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John Dominic Crossan joins me and Diana Butler Bass to discuss a bunch of questions and topics from Jesus De/Constructed class members. This is the live stream of the QnA. s   Previous Visits from Crossan to the podcast Render Unto Caesar Resurrecting Easter with John Dominic Crossan John Dominic Crossan on the First Christmas From Jesus’ Parables to Parables of God with John Dominic Crossan John Dominic Crossan on God & Empire!  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Helen K. Bond is Professor of Christian Origins & Head of the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. She returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation tackling topics from members of the HBC online Lent group, Jesus De/Constructed. In our chat we discuss… what is the difference between the historical Jesus and the Christ of faith? how does a historical Jesus scholar do their work? the cultural/social/political/religious matrix of the historical Jesus the role of honor and shame in Jesus’ culture the entanglement of religion and politics what is the scholarly consensus around the historical Jesus? the political potency of Pilate’s pagan foreign troops in town for the Passover what does it mean for Jesus to be an Apocalyptic Jewish figure? it’s the end of the world, but what do “end” and “world” mean? how did the ancient world understand religion, divinity, and god-talk? how should we understand the titles of Jesus in the NT and his historical self-consciousness? what does it mean for Jesus to be the Christ? why does Paul say so little about the historical Jesus? what occasioned the composition of the Gospels? you should listen to Helen’s first visit to the podcast…the First Biography of Jesus… PS it is the Gospel of Mark how does seeing the Gospels as biographies change the way we read them? go get Helen’s new book Women Remembered: Jesus’ Female Disciples the role and status of women in the early church how the transitions within the early church brought back the patriarchy Tertullian and the Montanists Helen’s favorite female followers of Jesus was Jesus a feminist? what do we know about Mary, the mother of Jesus? the historical Jesus’ brother James the cross & resurrection   Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Dominic Crossan is back on the podcast talking about his new book Render Unto Caesar: The Struggle over Christ and Culture in the New Testament. It is always a blast to have Dom on the podcast and this is no exception! Dr. Crossan is one of the leading New Testament scholars today. Not only has he significantly contributed to the academic guild, but he has consistently written texts for a larger audience. Want to hang out with Dom?  Then come join an upcoming live stream QnA where he will be tackling a bunch of Bible questions from listeners. It promises to be a nerdy good time! Previous Visits from Crossan to the podcast Resurrecting Easter with John Dominic Crossan John Dominic Crossan on the First Christmas From Jesus’ Parables to Parables of God with John Dominic Crossan John Dominic Crossan on God & Empire! Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My buddy and the New Testament scholar Matt Novenson is back on the podcast to tackle a bunch of Bible questions and topics from the Jesus De/Constructed group. It was a tour de force of the early Christian movements. In the conversation we discuss things like… the major social /cultural context of Jesus Rome’s relationship to Israel the role of the Temple in Jewish life and how its destruction changed things the historical Jesus and the many Gospels he inspired what is Apocalyptic Judaism, the Kingdom of God, and Jesus’ own message Did Jesus and his earliest followers think the world was going to end? Paul and his role in early Christianity how the discoveries of the last century have reshaped our understanding of NT times the Resurrection of Jesus and the historian Dr. Matthew Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. Check out his previous podcast visit “ Messiah, Lord, Logos, & Other Titles” and his books: The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users Christ Among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism Paul, Then and Now THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY Louisville Seminary is a progressive theological school located in the fun and friendly city of Louisville, Kentucky. They offer the following programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, the Doctor of Ministry, and dual degree options in partnership with the University of Louisville in law, business, and social work. All master’s level students who are enrolled at least half time are guaranteed a minimum of a 100% tuition scholarship. Louisville Seminary hosts various virtual and in-person visit opportunities. If you’re interested in the MDiv or MAR for this coming fall, there is still time to apply. The deadline is June 1. To learn more, to schedule a visit, or to apply, visit www.LPTS.edu. For Homebrewed Christianity listeners, if you apply to a master’s program by June 1, your application fee will be waived. Simply email the code “Homebrewed Podcast” to admissions@lpts.edu. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Conrad Kanagy taught Sociology at Elizabethtown College since 1993 and is an established scholar in the study of American and Global Christianity. He is also an ordained Mennonite minister. You can check out his podcast, YouTube channel, and the upcoming webinar – “Jesus in the Mainline: Why is Progressive Christianity Embracing A Church Dismantled?.” Wherever you look, the metrics of the institutional church spell doom. Amid this forecast, Conrad Kanagy—long-time pastor and sociologist of religion—offers a vision of hope in what he calls the “Spirit’s dismantling of the church.” Five years ago, Kanagy learned that he had Parkinson’s disease. This devastating experience of “dismantling” gave him the courage to strip off his masks and to say things that, according to one reader, “Pastors and professors are not supposed to say!” When Covid-19 emerged two years ago, Kanagy produced a popular podcast that he has turned into a series of books receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews. Donald Kraybill, author of The Upside Down Kingdom, writes: “Conrad’s essays mingle the voice of a prophet, the eye of a sociologist, the heart of a pastor, the wisdom of an educator, and above all the candid confessions of a child of God. He may stir your ire or light your fire, annoy you or compel you to compassion. Prophetic voices do that. But you will keep on reading. I promise!” Professor Walter Brueggemann notes: “Conrad is able to cross many boundaries…he is able to juxtapose odd partners, push the extremities of exposure, and do a broad sweep of scripture. The subtext of his writing is the scriptural account wherein the biblical community of faith, in its distortion and obduracy, was dismantled in order to make way for an authentic community of mission.” Dr. Kanagy is currently writing an authorized biography of Professor Brueggemann. The author includes stories of his growing up in a strict Amish/Mennonite community, his life-long struggle with OCD and constant fear of God’s wrath and damnation, his crises in ministry, battles with cancer, and his recent diagnosis of PD. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theologian and author Natalie Wigg-Stevenson discusses theology as performance art, parenting, and holy week material. They explore the evolution of understanding theology, queerness and temporality, challenging social norms, crossing the cross, consequences of sin, uncomfortable artwork, a child's bullying experience, and transgressive devotion.

Last night Diana and I hosted the authors behind the brand new book After Jesus Before Christianity for some nerdy fun. This was a special session for our online Lent group Jesus De/Constructed.  “Here is a room full of forgotten stories about what it once meant to follow Jesus. Some are so strange that they tell me what a stranger I have become to my own faith. Others are so compelling that they refresh my sense of what this ?faith asks of me.â€?— Barbara Brown Taylor “There have always been Jesus people who challenged the assumptions of Empire and created refuge for the oppressed. This noble effort to uncover movements that were silenced reminds me of the saints who sing, ‘I know Jesus for myself.’â€?— Bishop William J. Barber, II “With a prose cool, clear, and crisp, a tone positive, powerful, and persuasive, and a vision confident, collective, and collegial, After Jesus Before Christianity is good news, truth, and joy—as Christianity itself should always be.â€?— John Dominic Crossan Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, appointed to the Office of the Dean. She received her Ph.D. in a collaborative program at the University of Toronto between the Department for the Study of Religion and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. A specialist in writing instruction, Erin worked for five years as a faculty member of the Princeton Writing Program at Princeton University, and is currently designing a program for the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto that will ease the transition to university-level writing for incoming undergraduate students. Her research specialty is the social origins and histories of Jesus movements in the first centuries of the common era, with a particular focus on practices of dress. Hal Taussig recently retired as Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He lectures around the country and world.  The editor of the award-winning A New New Testament (2013), United Methodist minister, and author of fourteen books, his mediography includes The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Daily Show, People Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, National Public Radio, the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, the Bob Edwards Show on Sirius Radio, The History Channel, and the Washington Post. Bernard Brandon Scott is the author and editor of many books, including After Jesus Before Christianity, The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge and The Trouble with Resurrection. A charter member of the Jesus Seminar, he is chair of Westar’s Christianity Seminar. He served as chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, as well as a member of several SBL Seminars including the Parable Seminar and Historical Jesus Seminar. He holds an A.B. from St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, an M.A. from Miami University, and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s always good to have a Deacon’s Meeting with one of the OG Deacons, a Senior… Arch Deacon even – Dr. Tony Jones. In this conversation we discuss… the Amazon LOTR show & my quest to peer pressure Jason Micheli into a response pod visiting Lego Land & Istambul Organizing your life around keeping Income-based repayment & my failed plan to be a prof THEOLOGY BEER CAMP why Tony loves Constantine & Monty Python The predicament of institutions, accountability, and injustice The future of evangelicalism is (NOT) David Brooks Righteous Gem Stones is a reality show & the MEGA pod might be A student asked Tripp if he was an evangelical and he was triggered A Few Previous Podcast Visits with Tony A Deacon’s Meeting with Tony Jones Progressive Christian Christmas Tony Jones: the Post-Emergent Church Devilpalooza: N.T. Wright, Richard Beck, Greg Boyd, Tony Jones and Duke! Soapbox Blabbery with Peter Rollins & Tony Jones Tony Jones & Peter Rollins on #TheGreatDebacle Did God Kill Jesus? w/ Tony Jones Tony Jones is the author of Did God Kill Jesus? (HarperOne, 2015) and contributing writer to several outdoors periodicals. He’s written a dozen books, including The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life, developed the iPhone app, hosts the Reverend Hunter Podcast, and teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary. Tony is a sought after speaker and consultant in the areas of emerging church, postmodernism, and Christian spirituality, writing, and the outdoors. He served as a consultant on the television show, The Path, and he owns an event planning company, Crucible Creative. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jurgen Moltmann is on the podcast! Moltmann is the most influential theologian from the 2nd half of the 20th century. In this episode, you will get to hear Moltmann answer our questions like a theological champ. His one-liners are inappropriately zesty! This is the first half of the live HBC podcast from the American Academy of Religion. You will get to hear Tony Jones and I interview the zesty German one – Moltmann! During the podcast, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Moltmann’s ground-breaking text The Crucified God. We were also joined by Jennifer McBride and Philip Clayton. Get ready for the excitement!! Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the future of spirituality? That question not only shapes this podcast episode but an upcoming online summit. Homebrewed is excited to be partnering with Convergence and 25 rather epic voices to explore the future of spirituality. In this episode, I have a blast talking with Cameron Trimble and Anna Golladay from Convergence. I not only hope you enjoy it but get wise and sign up for the free online summit HERE. How is our understanding of faith being reshaped, perhaps accelerated, by the pandemic? Do faith communities have a future and what kind of courage will that require? What kind of rituals will shape the future of spirituality?  What are the big theological questions of our time?  How do younger generations seek spirituality?  Is there a future of courageous spirituality? If so, what does that look like? Rev. Cameron Trimble is a serial entrepreneur committed to the triple bottom line – a concern for people, progress, and the planet. Driven by an adventurous spirit, she runs businesses and NGO organizations, both secular and faith-based. She serves as a consultant, a frequent speaker on national speaking circuits, is a pilot, and an author. Cameron is the CEO of Convergence, a not-for-profit made up of subsidiary companies and organizations focused on organizational transformation. Rev. Anna Golladay is the Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at Convergence. Anna has served as associate pastor in the United Methodist Church. Her ministry is undergirded by social justice and the inequity that exists both in and outside the church’s walls. She is diligent in her advocacy for full inclusion for all persons in the United Methodist Church. She is an entrepreneur, running a small online-based apparel shop called Bias & Bourbon and social enterprise, Work of Place. She spends her free time as an avid football and hockey fan and life partner to Mike Krigbaum, a small-animal veterinarian. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices