A People's Theology

Find your family’s genealogy book, because Kat Armas is here to talk about how her Cuban heritage influences her theology. We also chat a bit about her story that led her to seminary and what her current seminary experience is like. Guest Bio/Info: Kat Armas is a writer, podcaster, seminary student, and coffee roaster. Her writings have been featured on Missio Alliance, RELEVANT Magazine, and many more. You can tune into her podcast, The Protagonistas, here. Find Kat here: katarmas.com Twitter: @kat_armas Instagram: kat_armas Special music by River Teeth: riverteethmn.bandcamp.com Instagram: river.teeth Facebook: facebook.com/riverteethmn 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

Finish your SoulCycle class and tune in to Casper ter Kuile and I chatting about the spirituality bubbling up in America. Casper talks about his work with How We Gather, the spiritual but not religious movement, and the rise of the nones. Guest Bio/Info: Casper ter Kuile is the co-author of How We Gather and Care of Souls and has co-convened hundreds of leaders in the emerging field of secular and sacred community innovation. He co-hosts Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, a podcast engaging a modern classic through traditional sacred reading practices like lectio divina and havruta. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on PBS. Find Casper here: caspertk.com Twitter: @caspertk Instagram: caspertk_ Facebook: facebook.com/caspertk86 Special music by Joel David Weir: joeldavidweir.com Twitter: @joeldavidweir Instagram: joeldavidweir Facebook: facebook.com/joeldavidweir 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

Andre Henry is here, so that means you better take your daily hard-to-swallow pills. Andre talks about his work in theology and social change. We chat about how whiteness infects theology, how ordinary people are leading the charge for social change, and the theology behind Andre’s music. Guest Bio/Info: Andre Henry is a writer, speaker, and artist contending for the anti-racist world that ought to be. Andre holds a B.A. in Practical Theology and an M.A. in Theology. Find Andre here: andrerhenry.com Twitter: @andrehenry Instagram: theandrehenry Facebook: facebook.com/theandrehenry Special music by Andre Henry: Bandcamp: andrehenrymusic.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

Get your notebooks and pencils ready, because Silas Krabbe is here to take us all to school on the subject of theopoetics. Silas and I chat about his book A Beautiful Bricolage: Theopoetics as God-Talk for Our Time and other topics concerning theopoetics. Guest Bio/Info: Silas Krabbe is the Community Theologian and Coordinator at Mosaic Church located in Vancouver's downtown eastside, one of Canada's poorest neighborhoods. A graduate of Columbia Bible College (BA in Biblical Studies and Community Development) and Regent College (MATS in Christianity and Culture), he seeks to entangle contemporary theologies issued from the ivory tower with back-alley musings about the world. Find Silas here: silaskrabbe.wordpress.com Twitter: @sckrabbe Instagram: sckrabbe Special music by thrpii: Spotify: thrpii Instagram: thrpii 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

Pause Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and tune into Danielle Lynch dive into the world of theology and music. Danielle and I chat about her recent book God in Sound and Silence: Music as Theology and how music can be a source of theological reflection. Guest Bio/Info: Danielle Lynch is the Director of Mission at St Augustine's College, Cairns. Danielle is a member of the Australian Catholic Theological Association. Her doctorate on a theology of music was awarded by the University of Leeds in 2015. She is also the author of the recently published God in Sound and Silence: Music as Theology. Find Danielle here: danielleannelynch.com Twitter: @DALynch146 Special music by Maeve Heaney: maevelouiseheaney.com Twitter: @maevelouise Facebook: facebook.com/DrMaeveHeaney 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 that Hammond B3 organ primed, because Ashon Crawley is here to talk about the aesthetic practices of Black Pentecostalism. Ashon talks about his book Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility and how the aesthetic practices of Black Pentecostalism allow for the emergence of “otherwise worlds of possibility.” Guest Bio/Info: Ashon Crawley is the Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at University of Virginia. He also is the author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility. Find Ashon here: ashoncrawley.com Twitter: @ashoncrawley Instagram: ashoncrawley Special music by Timothy O’Brien: timothyarlissobrien.com Spotify: Timothy Arliss O’Brien Twitter: @adorableinpdx Instagram: adorableinpdx 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

Burn your John Piper book collection, because Thomas Oord is here to reconfigure everything you’ve thought about God. In this episode Thomas chats about his newly released book, God Can’t: How to Believe in God and Love After Abuse, Tragedy, and Other Evils. Guest Bio/Info: Thomas Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation. Oord is also an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than twenty books, including his newly released book, God Can’t: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils. Find Thomas here: thomasjayoord.com Twitter: @ThomasJayOord Instagram: thomasjayoord Facebook: facebook.com/thomas.oord Special music by Jamie Barnes: jamiebarnes.bandcamp.com Twitter: @jamiebarnes 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

You’ve died of dysentery, so you might as well now listen to Eric Atcheson chat about his new book, Oregon Trail Theology: The Frontier Millennial Christians Face-And How We're Ready. We talk about the experience of Millennials with Christianity and the hopeful future of the church. Guest Bio/Info: Eric Atcheson is an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ. He most recently published Oregon Trail Theology: The Frontier Millennial Christians Face-And How We're Ready. 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 The Still, Small Voice: thestillsmallvoicemusic.com Instagram: thestill_smallvoice YouTube: youtube.com/user/tssvvideo 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

Put the chapbook away for now as Tuhina Verma Rasche talks about theopoetics and decolonizing Christianity. There may even be a Dr. Strangelove reference in the episode… Guest Bio/Info: Tuhina Verma Rasche is a blogger, ordained ELCA minister, and Coordinator for Young Adult Engagement for Arts, Religion, Culture. Find Tuhina here: tuhinavrasche.com Twitter: @tvrasche Instagram: @tvrasche Special music by Salvage My Dream: Bandcamp: salvagemydream.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

The Batman and Robin and peanut butter and jelly of theology, David Congdon and David Roberts, are back! In this second part of a two-part episode, we all talk about what the church post-emergent looks like. 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 student at Fuller Theological Seminary. Find David Roberts here: davidmrobertsblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @DRob87 Special music by Bantam Angel: soundcloud.com/bantam_angel Twitter: @Bantam_Angel Instagram: @bantam_angel 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