Rev. Dr. Stephen G. Ray Jr. is the President of Chicago Theological Seminary. In addition, he is the President of the Society for the Study of Black Religion. Having written and lectured broadly in th

Helen K. Bond is on the podcast! We talk about her most recent book The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel.  Dr. Bond is the Professor of Christian Origins and Head of the Sc

Get Pumped for the party – an apocalyptic #ProcessParty!! This episode is a party with two of my favorite theologians! Catherine Keller and Jacob Erickson are here to bring the zest to the people. Wan

James F. McGrath is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature. His PhD from the University of Durham became the basis for his first book, John’s Apologetic Christology, published by Cambridge University Press in the SNTS Monogr...

Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy serves as President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California –a progressive, multidenominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares theologically and spiritually rooted leaders to work for the ...

It’s time for another edition of live-streamed “Big God” questions with Tom Oord. This time we tackle a number of complaints and critiques of open and relational theology from twitter. Tom also shares news about his new book Open and Relational Theolog...

Last night I had some live streaming fun with Diana Butler Bass. She is not only a brilliant scholar and communicator but a mentor and friend. In this conversation, we discuss her newest book, Freeing Jesus,

Sociologist of Religion, Dr. Gerardo Marti, drops a powerful lecture that explores secularization in three parts – the statistics, the theory, and the history. This lecture and the ensuing conversation is the kickoff of an open online reading group.

Dr. Philip Goodchild is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Nottingham. I have read and enjoyed Philip’s work for years and am thrilled to have him on the podcast. In this conversation we discuss how he understands the task of phi...

This is a special episode. Not only are there a bunch of impressive scholars participating, but it is from my digital trip to Vienna for a round table engaging my book Divine Self-Investment. I had a complete blast and was truly honored to have so many...