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Fully Human, Fully Divine, & All Process! Christology with John Cobb

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:16:20 +0000

Is all that substance based, Aristotelian flavored, authoritarian Creedal style Christology getting you down? Do you wish talking about God at work in Jesus didn’t require you to yell mystery and paradox all day while avoiding good questions? Do you want to know what it’s like to hear one of the two greatest theologians in the last 110 years? YES? Then get ready for John Cobb!

This is straight up, real deal, John Cobb at his best. John has written one of the best Christologies, Christ in a Pluralistic Age, and is here to unpack a bit of it for you.

Deacon Dan, thanks for the call. Here’s John Cobb talking about Process and Prayer & here’s the Theology Nerd Throwdown episode on prayer.

Don’t forget to check out the first session from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation here and the Question & Answer session that followed this podcast.

John Cobb has been on the podcast a number of times; Prayer and Process, and the special 101st episode, earth day, and Incarnation-cast. Tom Oord visited on two previous occasions; The Open-Relational Gospel and the Science of Love!

Want more Process theology? Check out my video bibliography here! Tom Oord is a sweet blogger. Cobb will answer your questions.

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John Cobb & Tom Oord go Emerging with Jesus

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:22:32 +0000

It’s time for session Two of the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology! You get not only one but two big deal theologians! Tom Oord and John Cobb are on the podcast and they are talking Jesus, Christology, the ~~kingdom~~ commonwealth of the God, incarnation, Creeds, and religious pluralism.

Don’t forget to check out the first session from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation here.

Want more Process theology? Check out my video bibliography here! Tom Oord is a sweet blogger. Cobb will answer your questions.

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Nerd Out! Leaving Church, Packing Heat, and Metaphysical Violence

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:08:04 +0000

This is the LAST TNT episode in the Homebrewed Podcast Feed! Subscribe HERE to the Theology Nerd Throwdown podcast so you will continue to get the goodness like next week’s episode with John Caputo! The iTunes subscription is below.

Why are people leaving Church? Rachel Held Evans blogged it, Bo shared it, and now we discuss it. Andrew Sullivan’s post that got the conversation started ‘Christianity in Crisis.’ In this conversation Tripp discusses three good reasons people are leaving the church

Majoring in the Minors
Lack of Intellectual Integrity
Lack of Ethical Integrity

and then questions the impact of age programed ministry through college on the decline of the church. Why does Tripp have gay friends at Acts 29 churches?

Then we move on to discussing Jesus and his disciples packing heat. Bo previously blogged all the verses where Jesus mentions swords and then he ‘Walter Wink’s it’ by discussing turn the other cheek. Tripp then wonders about metaphysical violence and Process philosophy. We concluded by getting a little sermonic about the Biblical logic for universalism!

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BONUS TRACK: Process Theology Q&A with Monica Colemann, Doug Pagitt, & Julie Clawson

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:56:19 +0000

So you have heard the podcast with Monica Coleman from the Emergent Village Theological Conversation. NOW you get a bonus episode! Here Doug Pagitt, Julie Clawson, and the rest of our attendees ask Monica a few more follow up questions on religious pluralism, chocolate, liberation, and gendered language for God.

Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into Process Theology!

She is the author of Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought), The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence, and a contributor to the new Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought.

There are a couple videos from the EVTC from Monica. She discusses Life After Death & Creative Transformation. Check them out and share them!

You can follow her blog and all the other media projects that she does at http://monicaacoleman.com/.

She is indeed a master tweeter and Patheos Progressive Christian Blogger.

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What is Process Theology? Let Monica A. Coleman Tell You!

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:24:27 +0000

Today the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology comes to you! This is audio from Session One where we introduced Process Theology. Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and is your guide into Process Theology!

There are a couple videos from the EVTC from Monica. She discusses Life After Death & Creative Transformation. Check them out and share them!

You can follow her blog and all the other media projects that she does at http://monicaacoleman.com/.

She is indeed a master tweeter and Patheos Progressive Christian Blogger.

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Zombies Empire Bible & Theology: TNT April 22

Bo Sanders — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:53:07 +0000

In this wild & wooly hour, Bo and Tripp cover 4 diverse topics. The first is a blog-post by Bo’s mentor Randy Woodley over at Patheos .

They also cover Tripp’s post at PoMoMusings(@adamw)

In between, the topic of Zombies (via the Walking Dead) and the Hunger Games is introduced by a call from Tripp’s brother, Steven Fuller

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Power & Politics in Theology with Laurel Schneider

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:18:46 +0000

Why should everyone care about theology? Laurel Schneider joins us this week for some good theo-nerding. We have too much fun tackling just a few non-controversal theological topics like…Politics, Culture, Power, Social Justice, Feminism, Church History, Economics, Freedom, Liberty, Queer Theory, Occupy Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Karl Barth, Capitalism, Democracy, and a few other goodies.

Laurel Schneider is Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture at the Chicago School of Theology. If you are wise you have surely gotten yourself a copy of Laurel’s edited volume Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicity and Relation since both Catherine Keller and John Thatamanil have discussed it on previous episodes. Now you just got check out Laurel’s Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity.

Check out Lauerl’s “It Gets Better” video here.

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Existentialist Philosophy, Politics, & Theology with Paul Capetz

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:10:41 +0000

Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Barth, & Paul Tillich all make an appearance in this podcast. So sit back and get ready for a nerd-filled fiesta!

Prof. Paul Capetz & Deacon Stephen Keating join Bo and I in the Homebrewed Christianity HQ in Redondo Beach on a rainy St. Patrick’s Day morning for a podcast. We had a blast! You will enjoy this podcast…if you are into philosophy, history, political ranting, Tillich’s theology or existentialism hitting the pews then this is the podcast for you.

Paul is an amazing historical theologian, Presbyterian minister, my favorite Calvinist, and dear friend. He was on the podcast for Calvin’s 500th birthday, joined John Cobb for our special 101st episode, and explained how a Calvinist gets pumped about Process Theology.

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Join Brian McLaren, Doug Pagitt, Bernice Powell Jackson, Myself, & others as we explore the connection of ecology, incarnation and the interconnectedness of all. April 19-20 in St. Petersburg, Florida for the A Sustainable Faith Conference. Join me the day before for a cigar, brew, convo. on Hell, & a discount for the event. Sunday I will be preaching at the Missio Dei.

Bootlegged Christianity with Philip Clayton, Jack Caputo, Bill Mallonee, Peter Rollins, & Jay Bakker

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:35:59 +0000

Here’s a little Easter egg for all the Homebrewed Christianity Deacons to pop open! It’s a little 3-d experience…a bootlegged version of the Homebrewed Christianity 3-D event at Soularize. Since we couldn’t get access to the sound board we couldn’t get a better recording but thanks be to Bo who has edited the event down an hour and EQ-ed the speakers so you can make out what they are saying. If you want more 3-D excitement just get ready for Jack Caputo’s ‘what is radical theology?’ 3-D experience & Philip Clayton’s ‘Predicament of Belief’ show. Both of those WE ran the sound system and they sound like gold! IN ORDER TO GET THEM you need to subscribe to the Theology Nerd Throwdown podcast feed (iTunes link in the Logo below) which will be separate from the Homebrewed Christianity Podcast feed in two weeks.

This podcast begins with Jack Caputo & Philip Clayton wrestling with religion and Christainity. Then Peter Rollins starts to insurrect things and Jay Bakker helps us get our preaching legs underneath us. The podcast ends with the music we used to begin the live event…Jesus and my favorite song writer….BILL MALLONEE.

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Bart Ehrman on Jesus’ Existence, Apocalypticism & Holy Week

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:34:56 +0000

Bart Ehrman is back on the podcast talking about his newest book Did Jesus Exist? Don’t worry the answer is YES! In the conversation Ehrman responds to the popular nonsense of the ‘mythicists’ who attempt to argue Jesus didn’t exist. Like Dan Brown’s conspiracy theory, the mythicists may get some followers online but they don’t have much of an intellectual case and this top notch atheist leaning New Testament scholar is here to set them straight. Of course that was just part of the conversation. We also discuss the apocalypticism of Jesus, Holy Week, fundamentalism, plays the ‘name game’ with NT Scholars and then answer Jay Bakker’s question.

It was a real pleasure to talk with Ehrman and we hope you enjoy it and share the Brew!

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I reviewed the book HERE as part of this blog-book tour. The other stops are….

Tuesday, March 20th: Shuck and Jive

Monday, March 26th: Broken Teepee

Tuesday, March 27th: Homebrewed Christianity

Wednesday, March 28th: Jeff Keuss

Thursday, March 29th: Life is Short. Read Fast.

Tuesday, April 3rd: Crazy Liberals … and Conservatives

Wednesday, April 4th: The Liberal Spirit

Thursday, April 5th: Greg Laden’s Blog

Friday, April 6th: Butterflies and Wheels

Tuesday, April 10th: Fallen From Grace

Wednesday, April 11th: The Gods Are Bored

TBD: The X Blog

TBD: Richard Carrier Blogs

TBD: Exploring Our Matrix

Hunger Games and a Better Atonement: TNT E-book Extravaganza

Bo Sanders — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:22:05 +0000

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Two of the podcast’s best friends have published E-books in last month and they are both here for a Theology Nerd Throwdown!

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First up, Bo chats with Julie Clawson about the book she wrote about the Hunger Games. (you can find her first podcast appearance here)

Then Tripp and Bo skype with the self-appointed Sr. Deacon – the Doctor! – Tony Jones about a Better Atonement. (you can find his most recent visit here)

Tripp & Bo are really excited about reading Beyond the Spirit of Empire & Tony Jones is digging The Predicament of Belief by Philip Clayton.

Diana Butler Bass on Christianity After Religion!

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:28:03 +0000

Scholar of American religion and culture, Diana Butler Bass, is back on the podcast to talk about her newest and freshest Christianity After Religion: the End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. This podcast is flat out awesome. I had way too much fun talking with Diana about the book and a stack of your questions. If you were wondering how to make sense of Christianity in the midst of today’s culture of flux then this is interview and book for you. We discuss the rise of the ‘nones,’ the ‘spiritual but not religious,’ Putnam & Campbell’s book American Grace, the nature of belief, and how to take a confirmation class postmodern. Enjoy it!

