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Jun 8, 2022 • 49min

Cole Arthur Riley: Why Embodiment is Essential to Spirituality

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyIn this episode Mason chats with Cole Arthur Riley about her new book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. They chat about why embodiment is essential to spirituality and much more.Guest Bio/Info:Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies. She is also the recent author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us.Find Cole here:colearthurriley.comInstagram: blackliturgiesTwitter: @blackliturgistFacebook: facebook.com/blackliturgistSpecial music by Trey Pearson:Spotify: Trey PearsonInstagram: treypearsonGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 25, 2022 • 52min

Jonny Rashid: Why Jesus Takes a Side

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Jonny Rashid about his new book, Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel. They chat about why Jesus takes a side and how to navigate American politics if you believe God sides with the oppressed.Guest Bio/Info:Jonny Rashid has served as pastor for Circle of Hope. He is also the author of the recent book, Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel.Find Jonny here:jonnyrashid.comTwitter: @jonnyrashidInstagram: jonnyrashidFacebook: facebook.com/jonnyrashidSpecial music by Idle Threat:Spotify: Idle ThreatInstagram: idlethreatnashvilleGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 11, 2022 • 49min

Andre Henry: How to Fight for Black Lives

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Andre Henry about his new book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives. We chat about why you should debating racists and why we need revolution for Black lives.Guest Bio/Info:Andre Henry is an award-winning musician, writer, and activist. He is also the author of the recent book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives.Find Andre here:andrehenry.coTwitter: @andrehenryInstagram: theandrehenryFacebook: facebook.com/theandrehenrySpotify: Andre HenryGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 28, 2022 • 1h 4min

Victoria Loorz: Why You Should Pray to Trees

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Victoria Loorz about her new book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. They chat about how we have to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world and how church can be done in nature.Guest Bio/Info:Victoria Loorz is a spiritual director and cofounder of the Wild Church Network. She is also the author of the recent book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred.Find Victoria here:victorialoorz.comInstagram: mamadoodledooSpecial music by Watashi Wa:Spotify: Watashi WaInstagram: watashiwabandGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 13, 2022 • 55min

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: Why Embodiment Can Change the World

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza about their new book Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation and how embodiment can change the world.Guest Bio/Info:Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is a transqueer activist, Latinx scholar, public theologian, and recent author of Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation.Find Dr. Robyn here:drrobynhendersonespinoza.comTwitter: @irobynInstagram: irobynSpecial music by Zane Vickery:Spotify: Zane VickeryInstagram: zane_vickGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 30, 2022 • 49min

Chichi Agorom: How Can the Enneagram Be a Tool for Black Liberation?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Chichi Agorom about her new book The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry. We chat about the Enneagram, how the Enneagram can be a tool for black liberation, and what liberation looks like for each Enneagram type.Guest Bio/Info:Chichi Agorom is a certified Enneagram teacher with The Narrative Enneagram, writer, psychotherapist, and author of The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry.Find Chichi here:chichiagorom.comInstagram: saycheech_Special music by Tyler Bradford Wright:Spotify: Tyler Bradford WrightInstagram: tylerbradfordwrightGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 16, 2022 • 57min

Krispin Mayfield: What Attachment Style Do You Have to God?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Krispin Mayfield about his new book, Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience. They chat about attachment styles and how you can have a secure attachment to God.Guest Bio/Info:Krispin Mayfield is a licensed professional counselor and recent author of Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience.Find Krispin here:krispinmayfield.comTwitter: twitter.com/k__mayfieldSpecial music by let alone:Spotify: let aloneGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 2, 2022 • 49min

Christena Cleveland: Why God is a Black Woman

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Christena Cleveland about her new book, God is a Black Woman. They chat about what the white male God and black woman God mean and why black woman God can lead to liberation.Guest Bio/Info:Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is also the author of the recent book God is a Black Woman.Find Christena here:christenacleveland.comInstagram: christenaclevelandTwitter: @CSClevePatreon: patreon.com/cscleveSpecial music by Hannah Kaminer:Spotify: Hannah KaminerInstagram: hannahkaminerGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 16, 2022 • 50min

Thomas Cathcart: Do You Have to Believe in God to be a Christian?

Mason chats with Thomas Cathcart about whether you have to believe certain doctrines to be a Christian, religionless Christianity, and much more.Guest Bio/Info:Thomas Cathcart is a New York Times best-selling author and the author of There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother: Rediscovering Religionless Christianity.Find Thomas here:platoandaplatypus.comSpecial music by New Tycoon:Spotify: New TycoonInstagram: jewzakGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 2, 2022 • 50min

Tom Oord: What is Open and Relational Theology?

Mason chats with Tom Oord about his book Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas. They chat about what open and relational theology is, why it matters, and how it can be liberating.Guest Bio/Info:Tom Oord is a theologian and author of more than twenty-five books, including Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas.Find Tom here:thomasjayoord.comTwitter: @ThomasJayOordInstagram: thomasjayoordFacebook: facebook.com/thomas.oordSpecial music by Kat and the Hurricane:Spotify: Kat and the HurricaneInstagram: katandthehurricaneGet connected to Mason:masonmennenga.comPatreon: patreon.com/masonmennengaTwitter: @masonmennengaFacebook: facebook.com/mason.mennengaInstagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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