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Rev. Dr. Aaron Maurice Saari's Podcast

7 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -

Pastoral theologian, biblical scholar, and inner-city minister, Rev. Dr. Aaron Maurice Saari offers podcasts from a progressive Christian perspective, centering the people and issues that Jesus calls us to.

Religion & Spirituality progressive christianity biblical studies pastoral theology religion & spirituality
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Episodes

MLK for White People: The Black Women of Montgomery

June 05, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

In this episode, we examine the central role Black women played in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the first organized action of MLK's career and the one that launched him into the national imagination.

Theo-Logical: MLK for White People: Nonviolence

June 04, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.46 MB

Welcome to the first episode of a new series, in which we directly combat the caricature of King that is so often put forth by white people who wish to silence activists.

Episode 3, Part II

May 26, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MB

In this episode, we took at the fall of the Temple and the impact it had on the Gospel of Mark, which features four unnamed women that provide us templates for proper discipleship.

The Theo-logical Podcast, Episode 3: Hidden Figures (Part I)

May 05, 2020 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

TheRevDr returns for another episode, this time with a two-part exploration of women disciples, the hidden figures of the New Testament. In the first part, we examine Priscilla, Phoebe, and Lydia. Who were they? What did they do? Where they unique, or were there others?

Theo-Logical: Episode Two, Doubting Thomas

April 15, 2020 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

Take a deep dive into biblical studies, Christian history, Gnosticism, the Gospel of Thomas, and teh Gospel of John.

Theo-logical: Episode One, Judas

April 09, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

After Satan, Judas is perhaps the most reviled person in the New Testament. But what if we have been misunderstanding him for 2,000 years? Rev. Dr. Aaron Maurice Saari shares his fifteen years of scholarship and lived experience to present Judas in new ways, opening up our eyes to the many ways in which God can work in our lives.

Theo-logical: Episode One, Judas

April 09, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Rev. Dr. Aaron Maurice Saari, author of The Many Deaths of Judas Iscariot, walks the listeners through what the New Testament does and does not say about Christianities bad-boy disciple. Insterspersed with music, this podcast is both person and pastoral; it weaves biblical studies with spiritual insights.