Theology on Tap Chattanooga
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to the Theology on Tap Chattanooga podcast. In each episode, we feature a lecture given by a different writer, scholar, or public intellectual. Each of these talks explores the intersection between theology and culture and how theology can help better guide us towards the common good of society. These talks are given live at our monthly Theology on Tap events at The Camp House in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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"The Psychology of Reconstructing Faith After Spiritual Trauma" with Dr. Preston Hill
April 12, 2024 14:35 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBOur annual partnership with Richmont Graduate University & the Spiritual First Responders Project on the intersection of theology & psychology. The event was titled "An Evening on Trauma, Faith, & Reconstruction" and featured lectures by Dr. Hillary McBride & Dr. Preston Hill. "The Psychology of Faith Reconstruction After Spiritual Trauma" by Dr. Preston Hill Many people experiencing faith deconstruction feel spiritually homeless but also continue to search for spiritual meaning in life, ...
"Growing Ourselves Up" with Dr. Hillary McBride
April 12, 2024 14:28 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBOur annual partnership with Richmont Graduate University & the Spiritual First Responders Project on the intersection of theology & psychology. The event was titled "An Evening on Trauma, Faith, & Reconstruction" and featured lectures by Dr. Hillary McBride & Dr. Preston Hill. "Growing Ourselves Up: Understanding the Long Term Impact of Spirituality Traumatic Contexts on the Development of Self" by Dr. Hillary McBride Foundational psychological theories of development and attachment have ...
"Women Who Do" with Dr. Holly Carey
March 12, 2024 16:49 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBWomen Who Do: What We Can Learn from Female Disciples in the Gospels When we think of disciples, we often picture the Twelve – the small group of men who followed Jesus throughout his ministry. But Jesus had many disciples, and the gospels are clear that we, as Christians, can learn from all of the people who followed Jesus. In her lecture, Dr. Carey will highlight the importance of female disciples in Jesus’s ministry and in the shaping of our understanding of what it means to follow Jesus...
Evangelical Worship: An American Mosaic with Dr. Melanie Ross
November 15, 2023 20:19 - 1 hour - 80 MB"Evangelical Worship: An American Mosaic" with Dr. Melanie Ross 6:30 - Lecture Begins 1:04:30 - Q & A In partnership with UTC - Department of Philosophy & Religion Evangelicalism has undergone seismic and controversial shifts in worship over the last forty years, particularly in the areas of preaching and music. In this talk, liturgical scholar Melanie Ross shares stories from her ethnographic research of congregations, discusses trends and shifts she has observed, and offers insights ab...
The Trinity & Work with Dr. Scott Swain
October 19, 2023 19:09 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn partnership with Faith Co-Op 5:40 - Lecture • 57:00 - Q&A Learn more about Reformed Theological Seminary - Orlando's Faith, Work, & Culture Graduate Certificate Program "The Trinity & Work: How God's Work Informs Our Work" - How does the work of the triune God inform our work? In 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Paul provides an illuminating framework for addressing this question. In our various fields of labor, we are called to cooperate with God the Father in service to the Lord Jesus Christ by...
By Bread Alone with Kendall Vanderslice
October 03, 2023 16:36 - 1 hour - 65 MBLecture at 5:45 Q & A begins at 42:00 Our spiritual lives are deeply connected to bread―the bread we break with family and friends and the Bread that is Christ’s Body, given and broken for us. Kendall Vanderslice, a professional baker and practical theologian who spends her days elbow-deep in dough, believes that there is no food more spiritually significant than bread―whether eating, baking, sharing, or breaking. She will share how God uses bread throughout the Bible to teach us about his...
My Body & Other Broken Empires with Lyndsey Medford
May 30, 2023 16:18 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWe are living in a world that is sick. Both literally sick, with 60 percent of adults in the US living with a chronic illness and rising rates of autoimmune diseases in particular, including long COVID, and figuratively sick, facing ever increasing rates of burnout, anxiety, and disconnection. As a writer, activist, and theology student, Lyndsey Medford, draws on her experiences with a rare autoimmune disease to illuminate the broader lessons we need to learn, in order to heal what ails us i...
The Trinity & Trauma-Safe Churches with Dr. Preston Hill
April 28, 2023 14:02 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB"The Trinity & Trauma-Safe Churches" with Dr. Preston Hill Whether we realize it or not, our churches are full of those who have experienced and are living with the aftereffects of horror and trauma, whether as survivors, carers, or perpetrators. The central question of this book is simple: How can our churches become open to the Trinity such that they are trauma-safe environments for everyone? How can we join the triune God to become trauma-safe churches? While the reality is bleak, the ch...
Making Christ Real: The Ascension in Our Everyday with Dr. Sam Youngs
March 15, 2023 19:25 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBThe social and political life of the church is in upheaval, as the currents of our polarized culture invade the Christian witness from both within and without. We desperately need a re-centering on the radical work of Jesus, even if this means ceding our securities and curating a holy suspicion of the world's power structures. In this lecture and in his new book, Making Christ Real, Dr. Sam Youngs argues that the ascension of Christ is an untapped resource in this regard, with invigorating i...
"Space, Sound, & the Body in American Evangelicalism" Dr. Tucker Adkins
November 15, 2022 20:25 - 44 minutes - 41 MB"Space, Sound, & the Body in American Evangelicalism" with Dr. Tucker Adkins Evangelicals are perhaps the most discussed group in American Christianity, but such conversations often revolve around two distinctions: politics and theology. Evangelicals vote this way, and evangelicals believe these things. In this way, we typically cast evangelicalism as longstanding, identifiable sets of ideological and doctrinal convictions that steer conservative voting blocs and vaguely underpin “born-agai...
A Christian Critique of Christian Nationalism with David Ritchie
September 06, 2022 19:49 - 1 hour - 81 MBWhat if we understood nationalism as a religion instead of an ideology? What if nationalism is more spiritual than it is political? Several Christian thinkers have rightly recognized nationalism as a form of idolatry. In this TOT lecture, David A. Ritchie , author of the book Why Do the Nations Rage?, will argue that nationalism is inherently demonic as well. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of scholarship on nationalism and the biblical theology behind Paul’s doctrine of “powers,” Ritc...
"Who Will Cast the First Stone? Christianity & the Death Penalty" with Rev. Stacy Rector
June 17, 2022 15:25 - 1 hour - 72.3 MB"Who Will Cast the First Stone: Christianity & the Death Penalty" with Rev. Stacy Rector. Rev. Rector is the Executive Director of Tennesseans For Alternatives to the Death Penalty, an organization working toward the end of the death penalty in Tennessee. She is the Associate Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville and has served as a spiritual advisor for men on death row. In the lecture we watched a video from Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. You can watch tha...
"Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy" with Dr. Mary McCampbell
May 06, 2022 14:35 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBAnyone reading comments in online spaces is frequently confronted with a collective cultural loss of empathy. This profound deficit is directly related to the inability to imagine the life and circumstances of the other. Our malnourished capacity for empathy is connected to an equally malnourished imagination. In order to truly love and welcome others, we need to exercise our imaginations, to see our neighbors more as God sees them than as confined by our own inadequate and ungracious labels...
"In Search of Healing: Trauma In Light of Theology" with Dr. Preston HIll
April 08, 2022 15:21 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThe church today is increasingly traumatized and traumatizing. An endless stream of "scandals" and "moral failing" of major church leaders is leaving many Christians disenchanted, disillusioned, and deconstructing their faith. There are so many survivors in our churches today suffering in silence. They carry wounds hidden in shame among communities that feel overwhelmed and unprepared to offer effective trauma-care. Where do we go from here? How can we create churches that are trauma-safe? T...
"When Doctrine Hurts: Theology In Light of Trauma" with Dr. Sam Youngs
March 18, 2022 16:49 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBAs we increasingly attend to the ongoing mental health crisis, the church must raise its awareness of both psychology and trauma. Certainly, a well-informed church can contribute to meaningful healing in these contexts. But the church has also, historically, been a significant factor in traumatization. Christian teaching itself has contributed to psychological wounding on many fronts, and the church will struggle to become fully trauma-informed until it examines this reality. This presentati...
Labor & Liturgy with Dr. Matthew Kaemingk
November 18, 2021 19:11 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBThe modern divide between Sunday worship and Monday work has a devastating effect on the health, vibrancy, and effectiveness of Christian worship in the sanctuary and work in the world. Drawing on years of marketplace ministry and biblical research, Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk will lead an evening exploration of the deep biblical connections between worship and work. In this, he will offer practical steps for how Christians in the marketplace can begin to form deeper and more transformative co...
"The Saddest Stories Are Best Told Slowly: When White Supremacy Hits Home" with Dr. Justin Phillips
November 03, 2021 18:20 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWhen the national protest over police brutality reached its apex in 2020, many white evangelicals struggled to understand or enter into the modern conversations on race, racism, and racial equity. Justin Phillips claims in his new book Know Your Place that their inherited world had not prepared them for that crucial moment. Phillips examines the three communities (white, southern, and evangelical) that shaped his own racial imagination and names how each community creates blind spots, making...
"The Weakness of Christ: Politics, Nature, & the Radical Way of Jesus" with Dr. Samuel Youngs
January 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MB"The Weakness of Christ: Politics, Nature, & the Radical Way of Jesus" Dr. Samuel Youngs Bryan College, Mission School of Ministry Description: Christology - or what Christians say, think, and believe about Jesus - has always determined the place and work of the church in the world. As our theology of Christ goes, so goes the Church. And in an increasingly post-Christian Western context, the church must learn how to live, and indeed thrive, in weakness. It is at this precise point that the ...
Signposts From a Divided World with Dr. Craig Bartholomew
April 05, 2019 16:30 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB"Signposts From a Divided World: Where Is God In Contemporary Culture?" Dr. Craig Bartholomew Description: Not all is well in our culture. We are living through a time of change and of crisis in Western civilization. Craig’s lecture will identifying the nature of our Secular Age and the rich Christian resources available to us for healing our present condition and moving beyond it toward a wold that promotes the flourishing of all in the light of Jesus Christ. Theology on Tap and North Sh...
History As Activism with Rev. Jemar Tisby
October 25, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB"History As Activism: Learning the Past to Change the Future" with Rev. Jemar Tisby. This Theology on Tap lecture was recorded live at The Camp House on October 17, 2018. Description: Confederate monuments, kneeling during the national anthem, the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter—We live in an age of protest and reform. College students often stand at the forefront of these movements by lending their energy, passion, and creativity to virtuous causes. But the problems of today arise fr...
Practicing The King's Economy - Part 3
May 10, 2018 09:10 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBOn April 19th we had the pleasure of hosting a book launch event in Chattanooga for Practicing The King's Economy with authors Michael Rhodes, Robby Holt, and Dr. Brian Fikkert. Part 3 features questions submitted by the audience on the night of the event. Our previous episodes features a small lecture by Michael Rhodes and a panel discussion with the authors moderated by Matt Busby. Learn more about the book and explore resources at https://practicingthekingseconomy.org/
Practicing The King's Economy - Part 2
May 10, 2018 09:05 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBOn April 19th we had the pleasure of hosting a book launch event in Chattanooga for Practicing The King's Economy with authors Michael Rhodes, Robby Holt, and Dr. Brian Fikkert. Part 2 features a panel discussion with the three authors moderated by Matt Busby. Our previous episode features a small lecture by Michael Rhodes and this episode is followed by audience Q&A in Part 3. Learn more about the book and explore resources at https://practicingthekingseconomy.org/
Practicing The King's Economy - Part 1
May 10, 2018 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBOn April 19th we had the pleasure of hosting a book launch event in Chattanooga for Practicing The King's Economy with authors Michael Rhodes, Robby Holt, and Dr. Brian Fikkert. Part 1 features a small lecture by Michael Rhodes. This episode is followed by a panel discussion in Part 2 and audience Q&A in Part 3. Learn more about the book and explore resources at https://practicingthekingseconomy.org/
"A Pilgrimage Renewed: Living as a Christian in Post-liberal America" with Dr. Patrick Deneen
April 19, 2018 01:10 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBA Pilgrimage Renewed: Life as a Christian in Post-liberal America - Dr. Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame Recorded live at The Camp House in Chattanooga, TN on March 20, 2018. Abstract The American political order has entered a new phase, comparable to the long period of decline experienced by Rome after its peak of power. Christians are learning anew the need for forms of psychic withdrawal from the fortunes of the imperium, but why such a change is necessary and how to undertake ...
The (Liberating) Theology of Black Panther with Donivan Brown, Tabi Upton, Nyasha Chiundiza, & Chris Woodhull
March 27, 2018 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAt Theology on Tap Chattanooga we convened a panel to discuss the theology imagination of the new film Black Panther. Recorded live at The Camp House on March 8th, 2018. This episode contains the panel discussion with a separate episode of Q&A to be released as a part two. Panelists feature Donivan Brown, Tabi Upton, Nyasha Chiundiza, & Chris Woodhull. Donivan Brown serves as a Field Fellow for Unifi-Ed. Chris Woodhull is an ordained minister of the Mission Chattanooga and Executive Dir...
"Dropping Science on Religion?: The Myth of Warfare Between Science & Faith" with Dr. Clint Ohlers
January 19, 2018 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB"Dropping Science on Religion?: The Myth of Warfare Between Science & Faith" Dr. Clint Ohlers Recorded live at The Camp House in Chattanooga, TN on May 12, 2015 According to some scientists and theologians, we currently stand at a high-water mark in human history for scientific evidence favoring a Creator of the universe. At the same time there exists a longstanding perception of perpetual warfare between advancing science and embattled religious beliefs. To answer why this is we will step...
"Mary Christmas: The Mother(hood) of God for the Perplexed" William Glass & Satoya Foster
December 22, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB"Mary Christmas: The Mother(hood) of God for the Perplexed" With Rev. William Glass & Satoya Foster Recorded live at The Camp House in Chattanooga, TN on Dec. 12, 2017. From the beginning, Christians have affirmed that Jesus Christ was “born of the Virgin Mary.” Is this confession just a leftover from a superstitious era, or is it a core part of our faith? Why do the Christian creeds bother to mention Mary when they don’t mention, say, Joseph? Does Mary teach Christians anything about the...
An Evening At Truth's Table - Part 2
December 07, 2017 10:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBTruth's Table is a podcast featuring Michelle Higgins, Christina Edmondson, and Ekemini Uwan. Together they are the midwives of culture for grace and truth. In October we had the privilege of partnering with Lee University to bring the ladies to Chattanooga for a live event. For the sake of the podcast we split the event into two episodes. Part 1 features introductions and the ladies telling the story of how they began the podcast. Part 2 is the Q&A portion of the evening that gets into a lo...
An Evening At Truth's Table - Part 1
December 07, 2017 02:05 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBTruth's Table is a podcast featuring Michelle Higgins, Christina Edmondson, and Ekemini Uwan. Together they are the midwives of culture for grace and truth. In October we had the privilege of partnering with Lee University to bring the ladies to Chattanooga for a live event. For the sake of the podcast we split the event into two episodes. Part 1 features introductions and the ladies telling the story of how they began the podcast. Part 2 is the Q&A portion of the evening that gets into...
"The End of Innovation" Dr. Greg Thompson
October 26, 2017 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBRecorded live at The Camp House in Chattanooga, TN on October 17. What is the end of innovation? Why do we even innovate to begin with and how will we know if we are successful in such an endeavor? Dr. Greg Thompson seeks to pull our imaginations to the deeper questions of why innovation will matter for our communities in the 21st century. Greg Thompson is the Director of Research and Strategy at Clayborn Reborn, a historic Civil Rights site in Memphis Tennessee. He is also a Senior Advis...
"The Doctrine of Trauma, Discovery, & Lament" Mark Charles - Part 2
October 25, 2017 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBTHIS IS PART 2 - Our Q&A session with Mark Charles. Please go back and listen to Part 1 first, which is the lecture, to better understand the context of these questions. How deep do issues of race and discrimination go in our country and in our Christian faith? Mark Charles digs into this complex history in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for both the church and our nation. Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The ...
"The Doctrine of Discovery, Trauma, & Lament" Mark Charles - Part 1
October 19, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBPART 1 - LECTURE, PART 2 - Q&A How deep do issues of race and discrimination go in our country and in our Christian faith? Mark Charles digs into this complex history in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for both the church and our nation. Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, he speaks with insight into the complexities of American history regarding ra...
"Chance The Rapper's Theology of Art & Life" Dr. Mary McCampbell
October 10, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBRecorded live on September 9, 2017 at The Camp House. "'Like God In My House': Chance The Rapper's Theology of Art & Life" Dr. Mary McCampbell, Lee Univeristy Mary McCampbell is Associate Professor of Humanities at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she teaches courses on postmodern theory and fiction, film and philosophy, and popular culture. A native Tennessean, she completed a doctorate at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where her research focused on the relationship b...
"Reasons to Believe Beyond Reason: The Faith of Blaise Pascal" Dr. Graham Tomlin
October 10, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBRecorded live at The Camp House on November 12, 2014. Preview: T.S. Eliot once wrote, “I can think of no Christian writer… more to be commended than Pascal to those who doubt, but have the mind to conceive, and the sensibility to feel, the disorder, the futility, the meaninglessness, the mystery of life and suffering, and who can only find peace through a satisfaction of the whole being.” At the next ToT, we will be looking at the life and work of the 17th century French mathematician and p...
"The Death & Afterlife of the American Prosperity Gospel" Dr. Kate Bowler
October 09, 2017 14:45 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBRecorded live on October 28, 2014 at The Camp House. "Again and again, observers have predicted the death of the American prosperity gospel. Scandals. Economic depressions. Senate investigations. Failed miracles. The prosperity gospel has been pronounced dead and gone time and again since its inception in the 1950's. How has this message of divine health and wealth been resurrected in American Christianity? Meet the modern preachers of this changing movement and learn about how this theolog...