The Christian Humanist

We’re back! Michial Farmer talks to David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about a 1979 episode of Sears Radio Theater called, appropriately enough, “The Sabbatical.” Come listen as we encounter A FATE…

Episode audio: https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/41019/f6364583-3ba2-4c00-b3ea-e8de24256582/162-FINAL.mp3 In this episode, attorney Jon Whitehead gives us a deep dive into denominational politics when he talks about the Guidepost Report on Sexual Abuse in the Southern…

CFP 171: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple -Introductions -Why talk about Miss Marple? Knowing -Katie gives brief publication history of Miss Marple -Laurie gives brief run-down of some of the major…

Josh Altmanshofer, Michial Farmer, and special guest Danny Anderson talk about the 54th full-length animated feature in the Disney canon, 2013’s Big Hero 6. We had a few audio issues on…

When my students ask me–and soon enough they learn not to ask me–I always tell them I’m an unrepentant left-winger; after all, I’ve never thought that a Capetian monarch should…

Episode 161: https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/41019/5a5b7122-b591-4c7c-b456-f4074ec91b56/161-FINAL.mp3 In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Paul Miller about his new book The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism.

Episode Link: https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/41019/26471aa1-aa43-4ae0-a070-ec53282b5446/160-FINAL.mp3 In today’s episode, Coyle, David, and Jordan continue their conversation about the Dark Ages and what’s going on in Britain according to the historian Nennius. Mentioned in…

Some truths seem self-evident once somebody has spoken them, but someone needs to make that move.  So here goes: whenever any of us teaches, that teacher teaches something.  Teaching a…

Special guest Amy Frykholm joins Marie Hause and Victoria Reynolds Farmer for a discussion of the desert ascetic St. Mary of Egypt and Amy Frykholm’s book on her, Wild Woman. Moderator: Marie Hause…

Listen to the episode here: https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/41019/1393f685-262f-4d8f-8cca-1234dfb0ca87/159-FINAL.mp3 In today’s episode, Coyle interviews Ryan Anderson of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and coauthor of the new book Tearing Us Apart about…

 I’ve had a working hypothesis for quite a while now that stories about the devil tell us about as much about an author’s priorities as anything else.  Milton’s devils and…

In this episode we apply our Christian Feminist lens to the role of Pastor’s Wife to consider how that lens might help us to better understand both the blessings and…

In this episode we apply our Christian Feminist lens to the role of Pastor’s Wife to consider how that lens might help us to better understand both the blessings and…

When I started my undergraduate years at Milligan College in 1995, its interdisciplinary Humanities sequence was already a well-established hallmark of its educational project.  In each of my first four…