Homebrewed Christianity

Umpires and Postmodernism: a reflection from theology after google

Tripp Fuller — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:07:12 +0000

A seriously thought provoking reflection from the flaming heretic on Tony Jones’ presentation from Theology After Google. Had to share it…Enjoy! I’m attending the Theology After Google conference at Claremont School of Theology, and there have been many thought provoking sessions. One of the speakers used an illustration from baseball to explain postmodernism, which was intriguing, [...]

“Theology After Google” Streamed

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:52:42 +0000

The Theology After Google Conference will be streamed for all those not enjoying the SoCal sun this week. We would love to get your feedback, some conversation, and questions for the presenters through our Twitter Twub (#tag10). Here’s the event bookstore if you are so inspired. Live streaming video by Ustream

The Theology After Google Bookstore

Tripp Fuller — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:21:13 +0000

// Conference Info Here

Astrological Dynamics? Really?

Chad Crawford — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:59 +0000

I was a bit skeptical when my horoscope said I would find humor in something sad today. But I had to laugh when I read the South Dakota resolution being emailed around the office this week, as well as sent by Drew, requiring schools to teach: That there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 9

Michael Camp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:23 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 9 Embrace Universal Life Before I went to Malawi and early on in my evangelical walk in 1982 I got one major thing right. Faith in Jesus includes emulating his concern for the poor. I packed my bags, joined an evangelical relief agency and [...]

Beta Faith with Philip Clayton, Spencer Burke, and Oozers: Homebrewed Christianity 75

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:04:28 +0000

One of the greatest insights of the Google-World is the freedom of Beta. A Beta is more than a product not-yet-ready-for-consumption, but a way of thinking, creating, and living. It owns being unfinished. It expects contribution, evolution, transparency. For a long time all of culture was under a spell. It believed in the [...]

the future of the church….

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:15 +0000

Bruce Epperly is one of the coolest dudes I know. I had a chat with him about the future of the church, the emerging church, the new shapes of religion and spirituality on the ground, and other theological tid bits. I hope you enjoy it. If you do check out his blog series here.

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 8

Michael Camp — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:37 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 8 Science vs. Religion – Go Where the Evidence Leads Us vs. them attitudes are in the science vs. religion and creation vs. evolution debates. Typically, the people debating are the extremists, who only see things in black and white. There can be no mixing of [...]

Why do we believe in a God?

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:21:29 +0000

Do you believe in God? Is it because your brain or genes tells you to? Is it natural to do so? Did it serve an important part in our evolution as a species? Do we need to evolve past it? Is religious belief a by-product of the structures of our brain? Would it bother you [...]

Who is God?

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:14:54 +0000

“God?” Who or what is God? That was the most popular question for my interviews with the’ Transforming Theology’ theologians. Here are their answers. I am sure the diversity of answers will get your brain a movin’. It may inspire you to attempt to answer the question yourself. If so check out the 100 word [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 7

Michael Camp — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:43 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 7 Support Gay Rights Not Wrongs Most of my evangelical friends thought I went off the deep end when I changed my view on this issue. I have to admit, for years I had wondered how anyone could defend homosexuality in light of certain [...]

Chris Seay on the Gospel According to LOST: Homebrewed Christianity 74

Chad Crawford — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:55:59 +0000

Since I am a big fan of LOST, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to invite Chris Seay back on the podcast. Chris is a pastor in Houston and author of The Gospel According to LOST. In the conversation, we explore the biblical themes in LOST, the theme of science vs. faith, and we spend [...]

What is wrong with ‘Progressive Theology?’

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:08:53 +0000

You may not be exactly sure what ‘progressive theology’ entails, but a pretty easy way to figure it out is listening to ‘progressive theologians’ tell you what they think is wrong with it. Here are a bunch of notable theologians answering the question. Check them out and let me know what you would [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 6

Michael Camp — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:19 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 6 Have Sensible Sex By now, I’m sure some have declared me a full-fledged heretic. Brace yourself, there’s more. Now for something totally uncomfortable—the subject of religion and sex. In my experience, with some noble exceptions (there are some excellent evangelical marriage manuals on [...]

What book-stack introverts agree upon…

Tripp Fuller — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:13:04 +0000

….Eric Reitan’s book “Is God a Delusion?” is awesome!!!! Choice magazine just named it ‘academic book of the year.’ Of course all the Deacons remember his amazing appearance on the HBC podcast, but little did we know just how many librarians were Deacons. That is good news to me because I absolutely loved getting to [...]

Video Games & Theology?

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:44:37 +0000

Who hasn’t had a couple months in their life where they were obsessed with a video game? Well I guess the oldies out there may not know that experience but I got say I spent many a days rocking out with Link trying to save Zelda and I am pretty sure that despite tons of hours [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 5

Michael Camp — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:00:20 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 5 Don’t Be Seduced by Political Power I learned one of the warped mindsets of heavily financed political activism is an us vs. them mentality. Today, this attitude continues to fuel the Christian Right in their quest to save America from moral depravity and reclaim [...]

The Clayton \ Dennett Conversation…Evolution, God, Religion, Science, and other philosophical goodies!

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:25:27 +0000

Here’s my attempt to stream this conversation. It should go live right before 2pm on the West Coast. Here’s Clayton’s Pre-Debate Post \ John gives a super recap \ Philip’s post-debate reflection \ Bob Rhodes reflects on the conversation \ newspaper writeup

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 4

Michael Camp — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:29 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 4 Don’t Be Deluded by the Last Days As a brand-new believer in 1979 I tended to accept the pre-tribulation Rapture view that the Bible predicts Jesus would return a second time before a period of tribulation, to whisk believers up to heaven and [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 3

Michael Camp — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:38 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 3 Leave Churchianity Surprise! Jesus didn’t found an institutional church.14 For that matter, he didn’t found a religion either. He also didn’t expect his followers to set up a Christian version of the synagogue, let alone create a parallel Christian universe where microbrews are [...]

The Gospel According to Lost: Ask Chris Seay

Chad Crawford — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:20:33 +0000

As I’m writing this, I’m filled with exuberant anticipation as the second week of the final season of Lost is minutes from airing on the West Coast. I’m usually tweeting away this time of day. But my phone is off and I won’t be looking at Facebook and Twitter updates for the next few hours [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Lesson 2

Michael Camp — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:11:14 +0000

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home Lesson 2 Beware of Bible Abuse With some notable exceptions, most evangelicals I know primarily read the Bible devotionally, meaning they read it in a superficial way without regard to the conditions of history, culture, genre, or its own literary context. They also believe it [...]

Philip Clayton invites Daniel Dennett to a debate: Will the New Atheist Accept or Hide (again!)?

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:21:56 +0000

Can Daniel Dennett be a public philosopher and engage in a real debate with someone who is both a philosopher and theist? Or, will he once again choose to display his rasslin’ rhetorical skills and pass on demonstrating the Apocalyptic fury his intellectual insights are reported to bring? We will see. One could call it [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home

Michael Camp — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:12:57 +0000

OK, I confess. There are only nine lessons, but ten sounds better. A quest for a reasoned faith based on honest questioning. That was largely what my 25-year sojourn in evangelicalism was about. Although evangelicals are not a monolithic block comprised only of conservatives (progressive evangelicals are becoming more influential), I found the movement and my [...]

Visiting St. Peter’s Brewery with Jonathan Blundell: Homebrewed Christianity 73

Chad Crawford — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:01 +0000

Jonathan is a blogger, podcaster, and the author of the novel, St. Peter’s Brewery. He was a newspaper editor and used to be involved in Christian rasslin. St. Peter’s Brewery follows the tale of Jimmy, who runs away from all of his problems, and finds sanctuary in a small pub located in what used to be a church building. [...]

Does your theology go off-roading?

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:26:04 +0000

What do you get when you put two of the world’s top philosophical theologians, a prestigious university President, and me in a room with a camera? A fun conversation. At the American Academy of Religion I was able to join LeRon Shults, Philip Clayton, and Stephen Knapp for a discussion about how theology finds traction in [...]

Can progressive theologians talk about God’s Future?

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:26:58 +0000

Karl Barth, the most influential theologian of the 20th century, said that all Christian theology is eschatology. The Apostle Paul is pretty serious, though flexible, about God’s future for the world. Jesus had a hard time NOT talking about the present-yet-coming Kin-dom of God. SO what happens when I asked some of [...]

