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Homebrewed Christianity
Our goal is to bring the wisdom of the academy's ivory tower into your earbuds. Think of each episode as an audiological ingredient for your to brew your own faith. Most episodes center around an interview with a different scholar, theologian, or philosopher.
Episodes
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Aaron Simmons: Philosophy & the Experience of God
This is the kick-off live stream for our newest online class – Experiencing God Discerning the Divine in Human Experience. Check it out and join the fun! Dr…
Homebrewed ChristianityRyan Burge: a Year in Religion (w/ graphs)
Dr. Ryan Burge is back on the podcast with his most popular charts of data on religion. The graphs we discuss are the 5 most popular he shared over the last…
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Toasting Tolkien on his 131st Birthday #TolkienBirthdayToast
Today J.R.R. Tolkien turns 131! My buddy and pro-Tolkien nerd Nick Polk joined me to share a toast to Tolkien and reflect on a passage we selected as we enter…
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Matthew Segall: Processing the Political
Matthew Segall returns to the podcast! This was recorded in person in Napa, Ca where he gave a talk on Process-Relational Politic al Theology. You can see his…
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Myron Penner: Sex, God, & Gender
Myron Penner is back on the podcast! We discuss his current research project on sex, gender, and anthropology. In the second half of the episode Myron starts…
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Diana Butler Bass: Ruining Christmas Dinner
Diana is back for some Holiday fun! We gathered a bunch of questions where anything was on the table. This is what happened when we randomly answered…
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Daniel Kirk: How Paul Preaches Christmas
Long-time friend of the podcast and New Testament super nerd – the Good Doctor Daniel Kirk – is back on the podcast for some Christmas fun! This conversation…
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Marion Grau: Salvation, Liberation, and Transformation
There is a list of scholars I reach out to every 18 months hoping they will come on the podcast. For 12 years, Marion Grau has been on the list, but no more! I…
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Eric Vanden Eykel: Our Ongoing Fascination with the Magi
The Magi get 12 verses in the Gospel of Matthew, but that was all we needed to remain fascinated with them across history. In his new book The Magi, Dr. Eric…
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Dan Koch: Only Friends Share Mixtapes
Dan Koch is one of my favorite people. He reached out to connect in person when he was thinking of starting a podcast, and since then, he has not only produced…
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Delvyn Case: Jesus in Pop Music
I am pumped to have Dr. Delvyn Case on the podcast! What happens when a professional composer and theology nerd chronicles all the appearances of Jesus in Pop…
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Greg Farrand: Second Breath & the Advent Journey
Greg Farrand, Executive Director for Second Breath, is joining the podcast for a special episode exploring the spiritual journey of Advent. Homebrewed has done…
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John Dominic Crossan: Saving the Biblical Christmas Stories
It is almost time for our next online class and John Dominic Crossan is here to lure to join Christmas Stories John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American…
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John Thatamanil: What we do when we do theology
John Thatamanil returns to the podcast and it is one zesty conversation!! We were both in Napa, California for the Power & the God of Love conference. The…
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Diana Butler Bass: Ruining Election Night Dinner
Diana Bass is back on the podcast for a session of our ongoing series “Ruining Dinner.†We talk about religion and politics with a bunch of zest. Normally…
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John Dominic Crossan: the most important discovery for understanding Jesus
Thrilled to announce our upcoming Advent class with John Dominic Crossan. If you want to dig into the Biblical Christmas narratives with one of the most…
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Ryan Burge: Evangelical Jews, Educated Church-Goers, & other bits of dizzying data
A couple of months ago, Ryan joined to discuss recent data on religion in America. It was a very popular episode, and members of the Homebrewed Community…
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Brian McLaren: Should I Stay Christian if I don’t Believe?
This is the final live stream QnA from the Do I Stay Christian? online class. It was a complete blast to hang with Brian and a couple thousand readers To…
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Mariana Rios Maldonado: Ethics & Otherness in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
Join the Tolkien Heads class Mariana Rios Maldonado completed her undergraduate studies in Literature and Spanish Linguistics at the Autonomous University of…
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Theology Beer Camp Debrief
WOW! Theology Beer Camp was amazing! I had to debrief it with some friends so I invited Nick Polk (Tolkien Heads), Kevin Garcia (Tiny Revolution), Sarah Heath…
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Jennifer Garcia Bashaw: the Gospel through the Eyes of the Victim
Next week is Theology Beer Camp, and almost all of the speakers have been on the podcast multiple times except my friend and New Testament scholar Jennifer…
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Leah Robinson: When a Practical Theologian talks about God
I am excited to have Leah back on the podcast and coming to Theology Beer Camp. If you missed her first visit, then go check it out. It was one of the most…
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Brian McLaren & Thomas Jay Oord: a God Worthy of Love
What a treat! I was joined by both Tom Oord and Brian McLaren for this wonderful live stream. FYI, SacraSage Press recently published a 200+ page book with…
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Process This: the Power of Love & the Experience of God w/ Tom Oord & Andrew Davis
Some pretty cool listeners sent a bunch of Process Theology questions & I got two #ProcessParty friends and scholars to hop on and answer them. Both Tom Oord…
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Chandrika Phea & Brian McLaren: the Gift of Curiosity
Brian McLaren is joining me on four Sunday evenings for some live QnA. This is our third QnA! You can join the online class, future sessions, submit questions…
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Godly QnA
Grace Ji-Sun Kim is back on the podcast to help me tackle some listener questions. We had a lot of fun as a theological tag team, and if you want to hang out…
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Diana Butler Bass: the Over-Rated Genie God
Diana Bass is back on the podcast for a session of our ongoing series “Ruining Dinner.†We talk about religion and politics with a bunch of zest. Normally…
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Brian McLaren: Saying Yes to Christianity
Brian McLaren is joining me on four Sunday evenings for some live QnA. This is our second QnA! You can join the online class, future sessions, submit…
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Joerg Rieger + Catherine Keller: Theology in the Capitalocene
Joerg Rieger has a brand new book and Catherine Keller joins the podcast for the celebration! You will want to check out Joerg’s new book Theology in the…
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Ryan Burge: 5 Religion Graphs w/ a side of Hot Takes
Back by popular request is Dr. Ryan Burge! When he was last here, we discussed some myths about Religion and Politics. Â Today he returns to the podcast and…
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Brian McLaren: Questioning Christianity
Brian McLaren is joining me on four Sunday evenings for some live QnA. This is the first week! You can join the online class, future sessions, submit…
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Aaron Simmons: Do I Have a Soul? & other cultural preferences in bold.
Dr. Aaron Simmons is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University. He returns to the podcast for some seriously nerdy fun. We tackled a number of…
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Kevin Max & the Rings of Power #TolkienHeads
The Rings of Power is not out and about in the world! After seeing the first two episodes, I have been able to exhale, knowing the show isn’t going to be the…
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Religious Trauma, Bracketing Belief, & the Best Reason to Believe in God
What happens when three of my best friends come on the podcast to answer your questions? This. My friends and friends of the pod, Sarah, Myron, and Dan are…
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Camp Games & a Little Theology
Tony Jones is back for some friend time and a little theology. In this conversation we discuss… Why Theology Beer Camp is gonna be awesome / drop that code…
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Joerg Rieger: Divine Justice & our Ultimate Concern
Joerg Rieger is back on the podcast for some fun theology QnA. In our conversation, we cover… an invitation to Solidarity Circles from the Wendland-Cook…
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Diana Butler Bass: Bad Blood, Civil War, and other Soothing Topics
Diana Bass is back on the podcast for a session of our ongoing series “Ruining Dinner.” We talk about religion and politics with a bunch of zest. Normally…
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John Garth: Exploring Tolkien’s Life and Legendarium
John Garth is the most epic living scholar of JRR Tolkien. He dropped an amazing lecture for the Tolkien Heads class we are currently running, and yesterday he…
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Philip Clayton: on the Mindfulness of Nature
