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Sectarian Review 177: Nevergreen
This week Danny is joined by Andrew Pessin (who previously came on the show to discuss his book The Jewish God Question) to discuss Andrew's new novel Nevergreen, or Acaementia. The novel is a campus satire that explores college culture wars through a Kaf
Sectarian Review 176: Cryptozoology and Christianity
This week we have a very special episode of the Sectarian Review Podcast. Danny Anderson is joined by David Grubbs of the Christian Humanist Podcast to talk with Mark Matzke, a pastor who also happens
Sectarian Review 176: Cryptozoology and Christianity
This week we have a very special episode of the Sectarian Review Podcast. Danny Anderson is joined by David Grubbs of the Christian Humanist Podcast to talk with Mark Matzke, a pastor who also happens to be an expert in Bigfoot, Mothman, and all things pa
Sectarian Review 175: Shifting Identities
For our season finale, Danny is joined by network luminaries Katie Grubbs and Jay Eldred for one of the strangest episodes of the show. Think of it as a live therapy session in which Danny asks Katie and Jay to explain his feeling to him. The question at
Sectarian Review 174: An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
This week, Danny is joined by Ed Simon to discuss his new book from Belt Publishing, An Alternative History of Pittsburgh.
Sectarian Review 173: Overworking Students through Technology
Nathan Gilmour of the Christian Humanist Podcast joins the show to discuss whether or not student workloads have increased due to the expanded use of of technology during the Covid crisis. Inspired by Jody Greene's blog post, "The Strange Case of the Expl
Sectarian Review 172: Nostalghia
C. Derick Varn joins the show once again for another in our series about the films of Andrei Tarkovsky. This week, we discuss the Russian filmmaker's seminal Italian language film 'Nostalghia.' How does 1 plus 1 equal 1? Lots to unpack in this one.
Sectarian Review 171: Abraham Joshua Heschel
In this episode, Danny is joined by Dr. Robert Erlewine to discuss his new collection of writings by the great 20th Century Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, recently published by Plough Books. Learn about Heschel's contribution to how we think ab
Sectarian Review 170: Pillars
This week, Danny Anderson is joined by Rachel Pieh Jones to discuss her new book from Plough Publishing, 'Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus.' Jones discusses her life as a Christian in the Horn of Africa and how living among followers of
Sectarian Review 169: Rural Rebellion
This week, Ross Benes joins the show to discuss his new book Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold. The book explores the intensifying conservative/liberal divide in America's heartland and explores the ways that liberal political s