The Theology Mill

Andrew Barron was an adjunct faculty at The Centre for Spirituality, Disability, and Care at Martin Luther University College, federated with Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. He has previously taught disability and theology at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto where he graduated with his doctor of ministry degree in 2016. Barron is the author of Human Difference: Reflections on a Life in Proximity to Disability (Cascade, 2024). He is married to Laura and is the father of Rafael, Ketzia, and Simona. PODCAST LINKS: - Human Difference (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666779233/human-difference/ - Dr. Barron’s website: https://www.drandrewbarron.com/   CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch, a philosophy PhD from the University of Copenhagen and author of "Negative Theology: A Short Introduction," explores intriguing theological concepts. He discusses the evolution of negative theology from early church fathers to modern thinkers like Kierkegaard. The conversation highlights how negative theology articulates God through what He is not, analyzes the divine nature’s incomprehensibility, and examines how concepts of nothingness in Meister Eckhart's thought relate to spiritual connection. This deep dive navigates complex ideas in theological history.

Susan Grove Eastman is associate research professor emerita of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. She is the author of Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology (2017), Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians (2007/2022), Oneself in Another: Participation and Personhood in Pauline Theology (2024), and Romans: An Interpretation Commentary (forthcoming, 2025). PODCAST LINKS: -Oneself in Another (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781532692628/oneself-in-another/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Steven DeLay is an Old Member of Christ Church, University of Oxford. He is the author of philosophical works and works of fiction, including Elijah Newman Died Today (2022) and Faint Not (2022), and the translator of Jean-Louis Chrétien’s Ten Meditations for Catching and Losing One’s Breath (Cascade, 2024). PODCAST LINKS: - Ten Meditations for Catching and Losing One’s Breath (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666766110/ten-meditations-for-catching-and-losing-ones-breath/ - Phenomenology in France (book): https://tinyurl.com/ypr4hr78 CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Andrew M. Davis, program director at the Center for Process Studies and author of 'From Force to Persuasion', explores transformative ideas in process theology. He discusses moving from traditional notions of divine power to a model centered on persuasive love. The conversation delves into open and relational theology, portraying God as an evolving partner in creation. Davis also reflects on philosophical perspectives of omnipotence, emphasizing the significance of inclusivity and gratitude in spiritual practice. His insights prompt a reevaluation of how we perceive God and divine relationships.

Colby Dickinson is professor of theology at Loyola University, Chicago. He is the author of Haunted Words, Haunted Selves: Listening to Otherness within Western Thought (Cascade, 2024), Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer Series: A Critical Introduction and Guide (2022), Theological Poverty in Continental Philosophy: After Christian Theology (2021), Theology as Autobiography: The Centrality of Confession, Relationship, and Prayer to the Life of Faith (Cascade, 2020), and The Fetish of Theology: The Challenge of the Fetish-Object to Modernity (2020). PODCAST LINKS: Haunted Words, Haunted Selves book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666769210/haunted-words-haunted-selves/ Theology as Autobiography book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781532688829/theology-as-autobiography/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

JD Lyonhart (PhD, Cambridge) is a British-Canadian theologian, philosopher, author, and ordained minister, as well as an advocate for the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse. He is an Associate Professor of Christianity and Philosophy at the University of Jamestown, a Fellow at the Cambridge Center for the Study of Platonism at Cambridge University, and a co-host of the Spiritually Incorrect Podcast (spirituallyincorrectpodcast.com). He is the author of Space God: Rejudging a Debate between More, Newton, and Einstein (Cascade, 2023) and MonoThreeism: An Absurdly Arrogant Attempt to Answer All the Problems of the Last 2000 Years in One Night at a Pub (Cascade, 2021). PODCAST LINKS: MonoThreeism book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262683/monothreeism/ Space God book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666757040/space-god/ Jonathan’s website: https://www.jdlyonhart.com/ The Spiritually Incorrect Podcast: https://www.spirituallyincorrectpodcast.com/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/   *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Amy Hawk is the author of Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton: An Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in Vietnam. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their tiny Yorkie. They have two young adult children. Connect with Amy at www.amyhawk.com. PODCAST LINKS: - The Judas Effect: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666763645/the-judas-effect/ - Amy’s personal website: https://www.amyhawk.com/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Andrew Remington Rillera, Assistant professor of biblical studies, discusses sacrificial understandings of Jesus's death. Topics cover penal substitutionary atonement, rethinking sacrificial practices, and the significance of atonement in the Bible.

Sean J. McGrath has published widely in the history of ideas and the philosophy of religion. He is a professor of philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and an adjunct professor of religious studies at McGill University. PODCAST LINKS: - Political Eschatology: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666738094/political-eschatology/ - Prof. McGrath’s faculty page: https://www.mun.ca/philosophy/people/dr-sean-mcgrath/ - Prof. McGrath’s academia.edu page: https://mun.academia.edu/SeanMcGrath - Prof. McGrath’s podcast (Secular Christ): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnFyIaY7p0KzRfoJOQ6H3uWrMuHsYrlZD, https://open.spotify.com/show/5T9c8fwTB2xyBh4khKLetY CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/   *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.