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REVELATION: Vengeance and Sacrificial Bloodshed
February 27, 2024 17:29 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThe Book Of Revelation has been described as the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book of the Bible and ought to come with an adults-only "reader's caution" for all its violent imagery. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809), denied the divine inspiration of the Book of Revelation, describing it to Alexander Smyth (US Representative from Virginia) in 1825 as "merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our ...
REVELATION: Texts of Terror in A New Age of Terrorism
February 15, 2024 17:19 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBThis podcast series is about perhaps the most challenging and controversial book in the New Testament, The Book Of Revelation. Some Christians love it, and some hate it. Some Christians never talk about it; some never stop talking about it. Some people are using it as a predictor of current events or as part of their impetus for violence and fervor for hatred and political gain. Others apply Revelation as a sort of war against good and evil to almost any situation one might be involved. J...
REVELATION: Whose Apocalypse?
February 01, 2024 19:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThe Book Of Revelation is said to be the strangest, most controversial book in the Bible. Some love it, and some hate it. Some Christians never talk about it; some never stop talking about it. And, some people use it as a predictor of current events, as part of their impetus for violence and fervor for hatred and political gain. Others apply Revelation as evidence of a war between good and evil to almost any situation. Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton...
Revisiting Marcus Borg Pt. 3: Today’s Progressive Christians
February 18, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBJustice-seekers, church leaders, and religious scholars will learn more about how younger generations are perceiving the church, how to support local advocacy and activism, and how the future of Christianity is changing. Marcus Borg’s lectures, drawn from Faith and Reason seminars like “Does Christianity Have a Future?” and “The Heart of Christianity,” provide the perfect foundation for an engaging and thoughtful discussion on these topics. Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson is a University Chapl...
Revisiting Marcus Borg Pt. 2: Moving the Church Forward
February 11, 2022 18:54 - 40 minutes - 37 MBReligious scholars and church leaders will learn more about how younger generations are perceiving the church, how the gospel may be interpreted by younger church members, and how the future of Christianity is changing. Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson is a University Chaplain and Director of the Office of Chaplains and Religious Life and Faculty Member at Brown University. Janet leads a multi-faith team of associate chaplains and oversees the university’s broad circle of religious life affilia...
Revisiting Marcus Borg, with Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson and Peter Laarman - Part 1
February 03, 2022 21:36 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBChurch leaders will gain valuable insight into how younger generations are perceiving the church, how gospel and positive church communities are influencing activism, and how to navigate the future of Christianity. Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson is a University Chaplain and Director of the Office of Chaplains and Religious Life and Faculty Member at Brown University. Janet leads a multi-faith team of associate chaplains and oversees the university’s broad circle of religious life affiliates w...
The Public Intellectual and the Next Generation, feat. Joan Chittister
May 28, 2021 16:51 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBBuy "The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society" Session 4: https://www.faithandreason.org/product/public-intellectual4/
The Public Intellectual as Relentless Challenger, feat. Joan Chittister
April 23, 2021 17:31 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBBuy "The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society" Session 3: https://www.faithandreason.org/product/public-intellectual3/
The Job of the Public Intellectual, feat. Joan Chittister
April 20, 2021 20:52 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBBuy "The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society" Session 2: https://www.faithandreason.org/product/public-intellectual2/.
The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society, Session 1
March 26, 2021 16:10 - 28 minutes - 26 MBBuy "The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society" Session 1: https://www.faithandreason.org/product/public-intellectual/
The First Christmas, Part 4, with John Dominic Crossan
December 21, 2020 17:40 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBListen as John Dominic Crossan dissects the agreements between Jesus’ Infancy Story in Matthew and Luke! In this episode, David and Debo talk to Dr. John Dominic Crossan about “The First Christmas,” the book by Crossan and the late Marcus Borg. Although our traditional nativity crib scene has the Shepherds and the Magi there together, each actually belongs to a different story. The Magi are from Matthew alone and the Shepherds from Luke alone. That difference draws attention to the fact tha...
The First Christmas, Part 3, with John Dominic Crossan
December 17, 2020 16:34 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBListen as John Dominic Crossan explores Luke's infancy story of Jesus’ birth. In this episode, David and Debo talk to Crossan about “The First Christmas,” the book by Crossan and the late Marcus Borg. In Luke’s nativity story, why does Luke choose to have Mary give birth to Jesus in such a humble setting as a stable? Crossan breaks down Luke’s gospel. Luke tells the story of the shepherds in the field. Luke is more interested in Jesus as the healer, a person directly helping the poor, and i...
The First Christmas, Part 2, with John Dominic Crossan
December 09, 2020 18:17 - 44 minutes - 41 MBListen as John Dominic Crossan dives deep into Matthew’s infancy story of Jesus’ birth! In this episode, David and Debo talk to Crossan about “The First Christmas,” the book by Crossan and the late Marcus Borg. Crossan breaks down Matthew’s Gospel. Matthew tells the story of Herod and the wise men, as well as the genealogy of Jesus. Mary and Joseph flee from Herod because he wants to kill first born babies. Matthew, interested in placing Jesus directly in the Davidic royal bloodline, makes ...
The First Christmas, Part 1, with John Dominic Crossan
December 02, 2020 19:32 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBKick off Advent with John Dominic Crossan! In this episode, David and Debo talk to Crossan about “The First Christmas,” the book by Crossan and the late Marcus Borg. In this episode, Crossan breaks down what he means by a parabolic overture, and points to some main differences in the Matthew and Luke gospels. Although our traditional nativity crib scene has the Shepherds and the Magi there together, each actually belongs to a different story. The Magi are from Matthew alone and the Shepherd...
Implicit bias in the cancer care system, with Dr. Kristin Black
October 07, 2020 15:05 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBDebo and Catherine Young sit down with Dr. Kristin Black to talk about the realities of black Americans' access to healthcare. There’s a widespread misconception that faith is not interested in fact and scientific research. Faith is always concerned with reality and truth. For faith to be active, faith has to know what the facts are. Science explores the natural world that God created. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in wom...
Preaching in the Aftermath of Suicide, with Dr. Jason Coker
September 15, 2020 17:56 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBIn honor of Suicide Prevention Month, Debo and David sit down with Reverend Dr. Jason Coker to talk about mental health. Dr. Coker recently released a new book, Faded Flowers: Preaching in the Aftermath of Suicide, about suicide and responding to pain as a church and as individuals. People deal with loss and pain in different ways, and Dr. Coker describes his own experience preaching in the aftermath of suicide. The rate of depression is much larger in youth and minorities than a lot of peo...
Racism in Religion, with Rev. Peter Laarman
August 24, 2020 21:23 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBDavid, Debo, and Catherine Young talk with Rev. Peter Laarman about structural racism in America and how that racism plays into religion. Biblical tradition describes two very different Gods: a jealous God and a God of boundless love and kindness. Over the last 50 years, white American Christianity has been further degraded by the idea that God prospers people individually -- that it’s a transactional kind of religion. If you’re already at the point where you think of some human beings as l...
Thinking of Health as a Justice Issue, with Dr. Stephen Farrow
August 17, 2020 14:19 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBDebo and Catherine Young sit down with Dr. Stephen Farrow, Executive Director of the National Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute of Mississippi (NDORI), to discuss health as a justice issue and how social factors like income and education impact health. Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity and childhood obesity in the United States, and 1 out of 3 people in Mississippi are considered obese. When thinking about health and obesity, one must also consider how racial bias and structu...
Making Real Change Happen, with Dr. Corey Wiggins of Mississippi NAACP
July 27, 2020 17:13 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBFor the fifth episode of Faith & Reason’s Born Black series, Debo and Catherine Young chat with Dr. Corey Wiggins, the Executive Director of the NAACP Mississippi State Conference. Dr. Wiggins goes into detail about growing up and figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, as well as how all that led to his position at the NAACP. They touch on the importance of the vote to remove confederate emblems from the Mississippi state flag, and how that vote was followed with debates about iss...
Improving Inclusion and Equity in the Workplace, with Normella Walker
July 10, 2020 19:16 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIn the fourth episode of the Born Black Faith & Reason series, Debo and Catherine Young chat with Normella Walker, Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Brigham Health hospital. Walker talks about diversity in the workplace, as well as the importance of organizations’ roles in civic responsibility and social justice issues. If we’re going to see change, we need to have leaders in place who value diversity and who will work to create change. How does white privilege ap...
Looking at Systemic Racism through the Eyes of a Faith Leader, with Dr. Alice Graham
July 06, 2020 20:46 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIn the third episode of the Born Black Faith & Reason series, Debo and Catherine Young talk with Dr. Alice Graham, the executive director of Back Bay Mission in Biloxi. Dr. Graham recounts her own experience growing up, as well as how she found herself living in Mississippi. Dr. Graham goes into detail about how there are racial inequities evident in things like education, lack of funding for transportation, and red lining of properties. Dr. Graham describes her work with Back Bay Mission, ...
Educating People about Black History through Film, with Dr. Wilma Clopton
June 24, 2020 21:14 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBDebo and Catherine Young sit down with Dr. Wilma E. Mosely Clopton, a writer, producer, director, and author. In this episode, Dr. Clopton talks about her experience growing up with her parents, and how she didn’t experience the direct impact of racism until her junior year of college, when she was away from the insulated world outside of her home. Dr. Clopton believes that those experiences gave her strength, and she uses that strength to make change. Dr. Clopton goes into detail about sev...
Experiencing Discrimination in the South, with Catherine C. Young
June 22, 2020 19:08 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBDebo and David sit down with Catherine C. Young, Sr. Vice President of the Memphis Mid-South Affiliate of Susan G. Komen, to talk about systemic racism and the murder of George Floyd. Catherine starts off the conversation by highlighting the first time she experienced racism, as well as how she has faced discrimination in her life since then. Catherine goes into detail about how people of color view white privilege. She defines it as a recycling of wealth within the white community that resu...
COVID-19 and the Disproportionate Burden on Black Church Communities, with Dr. Keri Day
May 27, 2020 17:38 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDebo and David sit down with Dr. Keri Day, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion at Princeton Theological Seminary. COVID-19 in Dr. Day’s home state of New Jersey shows the disparities between well-to-do white communities versus areas with people of color. Dr. Day also defines African American Religion and talks about how religion has developed in the United States. They also talk about the disproportionate rate that COVID-19 has affected black people. ...
COVID-19 and the Logic of Downturn, Part 2, with Joerg Rieger
May 06, 2020 19:43 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBIn part 2 of our exploration of a world reshaped by COVID-19, Joerg Rieger emphasizes the importance of communities coming together to build power. He continues his call for us to see God amidst us as a working person. How has the image of the cross changed over time, and how does it relate to resurrection? What if we viewed the cross as a symbol of resistance? Joerg Rieger is a distinguished professor of Theology, Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair in Wesleyan Studies, and Director of the Wendl...
COVID-19 and the Logic of Downturn, Part 1, with Joerg Rieger
April 28, 2020 16:42 - 45 minutes - 42 MBTheologian Joerg Rieger talks about why oppressed people have been hit hardest with COVID-19 and why people of faith and theologians should care. Joerg’s theory of the logic of downturn in regard to the broken system in the United States asks, "What if we thought about God from this perspective from the bottom up, or the perspective of an essential worker? How are we going to get out of this?" This situation becomes an opportunity to improve how we think about who has the power, and we’re r...
Faith Leadership in the Face of Crisis, with Peter Laarman
April 23, 2020 19:49 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBWhy have many faith traditions have been silent during this pandemic, and what would it take for us to own the problem of COVID-19 as a country? Debo and David sit down with Peter Laarman to talk about faith and leadership during COVID-19. Peter dives into the idea that this crisis reveals the unacceptable things that have always been present in the United States: the winner-take-all economic system or the broken for-profit health care system. They also discuss what all of this means during...
Black in Mississippi, Part 3 — "Growing Up Black & Gay in the Church"
February 25, 2020 20:01 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBDavid and Debo sit down with Daniel Ball, incoming Chief of Staff for Freedom For All Americans located in Washington, D.C. Daniel was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, grew up in Jackson, and graduated at Ole Miss before returning to Jackson. Before becoming Chief of Staff at Freedom For All Americans, he worked with the Human Rights Campaign. In this episode, Daniel talks about his passion for social justice and human rights, especially LGBTQ and civil rights issues, as well as his own exp...
Black in Mississippi, Part 2 — A Ministry of Community Restoration
February 19, 2020 15:41 - 37 minutes - 34 MBOur scholars and audiences seek understanding about the history and faith of religious people and culture—but not just for the sake of knowledge. Faith And Reason challenges faith to confront injustice in our world. Today, that means taking a critical look at the injustice right in our own backyard. In celebration of Black History Month in the United States, we are doing a series of podcasts featuring a few exceptional individuals who are devoting their lives to making a difference for black...
Black in Mississippi, Part 1 — "My Mother. My Hero."
February 10, 2020 21:55 - 1 hour - 57 MBOur scholars and audiences seek understanding about the history and faith of religious people and culture—but not just for the sake of knowledge. Faith And Reason challenges faith to confront injustice in our world. Today, that means taking a critical look at the injustice right in our own backyard. In celebration of Black History Month in the United States, we are doing a series of podcasts featuring a few exceptional individuals who are devoting their lives to making a difference for black...
Out of Darkness, Let There Be Light, with Rabbi Marshal Klaven
December 17, 2019 20:56 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBLike winter holidays of many other religions, including Christians’ Advent, Hanukkah emphasizes light during the darkest part of the year. The main Hanukkah observances are lighting a menorah (a ceremonial candelabra), spinning a top called a dreidel in a game of chance, and eating fried foods (to symbolize the oil in the story). Hanukkah is an 8-day long Jewish festive holiday that commemorates an improbable victory, some 22 centuries ago, by the Maccabees, a band of Jewish guerilla fighte...
Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 5: Religious Truth & Interfaith Dialogue
October 01, 2019 16:36 - 34 minutes - 41.3 MBDr. Joerg Rieger joins Debo, Ann, and David to discuss Jesus’s claim “the way, the truth, and the life” and how to understand that statement alongside alternate perspectives of truth. Different people can encounter truth in different ways, and that doesn’t mean everything goes; instead, Rieger says that as we negotiate truth, we must figure out where to broaden the picture and where to draw the lines. The quest for religious truth has been both death dealing and live giving. It has been dea...
Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 4: Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 4: Crucifixion, Charity, and Changing the Power Differential
September 04, 2019 14:44 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDr. Joerg Rieger joins Debo and David to discuss how the cross and the resurrection of Jesus illustrate resistance, and why women were the only followers of Jesus who showed up when Jesus was crucified. They also talk about how malignant religion can support an economic system that will result in exploitation and suffering. What are some of the mechanisms that keep the “American Dream” in place? Rieger also goes into detail about the lack of separation between church and economy, and explai...
Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 3: Religion, Materialism, and Rapture Theology
July 17, 2019 19:12 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBDr. Joerg Rieger sits with Debo, David and Ann to delve into the differences between "malignant religion" and "life-giving religion." Religion that is malignant does not care about others, justifies oppression, and creates negative outcomes for people. Religion that is life-giving brings real good news to the poor, embraces everyone, and creates real love for our neighbor. Debo brings up the rapture in relation to malignant and life-giving religions, and Reiger makes the point that the rap...
Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 2: Religion, Politics, & Modernity, with Joerg Rieger
April 25, 2019 19:12 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBDr. Joerg Rieger joins Debo, David, and Ann unpack the distinction between religion and politics. When Jesus says “Give to God what is God’s, and give to Caesar what is Caesar’s,” what is he really saying? Rieger brings up a startling parallel between our current situation and that of ancient Rome: in Rome, the assumption was that if Caesar was in control, peace for everyone would be maintained. In today’s economic system, the assumption is that if the top 1% remains in control, they’re the...
Jesus Vs. Caesar Part 1: Emperor God or Servant God, with Joerg Rieger
March 18, 2019 18:21 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDr. Joerg Rieger joins Debo, David, and Ann to explore the tension between the Christian perceptions of God: the kingly, dominant God of Caesar vs. the humble, human God of Jesus. When we talk about God, he says, which God are we talking about? If this God is one with Jesus, a working person and refugee who served the marginalized, what does it look like for us to be followers of Jesus today?
The Last Week, with John Dominic Crossan, David Dykes, and Ann Phelps: Intro
February 14, 2019 15:36 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this special episode, hear the Intro of "The Last Week," a new audio series from Faith And Reason. This series features new dialogue with John Dominic Crossan based on material from his book with Marcus Borg, "The Last Week." Part meditation, part historical exploration, and part theology — our new audio series with Dr. Crossan, David Dykes, and Ann Phelps is perfect for individual study, especially during the Lenten season. "The Last Week" is available now at faithandreason.org!
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 6: Life Abundant, featuring Richard Rohr
December 19, 2018 21:36 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBAs we enter stage 7 of our spiritual development, we learn that there is a true self that, no matter what we do, is loved by God. Not only do I receive that love, but everyone else does, too. We can shed fear, superiority, and competition - and experience the death of our false self. In stage 8, we return to “luminous darkness” — we don’t have the answers, but instead of being confused, we are at peace. Those with a tendency towards certainty can have a difficult time in this stage. Stage 8...
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 5: Living in Our Incarnation, featuring Richard Rohr
December 19, 2018 17:01 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBIn Fr. Rohr’s fourth stage of spiritual development, he describes the Christian model of incarnation: that Jesus lived on earth in a human body. Ann and Debo help us understand this phase, describing how liberating it can be to fully experience ourselves in our own bodies. As we turn inwards into ourselves, we grow beyond just the doctrine of the church and begin having a real-life inner experience of the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, during this exploration we find limits within ourselves, and ...
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 4: The Knowledge in My Body, featuring Richard Rohr
November 30, 2018 17:01 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBPart 4 of our series featuring audio from Father Richard Rohr’s lecture “The Human Spirit.” Moving from stage 3 to 4 is likened to a ritual wounding - we are forced to leave our proverbial tribe and enter inner awareness of ourselves. We discover that our identities live within our bodies. Stage 4 offers a wonderful experience of self-discovery. We get to immerse ourselves in religions and practices that open up personal realizations. The limitation of this stage, though, is that we live in...
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 3: Growth on the Threshold, featuring Richard Rohr
October 05, 2018 15:16 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIn Part 3 of our series featuring audio from Father Richard Rohr’s lecture “The Human Spirit,” Ann and Debo discuss Rohr’s next stage of human development: the realization that my thoughts and feelings are who I am.” This can cause us to become too locked in and certain in our beliefs, but there is freedom in remaining teachable. Spiritual maturity happens when we are open to challenging our convictions. Rohr says that “growth only happens on the threshold.” When we come to the edge of our c...
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 2: Lizard Brain, Human Spirit, featuring Richard Rohr
July 12, 2018 21:12 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBIn the development of our existence, we search to transcend basic levels of consciousness. We can experience a reality beyond our own body and self image. Fear about how we are perceived can cause us to hide parts of ourselves, and to project them onto those who belong to other groups. In Part 2 of our series featuring audio from Father Richard Rohr’s lecture “The Human Spirit,” Ann and Debo discuss moving beyond fear, projection versus authenticity, and self-examination as the work of resp...
