Theology Nerd Throwdown

The Level Ground LIVE show at Jones Coffee in Pasadena, CA was a blast. What it lacked in theology it made up for in throw down. Enjoy the highlights of our conversation with Samantha Curley and Barry Taylor about film, faith and sexuality. Monkish Beer was a generous sponsor! We want to wish Brian White a speedy recovery. Enjoy the closing song – or as someone said “Open all the kegs and let Tripp out into the world!”   March has Tripp at 2 live shows: one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia… make sure to check those out if you live nearby.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture-Cast and TNT team up for a rowdy LIVE 3D event at C21 in Phoenix, AZ  We want to thank everyone who came out and made this evening so memorable. Philips Theological Seminary was our sponsor this evening – and rocked the swag! The episode starts on a negative note but has a trajectory toward awesomeness … hope you enjoy the brew!    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2015 starts with a deep discussion of Hume and the much contested definition of miracles.  This is partially in response to the last TNT with Shultz and Taylor and the subsequent blog by Bill Walker that naturalism is not enough.  Book suggestions from this show: For the Bible Tells Me So  Gangnam Style  Ecstatic Naturalism  The Secret Message of Jesus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast favorite LeRon Shults sits down with Barry Taylor and Tripp in the HBC HQ to chat.  LeRon has made the infamous migration from Emergent to agnostic. His new books can be found here. Get his new book Theology After the Birth of God on discount until Feb.  Then Feb. 1 the paperback version of Iconoclastic Theology comes out in paperback! You can hear his first visit to the podcast here where we discuss Christology.  Then his second HBC podcast here on the Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp sits down with Jay Baker and Peter Rollins for a nice conversation.  It starts off with some levity before getting into more serious matters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp sits down with Tony Jones to chat about the new series with Fortress Press: ‘Theology for the People”.  They chat about everything from the publishing industry to the emergent church – from theological education to the death of God. If you have not heard part 1 of the AAR live event featuring Catherine Keller and John Cobb, make sure to subscribe to the HBC stream on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy listening to two friends chat about some current and future issue that have grabbed their attention.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J. Ryan Parker sits down with Bo to talk about the movie Exodus: Gods and Men. Bo had blogged about the footage that he had seen and Ryan came over to chat about it. You can read Parker’s article in Relevant Magazine about Ridley Scott’s portrayal of God in the movie.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for Advent and we have prepared a weekly exploration of the Biblical texts offered in the lectionary.  Due to Thanksgiving, we pre-recorded this episode and wanted to offer it for some fun and conversation. If you are interested in the next 4 please sign up for the class and plan to join us each Thursday night in Advent. You can sign up here if you are interested.   in the final segment we mention Critical Theory and the Emergent Village Conversation from 2012. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year in Baltimore the Open and Relational Theologies session took a look at the Emerging Church.  This session involves three conversations, with three participants in each. These conversations pertain to papers written by participants, but there will be no formal reading of the papers. The conversations explore issues in the emergent church as they relate to open and relational theologies. Presiding: Thomas Oord, Northwest Nazarene University Presenting: Jeremy Fackenthal, Vincennes University Process Theopoetics and the Emergent Church: Inviting Collaboration and Relationality [pdf] Callid Keefe-Perry, Boston University Theological Epistemology in The Emergent Church: A Form of Paul Ricoeur’s Relational Attestation Responding: Diana Butler Bass Presenting: Sara Rosenau, Drew University Becoming Emergent: Theorizing A Practicing Church Timothy Murphy, Claremont Lincoln University The Emergent Church in its Planetary Context [PDF] Responding: Bo Sanders, Claremont School of Theology Benjamin Cowan, Claremont Graduate University John R. Franke, First Presbyterian Church The Pluralist Reformation: Open Theology and the Practice of Emergent Christianity Responding: Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Elder of Hops joins Bo and Tripp to chat about the empty tomb, Biblical scholarship and church planting.  The book that Bo references is The Shaping Of Things To Come. Heads UP: Advent is coming so Tripp & Bo are inviting you to a High Gravity Advent.  Register of the course and join the conversation! [Link] Every Thursday evening (starting Nov. 28) we will talk about the Biblical passages for that week and delve into a theologian that helps us illuminate the subject in this dark time of waiting.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices