Palestinian residing in Bethlehem, Palestine, where he is a lecturer in Biblical Studies and Mission at Bethlehem Bible College, and he is currently working on his…
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How Art Shapes Empathy with Dr. Mary McCampbell (Podcast)
Read more: How Art Shapes Empathy with Dr. Mary McCampbell (Podcast)In this episode we talk about the role of art and the imagination in shaping empathy with Dr. Mary McCampbell, Associate Professor of Humanities at Lee University in Tennessee and the author of Imagining our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy (published by Fortress). As Dr. McCampbell explains, the origin for the idea of…
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Women and the Gender of God with Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler (Podcast)
Read more: Women and the Gender of God with Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler (Podcast)In this episode we are joined by Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, to talk about her forthcoming book, Women and the Gender of God (published by Eerdmans on October 4th). Over the course of our conversation, Rev. Dr. Peeler explains that this book is trying to address where…
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Disaster Films & The Bible with Dr. Michelle Fletcher (podcast)
Read more: Disaster Films & The Bible with Dr. Michelle Fletcher (podcast)In this episode we turn from our series on Jesus films to discuss the intertextual relationship of Disaster Films and the Bible as an epilogue to our Summer series with Dr. Michelle Fletcher, who used film theory to analyze citations of the Hebrew Bible in Revelation in her book, Reading Revelation as Pastiche: Imitating the…
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Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)
Read more: Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of Jesus films in In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of films generally in teaching the Gospels with the Rev. Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker, who is Frank…
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Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)
Read more: Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)In this penultimate episode of our Jesus film series, we talk about the enemies of Jesus in Jesus films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz, who is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, and the author of a number of important studies on Jesus films and Bible films, including:…
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Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)
Read more: Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)In this episode of our Jesus Film series, we’re talking about costuming with Dr. Katie Turner. Dr. Turner is an independent scholar who completed her PhD at King’s College, London and has a forthcoming monograph, entitled, Costuming Christ (with T&T Clark). Over the course of our conversation we discussed the difference between ancient clothing and…
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Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)
Read more: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)Continuing our series on Jesus films, we are joined in this episode by Dr. Siobhán Jolley to discuss the representation of Mary Magdalene. Dr. Jolley recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester with a thesis entitled, “Reimaging the Magdalene: Liberative Reception Criticism and the Counter-Reformation Magdalene.” In our conversation Dr. Jolley talks to…
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Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark Goodacre
Read more: Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark GoodacreIn this episode we discuss the relationship of scholarship on the Gospels and the historical Jesus with Dr. Mark Goodacre, who is Frances Hill Fox professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, the author of a number of important studies on the historical Jesus, the Gospels, particularly the Synoptic Problem, and the Gospel of Thomas,…