Philip Clayton returns to the podcast! This conversation was inspired by an online academic conference I put together as part of the God & the Book of Nature…
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Ben Boswell: Confronting Whiteness
I am thrilled to have Rev. Dr. Ben Bosell on the podcast and honored to be a part of his book launch for Confronting Whiteness. Our conversation was recorded…
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Tolken Heads: a Nerdy Journey into Middle-earth
This is a preview stream for our upcoming online class – Tolkien Heads. The class is for those who want to go deeper into Middle-earth, but don’t know where to…
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Everyday Mysticism & the Wisdom of Brother Lawrence
In this special episode, I am joined by Carmen Butcher and Mike Morrell to have a convo about everyday mysticism. They are the hosts for The Mystics Summit and…
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Thomas Jay Oord: Process Theology QnA
We just finished the Christianity in Process class with John Cobb and had a bunch of lingering questions. So I called in my friend and super nerd, Tom Oord…
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The CCM Fantasy Draft
This is a Fantasy Draft!!  Joining me for all the fun are three friends with plenty of CCM wisdom for the fantasy battle. After you listen to the episode…
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Jon Gill: Aesthetic Religion
Jon Ivan Gill is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College (St Peter, Mn.) And Cross-Community Coordinator at the Center for Process…
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Joseph Bracken: Theology in an Event-Filled World
What a treat! Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is back on the podcast! He is an emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University and one of my favorite philosophical…
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The Mighty Thor & the God Butcher Revival
Occasionally this theology nerd comes out as the other kind of nerd, a comic book nerd. My absolute favorite comic book run is Jason Arron’s time on Thor and…
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Jacob Erickson: The Becoming of a Lutheran Queer Eco-Process Theologian from North Dakota
BOOM! Jake Erickson is back on the podcast. This one is a complete blast. In our conversation we discuss… – The origin story of a Lutheran queer eco-process…
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Donna Bowman: Flowing with the Living God
I have so much fun talking nerdy with Donna Bowman. I’m so pumped to have her back on the podcast and a part of the Christianity in Process series.  Donna…
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Ruining Dinner: Democracy & Denominations on Life Support
In this special session of Ruining Dinner, Diana Bass and I are joined by our friend Brian McLaren. Normally we do monthly live hangs with our supporters…
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Andrew Schwartz: Panentheism, Pluralism, and Ecological Civilization
Dr. Andrew Schwartz is a scholar, organizer, and social entrepreneur. He is Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies and Assistant Professor of…
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Catherine Keller: Theology in Process
I am so pumped to have Catherine Keller back on the podcast and helping to kick-off our new HBC class – Christianity in Process (which starts this week). This…
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Tim Whitaker: the Process Party & the New Evangelicals (pt 2)
This is a podcast crossover! Tim Whitaker, from the New Evangelicals, had me on his podcast to talk Process Theology for evangelicals. We had a bunch of fun…
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Thomas Jay Oord: Authority, Atonement, Abortion, and a Big Hug
I love getting to talk with Tom Oord. In this episode, we finally got to hang out in person! We were both in Norway for the European Society for the Study of…
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Thomas Hermans-Webster: the Eucharist for Planetary Dining
Pumped to have my friend and fellow Process theologian, Thomas Hermans-Webster, on the podcast! He is Assistant Professor of United Methodist Church Studies at…
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Brian McLaren: Do I Stay Christian?
When I friend drops a new book it is a good day to have a podcast! Today Brian McLaren puts his newest book out into the world. Do I Stay Christian? is…
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The Altars Where We Worship
Are you ready for some super nerdy fun? One of my favorite podcast episodes was the first time I had these three guests on. A number of members from the…
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Pete Enns: Adaptive Christianity & the God of the Bible
It’s time for a nerdy cross-over podcast episode. Tripp is joined by Pete Enns of The Bible for Normal People, and they have a bunch of fun trying to lure you…
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EuroTripp’n Tony
Tripp and Tony connect after their spring family outings and share stories before Tony gives some quality guidance for the Fuller Family’s upcoming trip Rome…
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Diana Bass: Shall the Fundies (Keep) Winning?, Abortion, and Black Holes
I love hanging out with Diana Butler Bass. She doesn’t hate hanging out with me, so we decided to do monthly live hangs with our supporters called Ruining…