The Stages of Spiritual Maturity Part 1: Transcending Fear, featuring Richard Rohr
June 19, 2018 16:51 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB“What characterizes a spiritually mature person?” Part one of our four-part series features audio from Father Richard Rohr in his lecture “The Human Spirit,” available from Faith And Reason as a two-disc set also featuring Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB. Ann and Debo discuss insights from Father Richard Rohr’s lecture on faith and self-awareness, aptly titled “The Human Spirit.” Join Ann and Debo for commentary on clips form Rohr on rejecting dualism, the narcissism of certainty, and faith as an...
Hastening Change in the Church, with Barbara Wendland
March 29, 2018 21:08 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this episode of Faith And Reason 360 we are honored to welcome author, scholar, and scribe of the popular monthly newsletter “Connections” Barbara Wendland. Join us as Barbara discusses the need for a radical update of creed, attitude, and structure in the Christian church, whose practices, Wendland says, are outdated—and this behind-the-times attitude, though revered as traditional by many, comes at the expense of Church success. The world has changed dramatically since the 3rd century; ...
A Christian Nation For Whom?: Exploring Brueggemann
January 30, 2018 19:21 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB“...America has traditionally been understood as a Christian nation. The question is: understood by whom?” An enormously influential Old Testament scholar, Dr. Walter Brueggeman’s question echoed at Faith And Reason’s The Prospect of a World Community of Religions seminar. Challenging the commonly-held assumption that the Founding Fathers intended for the United States to be a Christian nation, instead, he argues, it is intended to be a secular democracy. The churches of a secular democracy...
The Merits of Unselfish Fulfillment
December 13, 2017 19:10 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOn this episode, we’re joined by Noorain Khan, program officer at the Ford Foundation. Though Khan’s achievements as a decorated academic landed her a position at a prestigious corporate law firm in New York City, the self-described “Girl Scouts evangelist” knew that her professional goals lay in the world of social justice. So Khan, honored by Law and Policy’s “30 Under 30” List, gave up the ultra-competitive world of corporate law to her true calling of giving back to the global community...
Our "Father" and Our Fathers
November 06, 2017 21:42 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBDebo Dykes and Ann Phelps host a roundtable discussion with guests Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, field coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Mississippi and David Dykes, Executive Director of Faith And Reason, about the beginnings of our faith formed by family and the image and language of God created for and by white men. We discuss the patriarchal language of God, ownership of God’s image, and the ways in which those perceptions, often fiercely and systemically protected, color ou...
God Amidst Our Planetary Crisis
October 13, 2017 17:51 - 57 minutes - 53 MBAs fires rage in California and hurricanes menace the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, hosts Ann Phelps and Debo Dykes talk with guest Frederica Helmiere about the environment and what lessons Christians can learn from their interaction with the natural world. Helmiere challenges Christians to examine their ideas about consumption, and the direct and indirect impact of that consumption on the global environment. She discusses the way race, class, gender and capitalism intersect with faith and ...
Race, Faith & American Poverty
August 16, 2017 18:32 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBDebo and Ann talk to the Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, field coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Mississippi (CBF MS) in light of recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jason, who is white, grew up poor in a predominantly black public school in the Mississippi Delta, and talks about how his early life formed his views on race and justice. Jason went on to study at Yale Divinity and Drew which included work in ancient biblical languages and modern postcolonial theory. These e...
Meeting Marcus Borg Again for the First Time
July 20, 2017 20:31 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBAnn Phelps and Debo Dykes revisit an archived Marcus Borg lecture to dissect Borg's ideas on how one can practice Christianity but reject literalism and beliefs that don't fit a modern understanding of justice. Can some parts of the Bible be "flat-out wrong?" Does this create anxiety or relief when you hear it? For Marcus Borg, letting go of literalism opens a larger world of metaphor that ultimately leads to a more fulfilling personal faith. This episode of the podcast reacquaints listene...