Bart Ehrman’s “Jesus Interrupted” is coming to paperback….

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:57:25 +0000

…so if you have listened to the podcast with him and Tony Jones and thought about getting the book you can now get it for 10 bucks.

Adam Walker Cleaveland on Theology After Google

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:06:48 +0000

Theology After Google: Leveraging New Technologies and Networks for Transformative Ministry We invite you to join us March 10-12, 2010 in Claremont, Calif., for a first-of-its-kind national conference, “Theology After Google.” Thanks to a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, we are able to keep registration costs low, as in 99 bucks. Who is coming? Tony Jones, [...]

Scientists and Religious Folk on Global Warming

Chad Crawford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:58:50 +0000

This isn’t about an actual confrontation between the two communities, or a discussion on whether they can coexist. For that, check out Stanley Fish’s review of Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s “Natural Reflections.” I just want to share a chart that shows a significant gap between the two on a specific issue. One day over lunch my coworker [...]

What Would Google Do? When a theology class reads it

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:47:42 +0000

Jeff Jarvis has done us all a favor. “What Would Google Do?” is a gift (well one you pay for). Through an engaging, informative, and flat out fun style he takes on his journey to reverse-engineer the company that defines ‘getting it’ today – Google. This is the first book we are reading\blogging through in [...]

A Fish Trying to Learn to Breathe Air: This Too Shall Pass

Chad Crawford — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:04:16 +0000

The statement below is from the band OK Go to their fans about why their YouTube videos, which made them famous before they had a record label, are no longer allowed to be embedded on other websites. It boils down to ads on YouTube that don’t earn money when videos are embedded. Damian Kulash, the lead [...]

A Spiral, Not a Pendulum: The Massachusetts Special Election

Chad Crawford — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:39:13 +0000

While I wouldn’t say I’m pleased with the result of today’s special election in Massachusetts, I choose to look optimistically toward the future. When I was in high school, I had an English lit teacher who taught that American politics is a pendulum that swings back and forth between conservative and liberal power. It certainly [...]

Cruisin’ Santa Monica with Brian McLaren & Spencer Burke

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:29:00 +0000

Brian McLaren and Spencer Burke have a great discussion about his upcoming book “A New Kind of Christianity.” Enjoy!

Calling all Deacons!!! Come to the ‘Theology After Google’ event.

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:51:45 +0000

Deacons, Friends, Ministers, Church Leaders, Theologians, or Just cool people who like God and use the internet. I am part of putting on this super sweet conference at Claremont March 10-12 and I would love for you to think about coming. For three days you will think about theology, the church, technology, communication, and all [...]

Twitter-gestions for the Theology After Google

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:34:11 +0000

This is the first day of the ‘Theology After Google’ class and yesterday I asked on Twitter what video I should use to get the conversation moving. I promised I would share them with the class and figured y’all might enjoy them. So without further ado, here’s the Twitter-gestions…..

The Dangerous Biz of Truth

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:56:59 +0000

What is truth? Good question. I asked a bunch of theologians to answer it without crossing their fingers and here are their answers from Transforming Theology. Below I took a stab at the question in response. Truth is dangerous business. Truth is really dangerous when it comes to religion. It is definitely not a fashionable topic [...]

Deacon Parker on “The Earthquake in Haiti, God, and the Arbitrariness of Life”

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:47:08 +0000

Taken from Ryan Parker @ pop theology (because it was awesome) By now, most people are just as familiar with Pat Robertson’s interpretation of the Haitian earthquake as they are with the natural disaster itself. Yesterday, I came across two other theological responses to the quake, one by Al Mohler that is almost as offensive [...]

Tupper Says “Reject Clericalism!”

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:26:02 +0000

This is indeed from my trip to AAR and this is indeed the Frank Tupper from the infamous canceled CBF session on homosexuality.

Googlicious Theology with Barry Taylor: Homebrewed Christianity 72

Chad Crawford — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:51:49 +0000

Heresy hunters, be on alert, because this episode features Heretic’s Guide to Eternity coauthor Barry Taylor hanging out in his Beverly Hills office with Tripp talking about all the various intersections he’s interested in involving faith and culture. Barry is the artist-in-residence at the Brehm Center for Worship Theology and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary [...]

“Theology After Google” with Spencer Burke

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:32:00 +0000

Spencer Burke is one sweet cookie. Here’s is little conversation between him and philip clayton. They discuss the nature of theology, ministry, education, communication, and other goodies in a google-shaped world. This is just one more reason you should come to the “Theology After Google” event March 10-12 in Claremont CA.

Is the Emerging Church Movement Waning? Deacon Hall’s Response

Deacon Hall — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:37:14 +0000

I’ve been reading up a little on some of the debate over whether or not the emerging church is dying. That is, I just read over Brian LePort’s insightful blog which tends to argue alongside a few other persons that, in fact, the movement is dying. However, as someone not particularly connected to this debate [...]

Crazy Texan Monday Talks Ethics

Deacon Hall — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:14:33 +0000

The Crazy Texan, Mr. Rick Roderick, has a great grasp of the development of ethics in the west. If classical virtue ethics were concerned in developing persons with good character, modern ethics became concerned with quantification and instrumentalization. To understand what I’m talking about, you should listen to this whole series, namely, “Philosophy and Human Values.” [...]

Serene Jones from AAR

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:13:47 +0000

Is Serene Jones one of the coolest theologians ever? Yes. Why? Because when I asked her to share a big idea for the future of the church at AAR she asked the students at her seminary. That is the kind of thinking that can transform theology, the kind of thinking that thinks to ask [...]

Luther Goes Progressive

Deacon Hall — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:08:09 +0000

With the Holiday season over, I am busily studying for my qualifying exams again. As of now, I’m reading through Luther’s Greater Catechism. It’s a good work, and I always appreciate the vitriol with which Luther approaches any subject. But there’s a section in this work that I, strangely, found especially refreshing. First things first, the [...]

Crazy Texan Resolutions

Deacon Hall — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:36:47 +0000

I thought that the first Crazy Texan Monday for the new year should contain in it a couple of resolutions…some Crazy Texan resolutions For my first resolution, I will try to find myself a virtual reality suit for this coming year (see 1:57 of this video). For my second resolution, I will try to publicly agree more [...]

Philip Clayton’s Conversion Story

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:51:39 +0000

Philip Clayton tells his conversion story, one that resulted in his ‘turn to the laity’ and his rejection of ‘trickle down’ theology. This video was part of an experiment I organized for the most recent American Academy of Religion in which Philip, Harvey Cox, and I gathered a wonderful group of theologians and asked them to [...]

New Year’s Reflection

Laura Barclay — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:04:54 +0000

Reposted from The Winding Labyrinth. John: 1-5, 12: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What had come into being in him was [...]

Incarnation and Imagination with Darby Ray: Homebrewed Christianity 71

Chad Crawford — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:05:56 +0000

We finish up the second year of the podcast with Darby Kathleen Ray, professor of religious studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Ray’s book Incarnation and Imagination: A Christian Ethic of Ingenuity is about the incarnation as the key to God’s ingenious and imaginative response to human evil. Her work inspires Christians to [...]

Homebrewed Christianity: Year in Review

Chad Crawford — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:49:50 +0000

We’ve been around for a full year? This web gathering, equipping grassroots theologians for transformative thinking, engaging, and living, has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a podcast at TrippFuller.com. Thanks to our loyal “deacons,” dedicated readers and listeners, we’ve had over 72,000 visits and 40,000 podcast downloads. In 2010, we’ll be [...]

Pro Wrestlin’ and the Religion \ Science Debate

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:57 +0000

I love pro wrestling. I know it is fake, slightly homoerotic, sexist, and full of all kinds of other bad things, but maybe loving it is part of growing up in North Carolina. Of course after I got married I was no longer allowed to watch it, but my signed picture of Ric Flair still [...]

Richard Rohr on Nondualistic Thinking: Homebrewed Christianity 70

Chad Crawford — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:53:56 +0000

Fr. Richard Rohr returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, which offers an understanding of the Christian mystic tradition as a nondualistic way of seeing the moment. This is what Fr. Rohr says is the most important book that he has written to [...]

3 Interesting Religions (A Meme)

Deacon Hall — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:34:54 +0000

Mr. Tripp sent me an email today with a meme from James McGrath’s blog. I thought it was a pretty interesting question, namely, by what three religions (other than your own) are you most fascinated. In what follows, I try to answer as honestly as possible. With that in mind, I’m mostly interested in the metaphysical and [...]

The only thing funnier than a Chuck Norris joke….

Tripp Fuller — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:59:12 +0000

What is funnier than a Chuck Norris joke? Chuck Norris’ attempt to be taken seriously. It is one thing for the round house kickin’ mediocre actor to walk around to stage with the fringe members of the political right, but just because they like having the authority of America’s favorite Texas Ranger doesn’t mean [...]

Bible in 5 Statments (Using 80s Movies)

Deacon Hall — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:42:11 +0000

So, here’s the thing. I’m kinda new to this stuff on the “Internet.” I’m actually kinda like the new kid in school. Nobody really knows anything about me, so I don’t really get picked for many teams; and I don’t know anyone else, so I can’t really ask anyone to hang out. Well, consider this [...]

Get your Secularization on

Deacon Hall — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:56:01 +0000

I’d like to clue those of you who are interested in secularization into a website that’s extremely informative. It’s a site recording a recent gathering of famous philosophers, including Juergan Habermas, Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, and Cornel West. I can’t remeber the occasion of this conference (all that information is on the first recording with [...]

Free Study Guide for ‘Coffee House Theology’

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:29:49 +0000

I just wanted to let all the Deacons know that Ed Cyzewski , who is author of Coffee House Theology and HBC guest on episode 32, is currently offering a free study guide for his book ‘Coffee House Theology.’ So listen to the podcast and remember how cool he was. Then go HERE and get [...]

Tony Jones on Theology After Google

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:20:17 +0000

Tony Jones discusses the upcoming ‘theology after google’ event with Philip Clayton. Enjoy this and think about coming March 10-12 to Claremont, CA for the 3 day event. Join Spencer Burke, John Franke, Helene Slessarev-Jamir, Adam Walker Cleveland, Bob Cornwall, Dwight Friesen , Jon Irvine, Glen Stassen, Ryan Parker, Philip and myself for a [...]

Book Review by Deacon Hall

Deacon Hall — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:21 +0000

I recently gave a book review for the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, 27.2 (Fall 2009). The book I reviewed is called The Open secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology by Alister E. McGrath. For any of you interested in the relationship between the naturalism, natural theology, and the Christian faith, the [...]

Crazy Texan Monday Goes Derridian

Deacon Hall — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:08:34 +0000

Check out this Roderick video on Derrida. He deals, to no small degree, with the quintessential Derrida, namely, the meaning of deconstruction, a term that he understands to signify “housework (see 2:00 in).” This lecture is still part of Roderick’s Self Under Siege lectures. And what I have realized are the most important points [...]

Mainline Leadership is Killing the Church?

Deacon Hall — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:42:35 +0000

Here’s a good article for you all that you might want to spend a little time with. It’s essentially saying that Mainline Churches, because of their social-stances, money, facilities, etc., should be growing. However, there’s a problem: “George Barna… commented that mainline Protestant churches seem to have weathered the past decade better [...]

Emilie Townes Introduces Womanist Theology: Homebrewed Christianity 69

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:29:10 +0000

What a treat we have this week! None other than Emilie Townes, ground breaking theologian, Baptist minister, and now Homebrewed Christianity guest. Ever since I met her last March at the Transforming Theology conference I knew she needed to be on the podcast. There I was able to interview her for a video series [...]

Bible in Five Statements (Meme!)

Chad Crawford — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:28:25 +0000

Who doesn’t love a good meme? My friend Tripp tagged me here at your Homebrewed Christianity, and I’m excited to participate. I may or may not have asked him to tag me. No shame in this game. I offer my humble response below. But first, the rules. Summarise the Bible in five statements, the first one [...]

Crazy Texan Monday and Postmodern Jargon

Deacon Hall — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:42:40 +0000

I was recently skimming through the introduction of Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy and came across an important appropriation that McLaren makes of Stanley Grenz. McLaren writes: “This generous orthodoxy does not mean a simple merging, conflating, or reconciling of the two schools of thought (liberalism and evangelicalism). Rather it disagrees with both [...]

St. Nick, Santa, and Slavery

Chad Crawford — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:37:01 +0000

You might know that the historical St. Nick was a generous person who loved children, but you might not have heard the tale about him saving little girls from being sold into sexual slavery. The legend goes that St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra in the 4th c, found out that a destitute father was going [...]

Andrew Cohen & Philip Clayton at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:44:54 +0000

Here is a video of Philip Clayton being interviewed of Andrew Cohen. Enjoy a little co-evolutionary moment today….(HT: Enlighten Next)

The Heart of God on Paper

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:13:36 +0000

Tony Jones’ newest book is an examination and application of the Didache for today. The Didache was an early church training manual for disciples that was composed and in use prior to the completion of the texts in the New Testament. What it means is that a number of communities in the early church used [...]

The Bible, in 5 Statements (a meme)

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:41:36 +0000

Mike Morrell tagged me in this meme in which the ‘tagged’ attempt to… Summarise the Bible in five statements, the first one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or possibly you could do this in descending order. Tag five people. So here’s my attempt (constructed during [...]

Crazy Texan Monday (Combined with Irreverent Dane Tuesday)

Deacon Hall — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:57:05 +0000

Roderick starts off this lecture on Kierkegaard with what might be a very difficult quote for some, namely, “We all know that today to be a famous Christian like Billy Graham doesn’t mean you have the task of Moses, which is to lead your people out of bondage; it means you have the job of [...]

God makes for good music and a cocktail party conversation

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:56:12 +0000

Over Thanksgiving I went home to North Carolina. Somehow I ended up talking about these three ‘God Songs.’ I am not sure what Regina Spektor, The Michael Gungor Band, and U2 have in common other than there conversational appearance over the holiday, but they all have songs about God that draw a response. [...]

Early Christian Monotheism with James McGrath: Homebrewed Christianity 68

Chad Crawford — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:44:25 +0000

Traveling for Thanksgiving? Why not spend it with a few turkeys? Tripp and I cut up for a few minutes as usual, with fresh taunting directed toward our lovable rivals over at The Nick and Josh Podcast, then we turn to the topic du jour. This week, we’re visited by James F. McGrath from the [...]

Relations and Freedom for God and Creation (at AAR)

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:14 +0000

When at the American Academy of Religion I always run into more of my friends at the Open and Relational Theologies Consultation. This year in Montreal was no different. On top of seeing friends and some HBC Deacons I heard a number of great papers and fine responses. You can go check out and download [...]

How Open is God?

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:24:04 +0000

My friend Mike Morrell asked the question last week, “Is God a Recovering Practitioner of Violence?” and on top of being a very heretical edgy post he brought up the whole Open Theism debate. At that very same scroll through the blog reader I saw the first posts from Tom Oord who decided to lay [...]

Faith on Campus Video Contest

Tripp Fuller — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:09:52 +0000

Hey Deacons. Are you a student? Do you like talking and thinking and videoing about faith? Do you like cash prizes? Then you should think about participating in this contest. You should also tell me you participated so we can plug your contribution here @ HBC. Here’s the info….ohhh and if you haven’t seen the [...]

Rahner might actually be talking to you in your dreams

Deacon Hall — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:26:41 +0000

This site needs some Catholicity, and Rhaner’s here to give it! That is, Karl Rhaner, a famous Jesuit theologian who died in 1984, just might actually be haunting you in your dreams. But given the hearsay that the man used to fall asleep during his own lecutres, you probably haven’t noticed him. [...]

Everyday Justice with Julie Clawson: Homebrewed Christianity 67

Chad Crawford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:36:22 +0000

This week we have Julie Clawson on the podcast, a prolific blogger, emerging woman, and author of Everyday Justice. Julie’s book challenges us all to love our global neighbors by practicing justice in our daily lives. She explains all of the systems of injustice we participate in – issues like sex trafficking and the use [...]

When I talked to Harvey Cox…

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:23:22 +0000

Back during the first Transforming Theology conference I was able to interview a bunch of theologians and ask them the questions many of you sent in. Here’s the video of me interviewing Harvey Cox. Of course you don’t actually hear me talking or see me, but either way it is a pretty good conversation. Enjoy!

Pannenberg wants to talk to you in your dreams

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:54:29 +0000

Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg is one of the people I talk with in my dreams. It happens when you read someone quite a bit. We have a number of ongoing debates, some places I think he nails it, and others where we part ways. None the less I think it does a theologian good to hangout [...]

Crazy Texan Monday

Deacon Hall — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:45:40 +0000

For those of you completely uninterested in philosophy, I can’t blame you, at least based on the current and elitist state of the discipline. Philosophy, however, hasn’t always been viewed in the terms that it is today; for Plato, philosophy was, after all, an erotic expression of love for the true order of things, [...]

Some Interpretations of Selfhood

Deacon Hall — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:54 +0000

Lately, I’ve been engaged in four intellectual activities. First, I’ve been listening like a madman to anything and everything that Rick Roderick (who is absolutely rad) has to say; secondly, for my qualifying exams, I’m reading through the 19th century thought in philosophy of religion and theology; thirdly, I’ve been dealing with the concept [...]

Crazy Texan Monday (on Tuesday)

Deacon Hall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:04:58 +0000

I was out of town this weekend, and so I missed out on posting Crazy Texan Monday on Monday. So, we’ll go with Crazy Texan Monday on Tuesday for this week and think of it as something like “breakfast for dinner,” which in my humble opinion, is the best dinner. I’m putting this post up [...]

Trinitarian Theology from a Process Perspective with Joseph Bracken: Homebrewed Christianity 66

Chad Crawford — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:27 +0000

Dr. Joseph A. Bracken, S.J. is a retired Xavier University professor of theology, and author of many books on philosophical theology, including God: Three Who are One, which we discuss this week. I got a chance to read it for the Transforming Theology Theo-Blogger Consortium last spring. We begin our conversation with Moltmann’s theology and Joe [...]

The Difficulties of Being a Self

Deacon Hall — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:09:18 +0000

I’ve been posting under the engaging section a series called Crazy Texan Monday; in the series, I’m pulling up some videos of Rick Roderick, a philosophy professor at Duke who died in 2002. I played the “Masters of Suspicion” lecture from Roderick’s “Self Under Siege” series to my Introduction to Religions class, using it [...]

Crazy Texan Monday

Deacon Hall — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:05:02 +0000

This lecture is, in my opinion, the most important and pertinent in his Self under Siege lectures. The first 1:20 is plain funny (I’m a little curious what Roderick thought about emails), but the point Roderick makes here is extremely important. The sense of self has changed to the point of being fractured, if [...]

Robert Mesle’s Introduction to the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead: Homebrewed Christianity 65

Chad Crawford — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:25:58 +0000

Dr. C. Robert Mesle’s 136-page introduction to process-relational philosophy is a must-read for anyone new to process or who wants to be able to clearly articulate Afred North Whitehead’s philosophy to others without a lot of technical language or headaches. The interview will give you an idea of why we get excited about anything related to [...]

Whiteheadian Witticisms: The Ark of Dogma

Tripp Fuller — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:01:01 +0000

A system of dogmas may be the ark within which the Church floats safely down the flood-tide of history. But the Church will perish unless it opens its window and lets out the dove to search for an olive branch. Sometimes even it will do well to disembark on Mount Ararat and build a [...]

Crazy Texan Monday

Deacon Hall — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:55:02 +0000

I’d like to take a formal opportunity to introduce to everyone someone who has become one of my favorite lecturers: the late Duke philosophy Professor, Rick Roderick. Not only does this crazy West-Texan have a better grasp of the problems we face as moderns and postmoderns than just about anyone else I’ve ever [...]

Philip Clayton & Harvey Cox on Tour – Blogger Style

Tripp Fuller — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:18:49 +0000

Philip Clayton and Harvey Cox both have new books out and they are taking them out on tour. One of the blog tour stops will be here, but as you can see below they will be making their rounds over the next month until they wrap things up in Montreal at the American Academy of [...]

The Church as More than Necessary: Some Culminating Thoughts on Secularity

Deacon Hall — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:55:29 +0000

It has been a long time since I’ve posted. I have to apologize for this fact. I’ve been trying to pass language exams, study for qualifying exams, and teach several classes at the same time. However, I was recently asked by my rector to give a talk today after church, for which I decided to [...]

Harvey Cox and Philip Clayton on Faith and Theology for the Future Church: Homebrewed Christianity 64

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:45:05 +0000

What an episode! Not one, but two amazing and articulate theologians in one podcast. This week Harvey Cox and Philip Clayton get together for a conversation about faith and theology for the future church. Harvey’s newest book “The Future of Faith” and Philip’s upcoming release “Transforming Christian Theology” create the backdrop for a quite [...]

Get a Patriot Jesus Painting for Your Home or Office

Chad Crawford — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:08 +0000

This is so awesome. We now have an artist’s rendition of that time when Jesus descended from the clouds to deliver the U.S. Constitution. You remember, all of the founding fathers were there, and Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, a liberal professor clutching Origin of the Species to his chest, Satan… Just in time for Christmas shopping. If [...]

Thus sayeth the Moore, “Capitalism is opposite everything Jesus taught”

Tripp Fuller — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:48:37 +0000

Michael Moore posted an editorial at the Huffington Post titled “For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning…“ While Mr. Moore is indeed a film maker, it appears that he is attempting to take up a prophetic mantel in his newest film Capitalism: A Love Story. I haven’t seen the film [...]

What’s the BUZZ tell me what’s DROPPIN?

Tripp Fuller — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:54:43 +0000

I will tell you what is dropping…..what I have been working on the last six months, Transforming Christian Theology – the Book. I collaborated with Philip Clayton on this engaging paper diddy of theological goodness. We were joined by Tony Jones in the preface where he calls me Philip’s Sancho Panza. Any way, you should [...]

The Plurality of Truth with John Franke: Homebrewed Christianity 63

Chad Crawford — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:08:49 +0000

This episode contains the story and theology of an evangelical recognizing that plurality and diversity is part of the Christianity faith rather than something that should be eliminated. Tripp and special guest interviewer Mike Raimer-Goodman caught up with John Franke at the recent Emergent Conversation with Jurgen Moltmann. Franke is a professor of theology at [...]

Do you want a free theology book? Do you Blog?

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:25:52 +0000

YES, then I have a deal for you! I have a few more copies of two books for the blogging and these aren’t your average books – awesome books. You will pick one of two books that will be a part of a session at the American Academy of Religion (aar) on Public Theology. The [...]

The Cliff Notes to Progressive Theology (in memory of Del Brown)

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:37:01 +0000

We recently lost one of the most articulate progressive theological voices. Del Brown, theologian and former Dean of the Pacific School of Religion, was a remarkable man. I had the pleasure of meeting Del Brown at the first Transforming Theology event and since then exchanged some emails about the nature of progressive theology. He [...]

Into the woods with Philip Clayton and Spencer Burke

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:50:52 +0000

Here’s a fun video of Philip Clayton talking with Spencer Burke about emergence, science, and the future of the church. If you watch it and think man that was serious camera work, then you will have to think Spencer’s editor because I am not a steady hand award nominee. If you haven’t checked out Spencer’s show [...]

Get a Free Homebrewed Christianity Sticker!

Chad Crawford — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:31 +0000

(Size: 4.25″ X 1.38″) So we’ve got a certain number of these amazing stickers – and we hope one of them will find its way to your laptop, bike, car window, the bathroom stall at your favorite pub or coffee house, your brew baby’s forehead…you get the idea. You get to have one completely [...]

Christology and Postmodern Philosophy with Jan-Olav Henriksen: Homebrewed Christianity 62

Tripp Fuller — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:41:18 +0000

Jan-Olav Henriksen joins us this week to discuss his new book, Gift, Desire, and Recognition: Christology and Postmodern Philosophy (Google preview here). If you have wondered just how (or if) Derrida and company could be appropriated by a Christian theologian for a vibrant postmodern Christology, then wait no longer. Jan does a remarkable job [...]

Moltmann Day One (and John Franke 30 points of awesome)

Tripp Fuller — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:01:33 +0000

Moltmann Conversation day 1. Tonight John Franke….A man gets props for being Moltmann’s opening act. 5 points. Smooth book pitch. “I wrote this book for you.” – well played. 5 more points. Question of the book, “how do you make sense of the great diversity in the Christian tradition?” AND these three ‘promises”…. 1. the bible is sufficient to [...]