

Things Not Seen Podcast
Things Not Seen
"Things Not Seen" talks with people of faith who are working to make sense of why we are here and how we can all live together despite our deep differences in belief. The show is hosted by Dr. David Dault, and features guests from a broad spectrum of public life, with in-depth conversations about real struggles at the intersection of faith and culture.
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Jun 13, 2022 • 58min
#2224 - Spiritual Formation in Local Faith Communities: Neil Pembroke and William S. Schmidt
Our guests, Neil Pembroke and William S. Schmidt, talk about their recent book that puts tools in the hands of pastors and other faith leaders to help create opportunities for spiritual formation in local faith communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 6, 2022 • 1h 6min
#2223 - Render Unto Caesar: John Dominic Crossan
The internationally acclaimed New Testament scholar and best-selling author John Dominic Crossan returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his powerful new book, Render Unto Caesar: The Struggle for Christ and Culture in the New Testament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 5, 2022 • 59min
#2222 - Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Taylor S. Schumann [Rebroadcast]
In the spring of 2013 our guest Taylor Schumann survived a horrific shooting event that left her traumatized in soul and body. She talks to us about her recent book, When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough, and how people of faith must confront the stark realities of gun violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 57min
#2221 - Carved and Created in Our Own Ways: Candice Marie Benbow
In her recent book, Red Lip Theology, our guest Candice Marie Benbow offers a set of essays rooted in the experience of Black womanhood, and an invitation for readers to rethink the comfortable theological categories they may have inherited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 1h 6min
#2220 - Jesus in His Own Words: Fr. Bill Cain, SJ [Rebroadcast]
Bill Cain is a Jesuit who has spent his life writing screenplays for movies and television. Now, in his recent book, The Diary of Jesus Christ, he reimagines the stories of the Gospels from the point of view of Jesus himself, with breathtaking results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 1h 3min
#2219 - Flying, Falling, Catching: Carolyn Whitney-Brown and Henri Nouwen
One of the last projects of the late spiritual writer Henri Nouwen was an unexpected and enthusiastic appreciation of a family of trapeze artists. Our guest, Carolyn Whitney-Brown, talks about her work to bring this unfinished manuscript to publication, and what it tells us about Nouwen as a believer and as a person Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 2022 • 1h 2min
#2218 - All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Andre Henry
Our guest Andre Henry talks about his journey into "artivism" - a mixture of activism and artistry aimed at revolutionary change and decolonization. We talk about his recent book All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep, and his invitation to work on behalf of the safety and joy of Black lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 2022 • 60min
#2217 - Ensure the Pages Are Worthy: Cole Arthur Riley
Our guest, Cole Arthur Riley, talks to us about her brilliant recent book, This Here Flesh, which weaves together four generations of lived experience into a book that is both a theological meditation and a memoir of loss and liberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 2022 • 59min
#2216 - The Deep Wisdom of the Body: Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
Our guest, Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, draws from their own experience of learning to live in their own body, and offers readers a transformative theology of becoming. Their recent book, Body Becoming, is an invitation to understanding, engagement, and human thriving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 2022 • 1h 4min
#2215 - Building Bridges with Pope Francis: Peter Jones and Aleja Sastoque Luna
In February 2022, Pope Francis held an unprecedented dialogue with university students from across North, South, and Central America. Our guests, Aleja Sastoque Luna and Dean Peter Jones of Loyola University Chicago, take us behind the scenes to understand what it was like to plan and participate in this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices