A People's Theology

In this episode David Finnegan-Hosey chats about his new book, Grace Is a Pre-Existing Condition: Faith, Systems, and Mental Healthcare. We chat all about the American healthcare system and how faith can help us re-imagined a new healthcare system that works for everyone! Guest Bio/Info: David Finnegan-Hosey is College Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries at Barton College. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder following a series of hospitalizations in 2011, Finnegan-Hosey writes and speaks on the intersections between mental illness, faith, and the process of healing. Find David here: davidfinneganhosey.com Twitter: @FoolishHosey Special music by Tigerwine: Spotify: Tigerwine Instagram: tigerwinemusic Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Kelley Nikondeha talks about her new book, Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom. She talks all about the women in the story of the Exodus and how their stories can inspire liberation in our world. Guest Bio/Info: Kelley Nikondeha is the co-director and chief storyteller for Communities of Hope, a community development enterprise in Burundi. She is also the author of the recent book, Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom. Find Kelley here: kelleynikondeha.com Twitter: @knikondeha Facebook: facebook.com/KelleyNikondeha Special music by Stormo: stormooo.bandcamp.com Spotify: Stormo Instagram: @stormo__ Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Wil Gafney is here to chat all about her book Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne. We chat about the liberating power of the stories of women in the Hebrew Bible and much more! Guest Bio/Info: Dr. Gafney is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School. She is also the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne. Find Wil here: wilgafney.com Twitter: @WilGafney Special music by Shake It Up: shakeitup.bandcamp.com Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the 99% and listen to Eric Atcheson talk about his new book, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice. We chat all things about Christianity and what it offers to seeking economic justice. Guest Bio/Info: Eric Atcheson is an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ. He most recently published On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice. His work has also been published by The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Sojourners. Find Eric here: ericatcheson.com Twitter: @RevEricAtcheson Facebook: facebook.com/RevEricAtcheson Special music by Jameson Elder: jamesonelder.com Spotify: Jameson Elder Instagram: jamesonelder Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Congdon and David Roberts are here again to talk about the resurrection of Jesus. Did it literally happen or is it a metaphor? Guests Info/Bio: David Congdon is an author, speaker, and scholar working in the area of theology and culture. He hails originally from Portland, Oregon, completed a B.A. in English at Wheaton College, acquired an M.Div. and Ph.D. in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and has since worked in the publishing industry as an academic editor. Find David Congdon here: dwcongdon.com Twitter: @dwcongdon David Roberts is the youth pastor at Watershed, a progressive non-denominational church in Charlotte, NC. He is also a recent graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary. Find David Roberts here: davidmrobertsblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @DRob87 Special music by: Sean Della Croce seandellacroce.com Spotify: Sean Della Croce Instagram: @seandellacroce Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My good friend Kerry Connelly joins me to share about her brand new book, Good White Racist: Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice. We talk all about how white people need to confront racism and what a white liberation theology may look like. Guest Bio/Info: Kerry Connelly is a writer; Certified Life Coach; author of the blog Jerseygirl, JESUS; and host of the podcast White on White, which reimagines white identity apart from pseudo-supremacy. She is currently pursuing an MDiv at Christian Theological Seminary. Find Kerry here: kerryconnelly.com Facebook: facebook.com/JerseygirlJesus Instagram: @kerry.connelly Twitter: @sheselevated Special music by Kat and the Hurricane: katandthehurricane.bandcamp.com Spotify: Kat and the Hurricane Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your dancing shoes on, because Linn Marie Tonstad is here to throw us onto the queer theology dance floor. She talks all about her recent book, Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics. Guest Bio/Info: Linn Marie Tonstad is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. She is the author of God and Difference and Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics. Find Linn here: @pennamiriel Special music by JAS Quintet: jasquintet.com Spotify: JAS Quintet Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wess Daniels is here to set the record straight on the book of Revelation. He talks his book Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance and all about the resistive and liberative themes in the book. Guest Bio/Info: C. Wess Daniels is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in the School of Intercultural Studies on the subject of the renewal of faith traditions within participatory culture. Find Wess here: gatheringinlight.com Twitter: @cwdaniels Special music by Sister Sinjin: sistersinjin.com Spotify: Sister Sinjin Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Christy Bauman talks about her new book, Theology of The Womb: Knowing God through the Body of a Woman. She talks about all the ways in which we can learn about God from the the experience of being a woman. Guest Bio/Info: Dr. Christy Vidrine Bauman is the author of three books: Theology of the Womb, A Brave Lament, and Coming Home. She is a psychotherapist, supervisor, and professor who focuses on the female body, sexuality, and theology. Find Christy here: christybauman.com Facebook: facebook.com/ChristyVidrineBauman Special music by Chase Campbell: Spotify: Chase Campbell Instagram: chaycambul Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is here to talk about their newest book, Activist Theology. They talk all things about taking theology to the streets and how activist theology can make theology a meaningful conduit for social change. Guest Bio/Info: Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is a theologian and ethicist based in Nashville, TN. They work in the hybrid spaces of the church, the academy, and movements for justice. They are also the founder of the Activist Theology Project, a collaborative project that uses media, art, advocacy, and story-telling as the primary forms of public theology and ethics. Find Robyn here: irobyn.com Twitter: @irobyn Instagram: irobyn Special music by Peter M: Bandcamp: petermmakessongs.bandcamp.com Instagram: petermmakessongs Twitter: @petermmakessongs Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices