Homebrewed Christianity

This is a preview stream for our upcoming online class – Tolkien Heads. The class is for those who want to go deeper into Middle-earth, but don’t know where to start. In this class you’ll be accompanied by fellow Tolkien heads and guided by Tolkien experts like John Garth and Flemming Rutledge to help you “keep your feet” on your journey down the Tolkien Road. Everything from Tolkien’s life, creation of Middle-earth, and faith will be covered, so you can increase your nerd street cred and follow the unending trail of Tolkien goodness. Plus, who doesn’t want to nerd out during the new show Rings of Power! It’s an open online class that is donation based (including 0), so if you want to nerd out come on! http://tolkienheadpod.com   Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen Butcher and Mike Morrell discuss everyday mysticism and their recent work translating Brother Lawrence. They touch on topics like inclusive language, mystical practices, and upcoming events with prominent teachers. The conversation explores the interconnectedness of self, spirit, and nature, embracing love, and the transformative power of spirituality.

We just finished the Christianity in Process class with John Cobb and had a bunch of lingering questions. So I called in my friend and super nerd, Tom Oord, for a little Process Theology QnA. These questions were all submitted by class members, but they ended up inspiring a conversation worth sharing. Plus, Tom and I have been doing a series of “Big God Questions” on the podcast and rarely get past 3 or 4 questions. In this convo we double our normal effort Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than twenty-five books. Oord directs a doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary and the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He won the Outstanding Faculty Award twelve times as a full-time professor and now speaks at institutions across the globe. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and freedom and relationships for transformation. Some Previous Tripp & Tom Pods Authority, Atonement, Abortion, and a Big Hug from Pluriform Love to Divine Revelation Big God Twitter Takes Trump is (NOT) a Process Theologian & Other Questions Thomas Jay Oord wants you to know “God Can’t†Open and Relational Theology Throwdown Open and Relational Q&A with Thomas Jay Oord Why Go Wesleyan? Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Audio Player Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Fantasy Draft!!  Joining me for all the fun are three friends with plenty of CCM wisdom for the fantasy battle. After you listen to the episode head down below and vote for the winner. Whoever wins the battle will be selecting a song for the four of us to rock during the karaoke session at Theology Beer Camp. Trey Pearson is back on the podcast. He has a zesty new album, “Somebody You Knew,” ready for your listening ears. You can check out all his info here. Mason Mennenga is an aspiring theologian, podcaster, YouTuber, and the Internet’s youth pastor. The best and worst way to connect with him is his twitter. Tim Whitaker runs the New Evangelicals and all its outputs. He was also “let go” as a drummer for asking too many questions. The gateway to their stuff is on IG 58 CCM Fantasy Draft: Trey Pearson & the Podcast 3-Way The CCM Fantasy Draft There are 4 teams, each with 7 players for the 7 positions. Unlike your fantasy football team, the positions are selections from CCM. Each team will have 1 'player' for each of these 'positions.' Dominating the "Under the Sheets" game - where you add the phrase "under the sheets" to a song name Thank God for Hand Motions CCM Hottie Most Theologically Problematic Lyric Most "Cringe-Free" CCM Album Youth Group Angst Bomb Future Deconstructor All-Star   Thanks for your answer! Trey Mason Tim Tripp Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Ivan Gill is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College (St Peter, Mn.) And Cross-Community Coordinator at the Center for Process Studies (Salem, Or. and Claremont, Ca.). He is an avid scholar of Whiteheadian process thought, metaphysics, cultural studies, aesthetics, existentialist philosophy, and constructive & secular theology. His creative tangent ranges from underground hip-hop culture to cryptic lyrics he pens in rap, poetry, journal refereeing, book reviews, and academic essays, critiques, and books. In the conversation we discuss… Jon’s origin story as a scholar the “key change” of going Process responding to the predicament of omnipotence shout out to Suchocki’s God Christ Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology  the elements and origin of Hip-Hop wrestling with the legacy of supremacy culture in religion shout out to Coleman’s Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology  check out Jon’s new book, Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion reshaping the nature of religious engagement Tripp gives an example where his love of the Lakers gets intense how does a Process vision remix liberation 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 a treat! Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is back on the podcast! He is an emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University and one of my favorite philosophical theologians. I even wrote a chapter about him in my last book. In the conversation we discuss… how he found the work of Whitehead in his journey as a Jesuit scholar the problems with Whitehead according to Bracken… Societies and the need for a stronger communitarian picture of life What is the problem of the One & Many and the process approach how does Bracken envision a Trinitarian God-World relationship Bracken’s reflection on Pope Francis and how it resonates with a Process-Relational framework the changing relationship between religion and science over church history the predicament of scientism how to think ethically about our planetary crisis Tripp discusses the 3 things he would add to the Christian canon  the need for a new worldview beyond the conflict of religion and science Bracken’s the Church as Dynamic Life-System how Bracken uses the Trinity to think through a for of deep religious pluralism Bracken’s new book – Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World a Process vision of the Cosmic Christ Bracken’s Spirit Christology and field theory the problem of evil and suffering what Bracken has learned about the relationship between faith and doubt Tripp tells Joe how much he loves him. an amazing intro to God by Bracken – God: Three Who Are One Previous Conversations with Bracken A Process Spirit Christology with Joseph Bracken Emergence, Panenthesim, Science & Process Theology Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Occasionally this theology nerd comes out as the other kind of nerd, a comic book nerd. My absolute favorite comic book run is Jason Arron’s time on Thor and it is at the center of the next MCU film, Thor: Love and Thunder. In this episode, HBC’s Guru of Geekdom, Rev. Will Rose, is here with a Thor specialist. – Ryan Does’ of Across the Bifrost: the Mighty Thor Podcast and we have a blast digging into Thor. Links Ryan Does’ podcast Across the Bifrost: the Mighty Thor Podcast Ryan’s interview with Jason Arron Tripp & Will’s interview with Jason Arron Love and Thunder movie trailer In the conversation, we discuss… What makes a God worthy? Inverting the role of power in comic book narrative Curse you Virgin Media!! “Resting Zoom Face” Gorr the God Butcher — assassinating the unworthy gods When it comes to crap deities you gotta Gorr it the Road to Edmond – Tripp’s movie Tripp preaches Gorr & Psalm 82 Jane Foster as Thor is EPIC What is the nature of self-sacrificial love? Confronting Cancer with Jane Who is worthy to wield the hammer when the Norse dude has failed? The use of Jason Aaron & Thor in the classroom Kenosis & Jane A cooperative deity is more zesty Selfie from the Hobbit Hole with Ryan & Will New to comics? The best move is to find a local comic book store. You can check out Jason’s stuff digitally through Amazon. If you are smart you will use the free 60 day trial of ComiXology or try out Marvel Unlimited and turn your iPad or computer into Jason Aaron gateway. For Jason’s independent releases you can go to his store. Here’s a guide to reading Jason’s Thor run. WILL ROSE is a Lutheran pastor at the Holy Trinity in Chapel Hill and guru of all things pop culture. RYAN DOES is the voice behind the Across the Bifrost podcast. You can follow the pod here on IG. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY JOHN MABRY – check out his new album I Want to Be Changed. Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOOM! Jake Erickson is back on the podcast. This one is a complete blast. In our conversation we discuss… – The origin story of a Lutheran queer eco-process theologian from North Dakota – an exploration of religion & violence – exploring sexuality, queerness and desire – god is queer – after an orgasm tell God you’re welcome – how purity culture destroys community – divine eroticism – Biblical authority in a Process style – feeling the trauma when you can’t fix the violence – moral agency w/out a redemption story – one of the big lies that shapes us, is that we are alone. It is in our relationality and community we find the power for creative transformation – post-Covid theology – thinking American from the outside – dead people Jake loves to think with – shout out to Marjorie Suchocki’s prayer book Jacob J. Erickson is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Trinity College Dublin. He previously taught Religion and Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Previous Visits from Jake Apocalyptic #ProcessParty with Catherine Keller & Jacob Erickson a Theopoetics of the Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have so much fun talking nerdy with Donna Bowman. I’m so pumped to have her back on the podcast and a part of the Christianity in Process series.  Donna Bowman is professor of interdisciplinary studies in the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas. In this conversation we discussed how Donna started as a Southern Baptist and found Process thought the nature of an open future Tripp complains about John Calvin being very very unBiblical and sub-Christian Donna gives a shout-out to her homeboy Karl Barth Should we fear the mystery of God? the problem with Christian Triumphalism what is happening in worship? what is a religious tradition and how does it live? Tripp gives a process reading of the song “Every Move I Make” the nature of ordinary lived theology Donna shares about getting into Blaseball… an online baseball + horror game Tripp gets excited about the upcoming Thor film how Donna moved beyond an impersonal, Ground of Being style, deity Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Previous Podcast visits from Donna Bowman Becoming the Best Bag of Bones You Can Be Politics, Pussy Hats, and Patriarchy  Exploring the Matrix Resurrections! God and the World Wide Web  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special session of Ruining Dinner, Diana Bass and I are joined by our friend Brian McLaren. Normally we do monthly live hangs with our supporters called Ruining Dinner. Each time we get together, we discuss whatever is happening in the public square at the intersection of religion and politics. This episode is a little taste of what happens and is available to you thanks to our sponsor, The Wild Goose Festival!!!  To be a part of future zoom sessions and get access to the entire session,  join Diana’s newsletter community, the Cottage &/or the Homebrewed Community. Want a discount to join the fun at the Wild Goose Festival? Use the code HOMEBREWED2022 Come read Brian’s new book Do I Stay Christian? with Brian! Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Previous Episodes with Diana & Tripp Theology and Spirituality in a Time of Rupture White Evangelical Theopolitics, John Shelby Spong, & Jesus 20 Years of Religious Decline Jesus After Religion and Beyond Fear Ruining Dinner with Diana Butler Bass and Robyn Henderson-Espinoza Evangelical Decline, the Supreme Court, and the Horizon of Possibility Debating, Praying, and Living with Tyrants Religion, Politics, & the Elephant in the Room Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices