Theology on Mission

Note: there is an echo for the first 25 seconds of the podcast!We are back for 2023 and broadcasting from la la land. On this episode Moore and Fitch talk about what happens when a community turns inward and self-protected--the symptoms of what Fitch calls "communal narcissism."Remember to sign up for our Theology & Mission Lectures with Sarah Coakley. If you want to study with us and other scholars like Greg Boyd, Nijay Gupta, Jeannine Brown, Lyn Cohick, Drew Hart, Jonathan Tran, check us out at www.seminary.edu

Theology on Mission Podcast is announcing our speaker for the annual Theology and Mission Lectures!Rev. Dr. Sarah Coakley will be delivering the lectures and we have a limited number of spots for breakfast (50 spots...and dwindling)For listeners of the podcast we want to give you the inside scoop. Sign up here: https://www.seminary.edu/coakley/

Dr. Lisa Weaver Swartz has written a phenomenal ethnography that explores the interplay of gender and power within American evangelicalism. Dr. Weaver Swartz surveys the gender narratives at two evangelical seminaries--Southern Seminary and Asbury Seminary. She joins the podcast to talk about Reformed evangelicalism, Genesis 1-3, culture studies and more. Dr. Weaver Swartz is assistant professor of sociology at Asbury University. If you want to learn from our team of excellent scholars like Fitch, Greg Boyd, Nijay Gupta, Jeannine Brown, Lyn Cohick, Drew Hart, check us out at www.seminary.edu

In this insightful discussion, Andrew Root, the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, delves into the challenges of navigating faith in a secular age. He explores Charles Taylor’s influence on spirituality and the struggle for authenticity. Conversations about parenting highlight the balance between guidance and freedom in teen identity formation. Root also addresses the distractions faced by youth ministries, advocating for meaningful engagement and genuine relationships in church revitalization efforts.

If you have listened to Theology on Mission you are well aware that there has been no greater influence on our show than Stanley Hauerwas. In this episode Stanley joins us to talk about the current state of the church in America--politics, abortion, friendship, and evangelicalism. Stanley Hauerwas was a longtime professor at Duke University, serving as the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School. If you want to learn from our team of excellent scholars like Fitch, Greg Boyd, Nijay Gupta, Jeannine Brown, Lyn Cohick, Drew Hart, check us out at www.seminary.edu

Welcome to season eight! Fitch is convinced house gatherings will renew the church. After all...it's biblical! Moore isn't as convinced. If you want to learn from our team of excellent scholars like Fitch, Greg Boyd, Nijay Gupta, Jeannine Brown, Lyn Cohick, Drew Hart, check us out at www.seminary.edu

We are teaming up with V3 and JR Woodward to offer a Masters in Church Planting! You can read more about our partnership here: https://www.seminary.edu/programs/v3andmatm/ We had some challenges with the audio, but the content is still gold! Learn more about V3 cohorts here: https://thev3movement.org/training/

A few months ago Fitch and Moore recorded this episode and forgot about it! In this episode they chat all things church planting and how to gather a people for mission.

Luke Bretherton kindly grace the podcast to discuss the relationship between the church and the world, the place of politics in the Christian life, and gives us a masterful Hauerwas impersonation. Luke Bretherton is Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology and senior fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Check out Luke's newest book on political theology: Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy.

Behind the podcast the book Fitch and Mike have talked about the most this year is Jonathan Tran's "Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism." In this episode (part one) Dr. Tran discusses the contemporary state of anti-racism, the racialized underpinnings of our political economy, and the station of the church in our discourse and practices. Jonathan Tran is the Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology and George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Baylor University. We are delighted that Dr. Tran will be teaching in our new doctoral program. If you want to learn from him and other scholars like Fitch, Greg Boyd, Nijay Gupta, Jeannine Brown, Lyn Cohick, Drew Hart, check us out at www.seminary.edu