Diana has an online home, blogs at Patheos, the Huffington Post and is a regular tweeter.

A bunch of different bloggers in my RSS reader are digging DBB’s book…you will too!

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This episode is brought to you by the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, a progressive, interdenominational graduate school that’s rooted in the integration of theology, psychology and culture. We value mission, relationality, praxis, and creativity and this is seen in the students training to be therapists, pastors, leaders and artists that innovate and excel in their calling and career.

The End of Sexuality with Jenell Williams Paris

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:36:00 +0000

Let’s talk about (the end of) sex…uality. We all know its a complicated, contentious, and craziness inspiring issue but what if the answer to the ‘sexual identity’ debates is to end it? What if what we needed was to hung out with more evangelical anthropologists? You may not be convinced yet but I am sure Dr. Jenell Williams Paris will have you thinking so soon.

Messiah College’s Jenell Williams Paris recently published The End of Sexuality: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Areand is here to chat about it. We got word of the book from our favorite publisher rep. Adrianna Wright!

*Jenell tells you why NOT to facebook friend old flames.

* For my identity politics rant at Two Friars and a Fool go here…watch the second half please.

* Join me at “A Sustainable Faith Conference” where I will keynote, do a breakout with Brian McLaren, and have a cigar & brew theological throwdown the night before.

The Church and New Media w/ Brandon Vogt

Bo Sanders — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:58:34 +0000

In this interview, Bo talks with Brandon Vogt about “Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet“. Brandon is a Catholic writer and speaker who blogs at The Thin Veil (www.thinveil.net). He writes on spirituality, technology, social-justice, and features regular book reviews and weekly giveaways on his blog. He also manages the Church and New Media blog (www.churchandnewmedia.com) and daylights as a mechanical engineer.

Follow them on Twitter @Seattle_School - if you are one of the first 5 people to ask @Seattle_School on twitter, you will get a copy of Dwight Friesen’s new book!

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Philip Clayton on The Resurrection, Trinity, Eschatology & the Predicament of Belief

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:44:24 +0000

UPDATE: Book Party Info HERE

Homebrewed Christianity is thrilled to share the first piece of audio from the Emergent Village theological conversation with philosopher and theologian Philip Clayton. Even more than that we are pumped to announce our first Homebrewed Christianity Theo-nerd Book Party March 15th!

BUT FIRST… you can’t imagine how thought provoking this podcast is. Philip Clayton gives his first public talk about his newest book The Predicament of Belief which he recently published with friend and President of George Washington University Steven Knapp. As conference coordinators Bo and I challenged Phil to press Process Theology to address those three theological concepts that make most liberals run – the Resurrection, the Trinity, and Eschatology – and he agreed! Not only is the presentation engaging and provocative but the challenge to speak credibly about our faith is a challenge Philip and Steven see impacting the church. Here’s how they put it in the book…

When church leaders can no longer presuppose a securely shared fabric of beliefs, they rely increasingly on extrinsic motivations: professional musicians, high-tech services, attractive social programs, and the like. The trouble is that reflective persons recognize that such initiatives are no longer tied to compelling and persuasive beliefs about what is ultimately the case. When those beliefs become merely metaphorical or poetic–or worse, when one finds oneself using language one no longer believes but vaguely feels that one ought to believe–one begins to wonder about the raison d’etre of the entire institution and its practices. Is it surprising that many have the sense that (in John Cobb’s words) “what we do and say does not seem to be terribly important.” (HT: Scot)

Since this was a live event the beginning of the podcast may be hard to follow as Phil is commenting on a collection of rather humorous pictures of Jesus but at minute 14 to the end it is straight out theologizing. In this podcast you will hear Philip address…

* Divine Action, the Jesus Seminar, Peter Rollins and the Resurrection

* Christological uniqueness, particularity, kenosis, and adoptionism

* Religious Language, the reality of God, and spectrum of certainty

* Self-giving love and feminism

* Religious Pluralism

There was a good summary and lack-luster critique here. Robert Cornwall reviews the book but wants more Easter bells. Thomas Jay Oord is reading the book & you should too as part of the Theo-nerd Book Party. Here’s the deal. I mailed out copies to a number of Deacons who signed up to blog about the book and will sharing those posts when they come in. But even if you didn’t get a copy (too much demand!) you can still participate in the fun! How? (glad you asked)

1) Read the book, blogs, kindle it, and of course listen to the podcast.

2) Call-in or Email us your questions for Philip! (JUST CLICK THE Mic IMAGE on the RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOMEPAGE & TALK)

3) Attend the Theo-nerd Book Party March 15th. We will host this LIVE & STREAMED event at Philip’s house in Claremont, CA. We will post the info and stream on the Homebrewed Christianity Facebook Page so ‘like’ it and get ready!

Religion, Atonement, Gender, Theology & Secularism on the Theology Nerd Throwdown

Bo Sanders — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:21:07 +0000

What is religion? What about theology? Do Christians need to call God a dude? Did Jesus have to die to save us from our sins? These questions and more are tackled in the style of Nerd this week!

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On top of the provoking questions we are joined by a special guest, Deacon Dr. Eric Hall, who brings his own unique take on the issues of the week. We start by engaging some recent blog posts and then move to more philosophical matters.

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Here’s the ‘don’t be a dick’ pledge put out by Ben Gleib. Here’s the blogs we talk about…She who is not, Did Jesus need to die to save us from our sins?, I hate religion but love Jesus, What is theology and Secularization – focusing on the work of Heidegger, Charles Taylor (both Secular and Modern Social Imaginaries) and Eberhard Jungel.

Mark Scandrette on Experimenting with Truth this Lent

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:40:57 +0000

What one change could you make that would change your life forever? What would it look like to take a vow with friends and make it an experiment this lent?

During those 40 days leading up to Easter our deepest need for change won’t be addressed by eating fish on Fridays instead of cow flesh or giving up chocolate until Easter. Perhaps what we need is something like the watchfulness Jesus encouraged — or what Gandhi called Experiments in Truth: practices that respect the bodily nature of human spirituality and transformation. (Check out his freshest book for more details)

In this special episode you will hear Mark Scandrette lay down the challenge. It was recorded live at my home in preparation for some Lenten experiments with some friends and my high schoolers in confirmation. Just among my friends there are some taking a fast from all critical speaking (including self-directed criticism), meat & alcohol (I’m one of these), gossiping (I would have linked to them but…), and all media (which means they will be behind in the podcast episodes come Easter). Just this past week’s time of sharing was pretty powerful example of how much one can learn and change in the right type of community. Any way, I’m sure you can imagine when you hear the conversation.

Be sure to check out some VIDEO from Mark’s visit here. For more audiological Scandrette check out his first and second visit to the podcast. Then there is the Homebrewed 3D event with Philip Clayton and Daniel Kirk we recorded in Mark’s house.

Here’s the PODCAST!

The Evolution of Adam with Peter Enns

Bo Sanders — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:33:58 +0000

Peter Enns, author of the new book Evolution of Adam, and professor of biblical studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania sits down with Tripp for an action packed conversation about Adam’s lack of a belly button! Ok, may be not BUT they do discuss how Israel, Paul, the early church, and Christians today relate to that powerful story of the first human. Insights from science, the results of historical research, and hermeneutical questions abound throughout the conversation. More importantly for many of our listeners will be Peter’s sensitivity to our more conservative Christians fears surrounding this issue and some of his sage like advice in moving forward. This conversation is blastand we hope you enjoy it, share it, and send us a shout out by clicking that button on the right side of the post.

This book isn’t the first time Peter has been in evangelical hot water and probably not the last. Peter is not scared of controversy but from what I can tell it comes right out of his evangelical commitment to scripture. On his blog Rethinking Biblical Christianity he just replied to Kevin De Young’s 10 reasons to believe in a historical Adam with precision and a generous account of what has a rather harsh, unkind, and (for me at least) nonsensical defense of an incredulous assertion. James McGrath’s response was also pretty awesome.

This interview is part of the Baker Blog Tour organized by the talented Bryan Dyer. Check out this list of the other contributors….

Joy Bennett - “Joy In This Journey”
Nate Claiborne – NathanielClaiborne.com
Rachel Held Evans – RachelHeldEvans.com
James McGrath – “Exploring Our Matrix”
Gregory Smith – “Jesus Loves Darwin”
Jacob Sweeney – “Jacob Sweeney’s Blog”
Justin Topp – “A Biologist’s View of Science & Religion”
Kurt Willems – “The Pangea Blog”

Mutants and Mystics with Jeffery Kripal: HBC episode 134

Bo Sanders — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:40:00 +0000

Whose ready for some mystical, mutant, comic book, and science fiction fun? I know I am!

Prof. Jeffery Kripal joins the podcast this week to philosophize about his love for the paranormal and mystical part of human experience. In doing so he turns to the wonderful world of comic books and science fiction but not as a reporter or historian but as a place where deep metaphysical issues and religious questions are being addressed through pop culture. I have been thrilled to share this conversation ever since we recorded it. While many of our regular listeners won’t be able to go everywhere Jeff goes philosophically…Gnosticism & psychedelic drugs… I am confident his cultural exegesis and mapping of mystical narratives will have you entertained and intrigued.

Mutant Linkage…

* Mutants & Mystics was a Patheos book club so there are a ton of blog reviews, a Kripal interview, round table, sample from the book, and more…check it out.

* Ryan Parker has the most uber-awesome review of the book

* If you dig the interview check out Jeff’s podcast The Impossible Talk Podcast where he and his film making partner Scott Hulan Jones have “sophisticated, open discussions of and lectures on the paranormal and anomalous dimensions of American culture.”

*Now for a fun moment from X-men…

Occupy Theology: Marx and Whitehead

Bo Sanders — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:03:31 +0000

In this special episode Deacon Jeremy Fackenthal & Tripp Fuller talk Marx and Whitehead at the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation for 2012.

The “Inverse Theology” that is referenced is from Walter Benjamin and Theodore Adorno.

Also referenced is the popular blog from last month “Undercover Boss” by Stephen Keating

TNT: Eschatology – Resurrection call and response

Bo Sanders — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:45:29 +0000

What do N.T. Wright, Marcus Borg and John Cobb have in common? This podcast!

In this hour, Tripp and Bo take 4 calls from hotline and respond to questions about eschatology and the resurrection.

You can call in with any questions or comments at 678-590-2739 (brew) and let us know what you want us to talk about.

Two books that we reference today are Surprised by Hope and Simply Christian. We also alude to the John Cobb prayer podcast. Thanks to Jason, Angela, Garret, and Keaton for calling in!

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Coming to Jesus with Daniel Kirk & Philip Clayton: Homebrewed Christianity 3-D

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:30:55 +0000

What does coming to Jesus look like today? We may not have the answer but we do have a seriously fun and enlightening conversation.

During the American Academy of Religion a herd of theology nerds gathered in the home of Mark Scandrette – Jesus Dojo extraordinaire – for some live Homebrewed Christianity podcast fun. Daniel Kirk (New Testament Prof at Fuller Theological Seminary) and Philip Clayton (Philosophical Theologian and Dean of Claremont School of Theology) were our featured contributors but the ~~crowd~~ Deacons who gathered made the entire experience a blast. On top of the podcast we all enjoyed the wonderful food provided by the Scandrette family, the huge bottle of Bullet Bourbon from Rebekah, 3 amazing homebrews from Kirk, and some great questions at the end.

We hope you enjoy the live brew. If you dig it you should make plans to join us February 12 at Claremont for John Caputo going 3-D or holla about hosting a show in your own home\bar\church.

If you are wise….and of course you are…you should get Kirk’s new book Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? and Phil’s freshest The Predicament of Belief.

TNT: Prayer and Process reaction

Bo Sanders — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:45:41 +0000

In this half-hour, Tripp and Bo chat about last week’s:

It is a wild and woolly 30 minutes as they prepare for the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation. You have two week to sign up and get yourself to Southern California.

p.s. it was 76 and sunny here yesterday*

* previous results do not guarantee future success

Prayer & Process with John Cobb

Bo Sanders — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:34 +0000

John Cobb answers your questions about Prayer and Process – in prep for for the Emergent Village Theological Conversation for 2012 that kicks off Jan 31.

In the past week people over at Tony Jones, Rachel Held Evans, and Kurt Willems have been asking prayer and the relationship between Process theology and Openness theology. Well John Cobb is here for you!

Of course y’all sent in questions about other stuff too…Occupy Wall Street, Postmodernism, Economy, Ecology, and other theological goodies. I (Tripp) did this interview in Cobb’s library so listening to it will be like my first time because in real time I was a very distracted FANIAC!

For other resources check out:

Our TNT podcast about why people should come to the Emergent Conversation.

Marjorie Suchocki’s entry level PDF is super helpful.

The schedule for the conference looks amazing!

Bruce Epperly’s podcast continues to generate conversation.

His book Process for the Perplexed is fantastic.

John Caputo says “GOD…perhaps” Ep.131

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:50:46 +0000

Jack is Back and God Insists you Listen! This is the good Doctor Caputo’s first talk at the Soularize event this past October. Coming up soon will be his appearance on the main stage as part of the HBC-3D event!

Most exciting and essential for every SoCal Deacon’s calendar is a very special John Caputo HBC-3D event February 12th in Los Angeles. Put it on your calendar and get ready to hop on the tickets when they go on sale…because this House Show will sell out fast. We are calling the event…. “Christianity UnCorked: Caputo, Cab & Conversation.” Just imagine an evening of philosophical nerdom in a house with a glass of wine and John Caputo….ahhh I can imagine it now….so put the date on your calender, find your nerdy friends and get ready to grab these tickets up fast.

The one and only, living legend, and Homebrewed frequenter John Caputo is here with some more philosophical excitement. Both his first, second, and third visit rocked the podcast. Even more exciting are these class lectures Caputo is sharing here at HBC. These lectures are free theological cat nip for theology nerds. Enjoy.

* Caputo Writes lots of books.

* Like’ John Caputo on facebook

Peter Rollins & Barry Taylor answer THE question “What Would Paul Do?” Ep. 129

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:09:57 +0000

“What Would Paul Do?” That’s the question and Peter Rollins and Barry Taylor are here to answer it Biblically. This is a seriously fun conversation from the Soularize cconference that I thought would be the perfect to share at the beginning of the year.

For those who don’t read atheist political philosophy…Paul is back, popular, and getting all sorts of attention. In our conversation we play out a number of these Pauline insights and then tackle a bunch of questions being asked in the church today. If you are interested in the philosophical discussion there is no better place to begin than St. Paul Among the Philosophers which is introduced and edited by Jack Caputo. It includes chapters by Zizek and Badiou (philosophers) and then responses form Christian scholars from across the disciplines.

