Episodes

  • #2429 - Ethics for a Digital Age: Kate Ott [Rebroadcast]

    #2429 - Ethics for a Digital Age: Kate Ott [Rebroadcast]
    Jul 21 2024
    Our guest Kate Ott discusses her recent book, Sex, Tech, & Faith, inviting readers into a realistic conversation about ethics in the 21st century Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • #2428 - Consent in the Garden: Timothy Morton

    #2428 - Consent in the Garden: Timothy Morton
    Jul 14 2024
    Our guest, Timothy Morton, argues that there is an unexpected yet profound relationship between religion and ecology that can guide a planet-scale response to the climate crisis. Spiritual and mystical feelings have a deep resonance with ecological thinking, and together they provide the resources environmentalism desperately needs in this time of climate emergency. We discuss his recent book, Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • #2427 - Who Is a True Christian?: David W. Congdon

    #2427 - Who Is a True Christian?: David W. Congdon
    Jul 7 2024
    Our guest, David W. Congdon tells the story of how 20th-century American Christians have repeatedly sought and failed to define and defend a "pure" form of Christianity. We discuss his recent book, Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • #2426 - Building Beloved Community: Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone [Rebroadcast]

    #2426 - Building Beloved Community: Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone [Rebroadcast]
    Jun 30 2024
    We welcome back to the show philosophers Jacob Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone to talk about their recent book, co-authored with Pastor Philip Rudolph Kuehnert, Building Beloved Community in a Wounded World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #2425 - Engaging Thomas Merton: Daniel P. Horan

    #2425 - Engaging Thomas Merton: Daniel P. Horan
    Jun 23 2024
    Our guest, Daniel P. Horan, returns to Things Not Seen to talk about his recent book, Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism. This important book is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring relevance of his thought in addressing the pressing concerns of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #2424 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Brenda Salter McNeil [Rebroadcast]

    #2424 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Brenda Salter McNeil [Rebroadcast]
    Jun 16 2024
    Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, our guest Brenda Salter McNeil challenges Christians to recognize the pain in our world so they can work together to repair what is broken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • #2423 - Receiving the Gift of Our Mortality: James K. A. Smith [Rebroadcast]

    #2423 - Receiving the Gift of Our Mortality: James K. A. Smith [Rebroadcast]
    Jun 9 2024
    Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith returns to our show to explain that we must reckon with the past in order to discern the present and have hope for the future. In his recent book, How to Inhabit Time, Smith brings together popular culture, biblical exposition, and meditation, he helps us develop a sense of "temporal awareness" that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • #2422 - The Music of Eternity: William G. Carter

    #2422 - The Music of Eternity: William G. Carter
    Jun 2 2024
    In his recent book,Thriving on a Riff, Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist Bill Carter introduces us to the spiritual worlds opened up by jazz music. From King David to Dave Brubeck, from the Psalms of Israel to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, musicians help us glimpse the experience of music as communion with the Divine. Weaving together stories from the history of American music with his personal experiences as a working musician, Carter invites us to meet a God who not only embraces syncopation but blesses the swing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins