Theology Nerd Throwdown

Tripp and Bo explore the season of Advent through song, story, and proleptic possibility. They wander through theological frameworks, eschatological expectations and process potential for a greater engagement. Translation: Tripp sings and then they talk about the meaning of the song … along with the week’s news through a theological lens.

In this hour long conversation Bo and Tripp take up the question “Is too much emphasis placed on the cross?”  Bo thinks that it is both out of proportion and ultimately unhelpful to place so much importance in this one symbol. Tripp think that it can be redeemed from those who have misused and misappropriated it. The debate started with [this post] In this episode we reference (among others) books by Andrew Sung-Park Douglas Ottati Elizabeth Johnson Brian McLaren Peter Rollins and the famous Incarnation podcast with John Cobb  Also covered are Claremont Lincoln’s involvement in the inter-religious endeavor and their new logo – as well as re-writing some hymns and songs to better reflect what we really believe.

Peter Rollins was at Claremont School of Theology a couple of weeks ago – and we recorded it! His new book is Insurrection and he is in full form during this hour. If you like what you hear or what to express some concern, come over here [link] and sound off.

In this week’s TNT (Theology Nerd Throwdown) Tripp and Bo respond to questions about Open Theology, the Historical Jesus and end in the Global South. Some of the books they mention are: The Most Moved Mover by Clark Pinnock Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism by Nancey Murphey God of the Possible by Greg Boyd The Openess of God by Clark Pinnock The Nature of Love: a theology  by Thomas Jay Oord If you wanted to follow up with ‘Hitchhickers’s Guide to Jesus‘  you can listen here [link] It is not too late to register for SOULarize - October 18-20 2011

 In this week’s installment of the Theology Nerd Throw-down (TNT) we come in with a bunch questions but never get past the first one. “How are we to understand Christian unity with somebody like Mark Driscoll?”  Make no mistake though – that one question leads us on a wild tour of the issue. We cover a whole gamut of related topics and issues. For those unfamiliar with Mark Driscoll here is a YouTube clip: Driscoll on Tolerance  Some of the Books we talk about: The Churches the Apostles Left Behind by  Raymond Brown The Emergence of the Early Church by Robert Patzia Unity and Diversity in the New Testament by James D. G. Dunn The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This Theology Nerd Throwdown is sponsored by Claremont School of Theology. Tripp and Bo take on three topics in the news from a progressive Christian perspective with an eye toward the theological. 1. Did 9/11 really change us? You can read the initial blog here. 2. The crows at the Republican Presidential debates are telling us something. We think that something is bad. 3. Claremont Lincoln University had it’s convocation ceremony this week. That seemed significant in light of story 1 and 2 above. In this hour-long show these two theology nerds reference several books – including but not limited to : The Powers the Be by Walter Wink  Simply Christian by N.T. Wright Theology and the Kingdom by Wolfhart Pannenberg No Rising Tide by Joerge Rieger The views expressed are not necessarily those of Claremont School of Theology or Claremont Lincoln University.     

 Theology Nerd Throwdown! This is part 3/3  for Tripp and Bo sitting down to chat about the terms Evangelical, Progressive, Emergent and Liberal. A number of authors come up. Here is a handy list of the books that get mentioned and any relevant Homebrewed podcast they appeared in. Stanley Hauerwas who wrote The Peaceable Kingdom and Resident Aliens. Marjorie Suchocki (episode 39 ) authored The Fall to Violence and In God’s Presence. Peter Rollins appeared in episode 91 and wrote How (not) to Speak of God. Brian McLaren (episode 93 )  has both Everything Must Change and a New Kind of Christianity. John Dominic Crossan (episode 34) has written many book including God and Empire. Stanley Grenz authored a list of amazing books including a Primer to Post-Modernism and Beyond Foundationalism.  My favorites is probaby  Theology for the Community of God and

 Tripp and Bo sit down for an hour-long chat about the term ‘Liberal’. Tripp interacts with Friedrich Schleiermacher and  Albert Ritschl for a historical perspective and then connects with Douglas Ottati and Peter Hodgson for a  contemporary engagement. Tripp puts them in contrast to Progressive, Emergent and Evangelical. We recorded this before the posts Goosing Emergents into the Mainline.  This is part 2 of 3 for the current TNT series (Theology Nerd Throwdown).   Facebook Peeps Click HERE to Listen