Stuff We Discuss…Paul, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Pete’s new book, Hakim Bey’s temporary autonomous zones, Kester Brewin, Occupy Wall Street condoms and T-Shirts, the Crisis of Capitalism, Red Letter Christianity, the End of History, Identity Politics, Missional Progressive Christianity, why we aren’t ‘making disciples’ in church, and if the church should still gather after the Death of the Big Other God.

Since this was recorded live in a room with a Keg of Dale Brothers Beer there are the occasional bumps from me pumping the keg. I put some soft jams underneath to help cut down the noise from the note taking audience.

Banned Questions about Jesus & the Bible with Christian Piatt

Bo Sanders — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:06:56 +0000

Christian Piatt, author of Banned Questions about Jesus & Banned Questions about the Bible stops by for a chat about church, Jesus, faith, the Bible and the important stuff in life. As a minister’s husband Christian has been part of planting a progressive Disciples of Christ church in Colorado. He Tweets, he blogs, and facebooks.

Most important of all Christian put together a killer collection of thinkers, writers, and ministers to answer a some dangerous and banned questions about Jesus…the kind of questions in which the asking and the answering can be costly. Each author had just a few paragraphs to answer the question and they did so right next to others so the reader can compare, contrast, yell, and go ‘hmm.’ Not only was Christian wise enough to ask Tripp about Jesus’ sexual fantasias but he also brought some ‘A’ game to the podcast. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

Don’t forget to sign-up for the Emergent Village Theological Conversation coming up in sunny SoCal Jan 31-Feb 2. Remember to put ‘Deacon Wine Tour’ in the referral box if you want to join the fun. If you already signed up and want to come just email me.

TNT: Emergent Process Conversation Preparation

Bo Sanders — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:09:56 +0000

Tripp and Bo welcome Joe Paparone in for a conversation about missional priorities, process vocabulary, and an emergent framework. This is all in preparation for the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation in Claremont California January 31-February 2nd.

Register for the conference at ProcessTheology.org - find the reading list [here] – order Process for the Perplexed by Bruce Epperly and get ready to engage philosophers, theologians, practitioners and church leaders in an amazing set of conversations!

If you want to listen to more podcast about Process, here are 3:

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Process with Bruce Epperly

Intro to Process Thought with Robert Mesle

An Emerging, Progressive, and Relational Vision of Faith with Bruce Epperly

Paul, Empire and the Arrogance of Nations: Neil Elliott

Bo Sanders — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:07:45 +0000

Neil Elliot talks to Tripp about Paul, Empire and the Arrogance of Nations. In this conversation Neil helps us set the book of Romans in its historical, political, cultural, and religious context. When Romans becomes theologically alive again it has a word to speak about the Imperial situation in today’s politics.

Neil was an early pioneer in the rather busy academic world of Paul and Politics. One of the things I really appreciate about the conversation with Neil is his concern about congregations, working ministers, and Christians wrestling with the theological vision of Paul as it is re-expanded in light of new scholarship. It is easy to do scholarship without thinking of those to whom the texts one speaks of are scared, dear, and direction for ones living and it is also pretty easy to know what is going on in the academic world and not try to bring it down to the grassroots level but Neil rocks it on all fronts. I really hope you really enjoy the conversation and if you are a Paul hater maybe you will decide to give him a second look.

Elliott came to prominence with his book Liberating Paul and is here to talk about The Arrogance of Nations

Waking Up to Community & Empire with Marc Ellis

Bo Sanders — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:04:27 +0000

Dr. Marc Ellis is renowned thinker and a Jewish Liberation Theologian. In this interview with Bo & Tripp he speaks candidly about community, empire, Biblical scholarship, Israel, the Apostle Paul, Evangelics, and legendary people that he knew (like Dorothy Day).

Marc Ellis is widely regarded as a prophetic voice and an original thinker. He is a Professor of History at Baylor University and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies. He has authored many books including:

He is also under a cloud of controversy right now! Please go to this website: https://www.change.org/petitions/ken-starr-president-of-baylor-university-stop-persecution-against-prof-marc-ellis and sign the petition to protect his job and his right to speak freely!

The Cross, Resurrection, Blood, and Church of Jesus: TNT Crossed Out

Bo Sanders — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:11:06 +0000

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.

Radical Political Theology with Clayton Crockett

Bo Sanders — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:01:59 +0000

Clayton Crockett tells that you can’t go home again. The world of religion and politics has changed so radically that the old definitions and boundary markers are nearly unrecognizable – and even less helpful.

Clayton Crockett is Associate Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. His work focuses on postmodern theology, Continental philosophy of religion, psychoanalytic theory and theoretical issues concerning religion and politics.

In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a return to religion. (from the book description)

In this conversation with Tripp Fuller, politics, history and religion are evaluated from thoroughly theological lens. His book Radical Political Theology : Religion and Politics after Liberalism is available from Amazon in hardcover and Kindle editions.

Don’t forget to sign up for the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation in Claremont, CA January 31-February 2.

Blue Like Jazz the Movie! A Conversation with Steve Taylor & friends

Bo Sanders — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:13:00 +0000

We sat down with director (and music legend) Steve Taylor for a roundtable about his newest project Blue Like Jazz the movie. Joining us is one of the script’s writers Jordan Green of the Burnside Writers, the Whiskey Preacher, Rev. Amy Piatt, & her preacher’s spouse Christian. The conversation took place at Soularize just following a screening of the movie. As you will hear, this collection of podcasters were surprised by the movie! We hope this gets you excited about the movie and prepped to sound like the behind the scenes nerd when this legend of a book hits the big screen. Check out the movie preview here.

FYI…Tripp was giggling with glee that Steve Taylor was in the room. I am pretty sure he just stared at him for an hour and a half, hoping he could start singing Meltdown At Madame Tussade’s.

Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes: Leif Hetland with Mike Morrell

Bo Sanders — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:14:24 +0000

Leif Hetland talks with Mike Morrell about his book “Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes” and encourages us to take a different view of ourselves and our world. Leif is a signs-and-wonders Charismatic minister who has taken his ministry to over 70 countries. When we see ourselves as Abba sees us – everything look different .

Mike is giving away copies of Leif Hetland’s new book, Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes, to qualified bloggers for review via his SpeakEasy blog readers’ network. If you’d like to request a copy, please click here for an eBook or here for a physical copy (U.S. residents only please on the hard copy).

After the interview, (minute 55) stick around for Bo and Tripp talking through Pentecost for Progressives.

And don’t forget to sign up for the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation at Claremont Jan 31-Feb 2. There will be a breakout session called Pentecost and Process.

join a discussion about Pentecostal and Progressive click [here]

TNT: Peter Rollins at Claremont

Bo Sanders — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:31:15 +0000

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.

Agents of Future: Angie and Todd Fadel on Music and Ministry

Bo Sanders — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:05:58 +0000

Angie and Todd Fadel are Agents of Future: a (band) experience that comes out of a community expression.

In this conversation with Bo Sanders from Soularize 2011, they talk about ministry, music, and what it means to get below the surface and invite people who are safe into a place of vulnerability and people who are vulnerable into a place of safety.

The music for this episode is from their last album Sneek Peeks at Magic Moments. The new album comes out this Friday!

Connect with Agents of Future on Facebook. Follow them on Twitter. Get their music from bandcamp.

Religious Pluralism, Christology & Process with Monica A. Coleman: Homebrewed Christianity 123

Bo Sanders — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:40:02 +0000

Monica A. Coleman is Assc. Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology.

In this interview she talks about books by John Hick, John Cobb and Paul Knitter among others.

You can follow her blog and all the other media projects that she does at http://monicaacoleman.com/.

She is indeed a master tweeter and Patheos Progressive Christian Blogger.

Doug Pagitt Wants the Church to get Inventive: Homebrewed Christianity 122

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:56:10 +0000

Doug Pagitt is a church planter, author, social media consultant, radio host, and all around good dude. This week he joins us for a conversation about his new book Church in the Inventive Age and we have a great time. It’s sure to get your brain a flowing and your mouse a clickin’ (to amazon through THIS link so I get credit and you get your Pagitt for the ~~pooper~~ plane reading).

If for some reason you don’t listen to Doug’s radio show you should. If you are a smart phone user check out Stitcher (the world’s greatest App) and stream both Homebrewed & Doug!

Give us a Holla on the HBC Hotline! 678-590-BREW!

Slave Free Earth: Cathy and Will Henderson on human trafficking

Bo Sanders — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:38:37 +0000

Cathy and Will Henderson are the founders of Slave Free Earth. The problem of human trafficking has become a global epidemic. It has suprassed arms (guns) and is second only to drugs in illegal sales.

Visit to SlaveFreeEarth.com to connect, learn, volunteer and support this movement.

The Interview starts in minute 6 after Elgin Fuller explains the dangers of his favorite movie – Cars 2.

John Caputo on the Future of Continental Philosophy: Homebrewed Christianity 121

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:23:40 +0000

The one and only, living legend, and Homebrewed frequenter John Caputo is back! Think of this as a pump primer for the HBC-3d with Caputo at Soularize. Both his first and second visit rocked the podcast. Even more exciting are these class lectures Caputo is sharing here at HBC. These lectures, as we say in the intro, are theological cat nip for theology nerds. Enjoy.

Caputo Writes lots of books. He mentions Some Philosophers…Ray Brassier’s Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction and Quentin Meillassoux’s After Finitude.

* We are excited about Doug Pagitt coming to Soularize!

* ‘Like’ John Caputo on facebook

Open Theology, Process, Historical Jesus & the Global South: TNT for Oct 5

Bo Sanders — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:36:41 +0000

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

Church in the Present Tense with Kevin Corcoran: Homebrewed Christiainity 120

Bo Sanders — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:59:19 +0000

Kevin Corcoran, mastermind behind the book Church in the Present Tense (along with Scot McKnight, Peter Rollins, and Jason Clark) talks with Tripp.

In the intro we have fun dreaming of Johnny Depp playing Pete Rollins in The Insurrection movie with Christopher Walken as John Caputo. (Bo has unofficially trademarked this idea -so don’t get any fancy plans)

Come to SOULARIZE Oct 18-20 & Chill w/ us, Deacons, and a herd of awesome peoples!

Also worth noting for those of you who are into Holy Smokes, Tripp was smoking a Rocky Patel 1992 during the interview.

In the podcast Tripp recommends Paul Fiddes’ The Creative Suffering of God & Participating in God.

Christian Unity, Mark Driscoll and Progressive problems: TNT week of Sept 29

Bo Sanders — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:22:54 +0000

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

Merold Westphal on the Rapture, Rob Bell, John Caputo, & More! pt2: Homebrewed Christianity 119

Bo Sanders — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:31:35 +0000

This conversation with living legend Merold Westphal covers everything from the Rapture to Rob Bell, from his friendship with John Caputo to everyone’s favorite theological game: Name Association!

He also introduces us to the ‘Gang of Four’- the Desert Father, the Geneva Calvinists, the American Slaves, and the modern Amish.

Here’s Part One of the Conversation…Here’s a bunch of his books!

The Deacon call in at the beginning can be contacted here :

Consider Helping Build a Well w/ a Deacon Shane Galloway! Pretty Please! Click & Give

* Join us @soularize Oct 18-20

TNT : week of September 15

Bo Sanders — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:58:03 +0000

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.

9/11 Special: Graham E. Fuller and a world without Islam

Bo Sanders — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:14:52 +0000

On the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we talk to Graham E. Fuller about the world we live in and geo-political roots of our contemporary conflicts.

We talk about Israel, Turkey, Russia, Bosnia, Malaysia, Indonesia and America. We also go back in history – past the Crusades – to the roots of the East/West split and the relevance of those tensions for us today.

Graham E. Fuller is author of A World Without Islam . He is a former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, a former senior political scientist at RAND, and a current adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of numerous books about the Middle East, including The Future of Political Islam. He has lived and worked in the Muslim world for nearly two decades.

Economics, Theology, and Discipleship: Joerg Rieger on Homebrewed Christianity 116

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:56:44 +0000

We may be in the midst of an ‘economic downturn’ but at Homebrewed Christianity we are having a ‘theological boom.’ If there was one single living person I would want to talk to about theology and economics Joerg Rieger is that person. Guess what? He is here!

Rieger is the Wendland-Cook Endowed Professor of Constructive Theology at Perkins School of Theology (SMU), prolific author, regular speaker, motorcycle enthusiast, and just plain awesome dude. In the podcast we discuss the relationship of politics, power, the economy, and our present crisis from a theological and biblical perspective. We move from the abstract to the practical and along the way I hope it’s clear we both had a good bit of fun.

Join Us @Soularize Oct 18-20!

Rieger is author of many books including:

No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future (Kindle $9.99)

Christ & Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times

and Globalization and Theology ($8.80 Kindle, $9.80 paperback)

Check out his amazing website for great resources!

Thanks to Ellie Haugsby at the Chautauquan Daily for the sweet pic of Rieger in action.

Philosophy, Religion, Hermenutics & Theology… Oh My! Ingolf Dalferth on Homebrewed Christianity 115

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:45:41 +0000

A philosopher of religion from the continent (that means Europe) with a sweet accent and theological insights to drop in your ears is on the podcast. His name… Ingolf Dalferth. His game… Hermeneutical Theology. Dalferth is one of my professors and Dr. Deacon Hall’s dissertation adviser at Claremont. In the podcast we will discuss religion, philosophy, theology, atonement, biblical authority, hermeneutics, revelation, Barth, Schleiermacher, Caputo, Jungel, and more.

Here’s Dalferth’s books. I give a big’ole recommendation to Philosophy and Theology. I imagine you can guess the content but it is an amazing survey of all the different relationships philosophy and theology have taken. I can promise that it is both an introduction and an eye opener.

* Next Week….Theology and Economics with Joerg Rieger

* Come to Soularize October 18-20! John Caputo, Philip Clayton, Monica Coleman, Peter Rollins, Jay Bakker, Bill Mallonee, and the Blue Like Jazz movie!

*Don’t forget to HOLLA at the HBC podcast @ 678-590-BREW!

TNT: Liberal Master Class

Bo Sanders — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:30:41 +0000

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).

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The History and Transformation of American Christianity with Bill Leonard: Homebrewed Christianity 114

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:06:37 +0000

If you are a history buff then this is the podcast for you! We discuss the history of religion in American, its relationship to politics and culture, and how cool Roger Williams was. Not only that, we tackle the current status of religion in America and in the South as Protestant Christianity has to learn to live without its privileged place in society.

Baptist historian and former professor of Tripp and Chad, Bill Leonard, is in the house. We tackle a whole bunch of issues about the future of American religion…even the ~~craziness~~ unique nature of Texas Baptists. Bill has been on the podcast before because he is awesome….visit 1.1, 1.2, and 2.

- Here’s Bill’s Books!

- You should come to Soularize and join the HBC Deacons October 18-20.