Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

In this Big God Questions live stream Thomas Jay Oord joins me to tackle a stack of questions people just like yourself sent in. If you enjoyed this, then you should click on to OpenAndRelationalTheology.com and join our upcoming class Becoming Christian. In the class we will be going line by line through the ancient Apostles’… Read more about Big God Questions: Aliens, Hope, the Cross, & Divine Hiddenness

January 6th 2021 needed a theological debrief. I brought two friends of the pod and recent partners for reading groups, Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh. Recently Dr. Pugh and I hosted a Bonhoeffer reading group and Dr. Clark and I put on together on Black Theology. The topics and questions we cover were sent in by… Read more about Jan 6th Theological Debrief: Adam Clark and Jeffrey Pugh

Dr. Helene Russell is an Associate Professor of Theology at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Russell has published the book The Pluralism Within: a Reconstruction of Theological Anthropology based on Soren Kierkegaard and Luce Irigaray and edited Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. She has also co-edited Augustine and Kierkegaard, with Kim Paffenroth. On top of… Read more about Helene Russell: Trauma Sensitive Theology

In this episode I am joined by the Norwegian philosopher and theologian Dr. Jan-Olav Henriksen. He is the Professor of Philosophy of Religion in MF Norwegian School of Theology, Norway, and Professor of Contemporary Religion at Agder University, Norway. I absolutely loved his recent trilogy of books and was thrilled to have him return to the… Read more about Jan-Olav Henriksen: Symbol-Deficit Disorder and other Theological Predicaments

This is one wild and crazy episode with three friends. Sarey and Dan (You Have Permission Podcast) join me and Mason (a People’s Theology Podcast) to launch a spectacular resource for those going through a faith transition – So You’re Deconstructing. You will definitely want to check out the site and book mark it to… Read more about The Evangelical Youth Group Fantasy Draft

This episode is #Zesty. Ever since I first started reading Dr. Jennings’ work I have wanted to get him on the podcast and it did not disappoint. We discuss Christian animism, the nature of whiteness, the hidden supersessionism in the Religion-Science dialogue, theological education, and more. Enjoy. Dr.Willie James Jennings is the Associate Professor of Systematic… Read more about Willie Jennings: Christianity Beyond Whiteness

This is a special episode where I share an audio version of my written response to Joerg Rieger’s book Jesus vs Caesar. If you haven’t read the book I imagine you can still follow along, especially if you listened to my recent interview with Rieger about it HERE. The main reason I am sharing this is… Read more about Different Gods, Different Religions?

I just saw Tom Oord’s tweet that Terence Fretheim passed away while I was reading his new book God So Enters into Relationship That… It is always shocking to hear how a live conversation partner you deeply value must shift to the page and these recordings. I can’t exaggerate Frethiem’s role in my own intellectual development. While… Read more about Terence Fretheim: God So Enters into Relationships That…

When we observe a tension between Jesus and Caesar, we acknowledge that a fundamental tension remains at the heart of Christianity. The tension is not between religion and atheism or secularism. Nor is it between organized religion and personal spirituality or between Christianity and other religions. The tension is located within the heart of Christianity… Read more about Joerg Rieger: Jesus vs Caesar

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is founder and co-director of The Activist Theology Project, is a nonbinary transqueer activist, Latinx scholar, and public theologian living and working in the American South. Henderson- Espinoza, who teaches at Duke Divinity School, is author of Activist Theology (2019). Follow them on Twitter at @irobyn. Dr. Bass is an award-winning author, popular speaker,… Read more about Ruining Dinner with Diana Butler Bass and Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Dr. Bass is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.  Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world – a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice, entering the fray… Read more about Diana Butler Bass: Evangelical Decline, the Supreme Court, and the Horizon of Possibility

Dr. Reggie Williams is the Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary and author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus:Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance. Here’s Reggie’s previous visit to the podcast: Reggie Williams: Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus Dr. Bass is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted… Read more about Reggie Williams & Diana Butler Bass: Debating, Praying, and Living with Tyrants

Keith Ward is a British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2004.… Read more about Keith Ward: Sharing in the Divine Nature

Who is ready for some religion, politics, history, inspiration and a few pretty intense questions? I hope you are because Diana Butler Bass is here. This is the kick-off of our newest online pop-up community – Ruining Dinner.  When the headlines bleed and your relatives are screaming at each other online, who knows what this election season… Read more about Diana Butler Bass: Religion, Politics, & the Elephant in the Room

 Dr. Daniel White Hodge is an associate professor of intercultural communications and the chair of the communication arts department at North Park University. Go check out his website here. Don’t forget to check out his podcast that all the cool kids are already listening to – Profane Faith.    Check Out His Books Homeland Insecurity: A… Read more about Coming Out of (White) Evangelicalism with Dr. Daniel White Hodge