Episodes

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 M…
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 Cleve…
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 th…
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/In…
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.…
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 …
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 …
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/…
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 m…
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 a…
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 impor…
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 …
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 committe…
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…
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-Bix…
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…
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 pr…
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 Arma…
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. G…
June 23, 2021

John Thatamanil: Can You Be A Christian and Buddhist?

Mason chats with John Thatamanil about multi-religious participation, what it means to think theologically about participating in multiple religious traditions, and his book about religious diversity. Guest Bio/Info: John Th…
June 9, 2021

Arielle Estoria: Why Is Poetry Important to Theology?

Mason chats with Arielle Estoria about why poetry is so important to theology. They also chat about poetry as an embodied theological act and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Arielle Estoria is an accomplished poet, author, and ac…
May 26, 2021

Alicia Crosby: How Can Theology Change the World?

Mason chats with Alicia Crosby about the work she's up to in the world. They chat all about how theology can change the world, why digital activism is important in our day and age, and how our bodies inform our theology. Gue…
May 12, 2021

Micky ScottBey Jones: Womanism, Activism, and Chaplaincy

Mason chats with Micky ScottBey Jones about her work as womanist caring for the souls of people in activist movements. They chat about movement chaplaincy, womanism, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Micky ScottBey Jones is a w…
April 29, 2021

Abby Norman: Why You Should Cuss At God

Mason chats with Abby Norman about her new book, You Can Talk To God Like That: The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith. We chat about the importance of lament and how it can change the world. Guest Bio/Info: Abby …