Christian Humanist Profiles 243: The Inconvenient Gospel
Somethin’s brewin’ on the podcast. I wonder what it could be? If you’ve seen the stage musical version of “The Cotton Patch Gospel” you know what and whom we’re talking…
Christian Humanist Profiles 242: Propaganda 2.1
The book I expected to read would present all the ways in which human communities in the digital age are dealing with a decentralized authority structure, how any given woman…
Christian Humanist Profiles 241: Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair
Walter Brueggemann did not only teach me to read the Bible: he taught me to read. In the twenty-two years since I first read A Theology of the Old Testament…
City of Man, Episode 170: Medieval Times 5, Maurice
In today’s episode, Coyle, David, and Jordan continue their discussion of the Middle Ages by looking at the Strategikon of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice. Also mentioned in today’s Episode: -John…
Christian Humanist Profiles 240: The Magi
I don’t often talk about my own high-school years on this podcast, but I remember in high-school jazz band playing a Christmas medley called “Heaven and Nature Swing.” It led…
Christian Feminist Podcast Episode 179: Christine de Pizan
Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Leah Flenniken discuss medieval proto-feminist Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies.
Christian Humanist Profiles 239: George Lindbeck: A Biographical and Theological Introduction
Some intellectuals are famous, and some are intellectual-famous. N.T. Wright appeared on The Colbert Report, and Reinhold Niebuhr testified before Congress, and Cornel West was in a couple Matrix movies. …
Before They Were Live, Episode 53: Frozen II
Josh and Michial talk about the 53rd full-length Disney animated feature, 2019’s rather disappointing sequel Frozen II. They also rag on Captain Planet, Weezer, and internet fan culture.
City of Man, Episode 169: Medieval Times 4, Charlemagne
In today’s episode, David, Jordan, and Coyle talk about Charlemagne and his influence on the Middle Ages. Readings mentioned in the episode include: –Einhard and Notker–From Homer to Harry Potter–The…
Christian Humanist Profiles 238: Forgiveness: An Alternative Account
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” I pray those words every Sunday morning at Bogart Christian Church, and I think I have a basic…
Christian Feminist Podcast Episode 178: Middlemarch
Alexis Neal, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Kayla Beth Moore discuss George Eliot’s classic novel. INTRODUCTION KNOWING Background information on the novel Our experiences with Middlemarch READING Dorothea “It Can Be…
City of Man, Episode 168: Medieval Times 3, Bede
In today’s Episode, Coyle, Jordan, and David talk about the Venerable Bede and his works, influence, and role in the history of the church in England.
Christian Humanist Profiles 237: Alasdair MacIntyre, An Intellectual Biography
Every ethics presumes a sociology. That formula has followed me through nearly twenty-five years of study, and its source text, After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre, has been a constant conversation…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, episode #177: The New Auntie
Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer discuss changing views of what it means to be an ‘auntie’ these days, as well as some of their favorite aunts from…
City of Man, Episode 167: The Thing
In today’s episode, David Grubbs talks to Jordan Poss and Carter Stepper about John Carpenter’s The Thing. This episode is a part of the annual network Halloween crossover.