This is a special live podcast episode. It was recorded at Wild Heaven Brewing in Atlanta Georgia with a bunch of our friends from McAfee School of Theology. During this zesty episode we discuss...

what is a 'wet baptist'?
Dean Greg DeLoach gives beer style intros to Profs on the Mics
the nature of missionary dating and how it is absolutely not connected to the missionary posititon
the nature of Baptist life and American Evangelicalism
why David Gushee is sticking it to Stan... at least in podcasting.
Tripp discusses Carmen. He is sorry.
we meet Colin. he managed to publish a very zesty text as a student at McAfee with Dr. Gushee... Moral Leadership for a Divided Age: Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World
why Ghandi might not be included in the second edition
the inspiring life of Oscar Romero
what question would you ask a Presidential Candidate to get at their moral leadership?
"we are remembering faith, not an ideological faith"
how comic books help you learn how to read the Bible
what's going on theologically in the cultural rise of the comic?
why everyone should read Sandman by Neil Gaiman
the unique shape, power, and creativity of nerd culture

Things to check out:

David Gushee's super high-quality podcast that I hope you are already listening to. Kingdom Ethics Podcast
Upcoming Events at McAfee School of Theology
- The Mercer Preaching Consultation in Chattanooga on October 6-8 with Dr. Brent Strawn (Professor of Hebrew Bible, Duke Div.)
- The Self Preaching Lectures on March 9-10 at Mercer in Atlanta with Dr. Miroslav Volf (Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Univ.). Contact Nikki Hardeman for more information (hardeman_ln@mercer.edu, 678.547.6357)
McAfee School of Theology

Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.

Dr. Gushee is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics. He is the author and/or editor of 24 books and approximately 150 book chapters, journal articles, and reviews. His most notable books include: Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, The Sacredness of Human Life, Changing our Mind, and Moral Leadership for a Divided Age.

A devoted teacher, Professor Gushee offers courses to seminarians and college students. Over a busy 25-year career, he has written hundreds of opinion pieces, given interviews to scores of media outlets, and has led several significant social-ethical activist efforts.

David G. Garber, Jr. is the Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at McAfee. He received his B.A. in Religion from Baylor University (1995), his M.Div. and Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary (1998-99), and his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Emory University (2005). Before this position, Dr. Garber served as an adjunct professor at McAfee for three years while finishing his dissertation on "Trauma, History, and Survival in Ezekiel 1-24." He teaches courses in Old Testament, Hebrew Exegesis, Social Justice in the Old Testament, The Theology of Ezekiel, The Bible and Popular Culture, and The Book of the Twelve.

In his research, Dr. Garber explores the usefulness of trauma theory as an interpretive lens for biblical study. He was the co-editor for a volume of Review and Expositor titled Faith Facing Trauma and contributed to the introduction and an expository article on Nahum 3 for the volume. Stemming from his work with trauma theory, Dr. Garber is currently composing an essay on “A Philology of Trauma in the Exilic Writings” to be published in a volume on the interpretation of exile ancient Israel by the Society of Biblical Literature.

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