Christian Humanist Profiles 65: The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus
Download or Stream this Episode To the one who writes “Jesus is the answer” on the youth-room poster or on the bathroom stall, I reply, “Jesus is the question.” And…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 31: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Knowing Short bio of Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek synopsis and reception Reading “The Present” and self-consciousness—does it separate us from God? Self-consciousness and focusing on others Science, perspective,…
Season 2 of The Pietist Schoolman Podcast
Coming one week from today: The Pietist Schoolman Podcast returns for a second season! After Season 1 served as an extended sequel to The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education: Forming Whole…
He Chose Us: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 3 January 2016
Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 • Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 • Ephesians 1:3-14 • John 1:(1-9), 10-18 One of my defects of personality (the list is long) is that, when…
Christian Humanist Profiles 64: Augustine on the Christian Life
On August 28, 430 AD, as a Vandal army lay in siege around his beloved city, Bishop Augustine of Hippo Regius died and left Christendom a legacy. In the centuries…
Blogging through Critique of Pure Reason part 6: Pure Psychology and Amphiboly
Series Index Whew! What a semester! As you might have guessed, my crazy teaching overload and Todd’s research responsibilities have pulled us away from Kant for the span of the…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #178.01: Nick at Nice
Download or Stream this Episode For your Christmas enjoyment (or Advent, if you’re inclined to write that sort of objection in the comments section), we present again David Grubbs reading…
You Know Where to Find Him: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 27 December 2015
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 • Psalm 148 • Colossians 3:12-17 • Luke 2:41-52 First, I am aware that Christmas lies between today and next Sunday. But this is a series of blog posts…
Christian Humanist Profiles 63: Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul
Download or Stream this Episode Cultural criticism of the Internet age is not hard to come by: depending on one’s tastes one can find optimistic, pessimistic, apocalyptic, Capitalistic, and all…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode #30: Gender and Relationships in Firefly
Knowing Firefly week and why we are four Firefly’s genesis and Whedon’s goals When we discovered the show; how we feel about it Reading Masculinity: Mal v. Jayne, Book and…
Sectarian Review 4: Anti-Heroes
Download or Stream this Episode Danny, Ed, and Drew discuss the antiheroic antics of butt-kicking bad girls and bad boys, weighing the aesthetic and ethical merits of vicious realism in…
Book of Nature, Episode 11: Firefly
The Book of Nature’s Todd Pedlar and Dan Dawson are joined in this cross-over episode by Sheilah Woodruff of the Christian Feminist Podcast, to discuss the short-lived, but much loved, sci-fi…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #178: Firefly
Download or Stream this Episode Merry Christmas! In lieu of our normal Christmas episode this year, the Christian Humanist Radio Network is offering you an experimental group of episodes, each…
How God Remembers: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 20 December 2015
Micah 5:2-5a • Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 80:1-7 • Hebrews 10:5-10 • Luke 1:39-45, (46-55) One of my favorite bits of wisdom for reading the Bible comes from Robert Alter’s book The Art…
Christian Humanist Profiles 62: The Paul Debate
Download or Stream this Episode St. Paul is at once one of the most familiar literary voices and one of the most perplexing. An early convert to the Jesus movement…