Episodes

Jonny Rashid: Why Jesus Takes a Side
May 25, 2022

Jonny Rashid: Why Jesus Takes a Side

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Jonny Rash...
Andre Henry: Why You Shouldn't Debate Racists
May 11, 2022

Andre Henry: Why You Shouldn't Debate Racists

Mason chats with Andre Henry about his new book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives . We chat about why you should debating racists and why we need revolution ...
Victoria Loorz: Why You Should Pray to Trees
April 28, 2022

Victoria Loorz: Why You Should Pray to Trees

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Victoria L...
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: How Embodiment Can Change the World
April 13, 2022

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: How Embodiment Can Change the World

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Dr. Robyn ...
Chichi Agorom: How Can the Enneagram Be a Tool for Black Liberation?
March 30, 2022

Chichi Agorom: How Can the Enneagram Be a Tool for Black Liberation?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Chichi Ago...
Krispin Mayfield: What Attachment Style Do You Have to God?
March 16, 2022

Krispin Mayfield: What Attachment Style Do You Have to God?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Krispin Ma...
Christena Cleveland: Why God is a Black Woman
March 2, 2022

Christena Cleveland: Why God is a Black Woman

Mason chats with Christena Cleveland about her new book, God is a Black Woman . They chat about what the white male God and black woman God mean and why black woman God can lead to liberation. Guest Bio/Info: Christena Clevel...
Thomas Cathcart: Do You Have to Believe in God to be a Christian?
Feb. 16, 2022

Thomas Cathcart: Do You Have to Believe in God to be a Christian?

Mason chats with Thomas Cathcart about whether you have to believe certain doctrines to be a Christian, religionless Christianity, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Thomas Cathcart is a New York Times best-selling author and the...
Tom Oord: What is Open and Relational Theology?
Feb. 2, 2022

Tom Oord: What is Open and Relational Theology?

Mason chats with Tom Oord about his book Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas . They chat about what open and relational theology is, why it matters, and how it can be liberating. Guest Bio/Inf...
Yolanda Pierce: The Faith of Black Women
Jan. 19, 2022

Yolanda Pierce: The Faith of Black Women

Mason chats with Yolanda Pierce about her book, In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit . We chat about the faith and life of her grandmother and how her grandmother has shaped her theology. ...
Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link: Ex-Evangelical Theology Fantasy Draft
Jan. 5, 2022

Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link: Ex-Evangelical Theology Fantasy Draft

In this episode Mason hangs out with Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link from the Dirty Rotten Church Kids podcast. They do an ex-evangelical theology fantasy draft, picking from the the dumbest creationist science to what Calvinist pastor they most want to slap....
Miguel De La Torre: Can Christianity Be Decolonized?
Dec. 22, 2021

Miguel De La Torre: Can Christianity Be Decolonized?

Mason chat with Dr. Miguel De La Torre about his new book, Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers. They chat about the history of Christian nationalism and whether or not Christianity can be decolonized. Guest Bio/Info: Miguel De La Torre i...
Lenny Duncan: Is There Hope for America?
Dec. 8, 2021

Lenny Duncan: Is There Hope for America?

Mason chats with Lenny Duncan about Lenny's new book, United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope. We chat about Lenny's story and whether or not there is hope for America. Guest Bio/Info: Lenny Duncan is a writer...
Jes Kast: Should Queer Christians Stay In Conservative Churches?
Nov. 24, 2021

Jes Kast: Should Queer Christians Stay In Conservative Churches?

In this episode Mason chats with Jes Kast (and the occasional appearance of her puppy) about whether queer Christians should stay in conservative churches or not. We also talk about why I should become a Calvinist and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Jes Kast ...
Dante Stewart: Why Jesus Is Black
Nov. 11, 2021

Dante Stewart: Why Jesus Is Black

Mason chats with Dante Stewart about his new book, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle. We chat about how infectious white supremacy is and why Jesus is Black, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Dante Stewart is a writer and speaker and recent author o...
Hillary McBride: How To Be More Embodied
Oct. 27, 2021

Hillary McBride: How To Be More Embodied

Mason chat with Hillary McBride about her new book The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living. They chat about what science is learning about the body, why embodiment is important to justice, and how you c...
Angela Parker: The Oppressive History of Biblical Inerrancy
Oct. 13, 2021

Angela Parker: The Oppressive History of Biblical Inerrancy

Mason chats with Dr. Angela Parker about her new book, If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority. We chat about the oppressive history of biblical inerrancy, how the Bible ought to shape our faith, and much more. Gues...
Elle Dowd: How To Go From Being a White Moderate to Abolitionist
Sept. 30, 2021

Elle Dowd: How To Go From Being a White Moderate to Abolitionist

Mason chats with Elle Dowd about her new book, Baptized in Tear Gas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist. We chat about how you can go from being a white moderate to an abolitionist and why people of faith should be committed to fighting white supremacy....
Brenda Davies: How Sex Can Shape Your Theology
Sept. 15, 2021

Brenda Davies: How Sex Can Shape Your Theology

Mason chats live at the 2021 Wild Goose Festival with Brenda Davies about her book, On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel. We chat about her journey through purity culture, how sex can shape our theology, and much more. (Episode disclaimer: Through...
Melissa Florer-Bixler: How to Have an Enemy
Sept. 1, 2021

Melissa Florer-Bixler: How to Have an Enemy

Mason chats with Melissa Florer-Bixler about her new book How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace. We chat about who are enemies, how we are to love them, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Melissa Florer-Bixler is a Mennonite pastor and ...
Keegan Osinski: What Can The Church Learn from Queer People?
Aug. 19, 2021

Keegan Osinski: What Can The Church Learn from Queer People?

Mason chats with his friend Keegan Osinski about her new book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church. We chat about what the church can learn from queer people, circumcision, how process theology is super queer, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Keegan is a ...
Jarel Robinson Brown: Why Black, Queer, Christian Lives Matter
Aug. 5, 2021

Jarel Robinson Brown: Why Black, Queer, Christian Lives Matter

Mason chats with Jarel Robinson-Brown about his new book, Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the Famine of Grace. We chat about why Black, queer, Christian lives matter and Jarel even admits that he's a process theologian. Guest Bio/In...
Kat Armas: Abuelita Theology
July 21, 2021

Kat Armas: Abuelita Theology

Mason chats with Kat Armas about her new book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about. We chat about what she has learned theologically from the abuelitas in her life and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Kat Armas is a Cuban-American writer a...
Mark Charles: An Indigenous Liberation Theology
July 7, 2021

Mark Charles: An Indigenous Liberation Theology

Mason chats with Mark Charles about his book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. We chat all about the Doctrine of Discovery, Mark's theology of land and water, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Mark Charles is...