The Pietist Schoolman Podcast, Episode #23: Preaching (and Listening)
If you’ve been waiting for Mark — one of the best preachers I know — to talk about preaching and proclamation, this episode is for you. If you’ve been waiting for Sam to help…
Stories Still Matter: A Review of Ask the Question for Baker Book Bloggers
Ask the Question: Why We Must Demand Religious Clarity from our Presidential Candidates by Stephen Mansfield 251 pp. Baker Books. $19.99 The book’s title poses a riddle that Ask the…
City of Man, Episode 6: What is Liberalism? (Part Two)
Download or Stream this Episode Ed Song and Coyle Neal take on the contested category we call liberalism in part 2 of a two parter! If you’ve not been over to…
City of Man, Episode 5: What is Liberalism?
Download or Stream this Episode Ed Song and Coyle Neal take on the contested category we call liberalism in part 1 of a two parter! If you’ve not been over to…
City of Man, Episode 4: What the Trump?
Download or Stream this Episode Ed Song and Coyle Neal tackle Donald Trump and explore his surprising rise through the Republican ranks in this episode of City of Man. If you’ve…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #188: For Common Things, Chapters 3-4
Nathan Gilmour leads Michial Farmer and David Grubbs in the second of our three discussions of Jedediah Purdy’s For Common Things.
City of Man, Episodes 2 and 3: What Is Conservatism?
Download or Stream this Episode Ed Song and Coyle Neal take on the contested category we call conservatism in this pair of City of Man episodes. If you’ve not been…
Sectarian Review 7: Trumpism
Download or Stream this Episode Join Danny Anderson, Ed Simon, and new contributor Jordan Poss as they fret over the disturbing rise of Donald Trump. What does the rise of…
The Pietist Schoolman Podcast, Episode #17: Why So Hopeful?
If we consult the Holy Scriptures we can have no doubt that God promised his church here on earth a better state than this. Philipp Jakob Spener (1675) Given all…
Christian Humanist Profiles 71: Stephen Prothero
Download or Stream this Episode In a hundred small churches’ Sunday school classrooms, on any given Sunday in a year, you’ll hear the senior citizens singing the same song: America…
Keep Kanning the Kaiser!
Good job, America! If we keep mandating that the sun set earlier in the winter, we’ll win World War I yet! Only another hundred years to go!
Book Review: After the New Atheist Debate
After the New Atheist Debate By Phil Ryan 196 pp. University of Toronto Press $22.95. Of all the books written regarding the “New Atheist” (hereafter, NA) phenomenon, this the first that I’ve…
Christian Humanist Profiles 49: Beyond the Abortion Wars
Download or Stream this Episode For folks like me, born in the mid-seventies, abortion has always been standing judicial precedent, always the stuff of political elections, always a reality of…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 24: Supernatural
Intros A correction Knowing Show creation and general synopsis How we got into Supernatural Is it sexist? Does it treat religion well?–Some general thoughts Reading Supernatural and religion: subtext becomes text “Faith”…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #163: Listener Feedback
The Christian Humanists respond to listener emails. [0:00] An announcement from David Grubbs! [5:05] Why Christian Existentialism? [9:12] Kierkegaard and Christendom [17:41] John McAdams and academic freedom [27:09] More holy…