Episodes - Page 5 | A People's Theology

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 Thatamanil is Associate Professo...

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 activist. Find Arielle here: ari...

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. Guest Bio/Info: Alicia Crosby is ...

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 womanist, justice doula, author...

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 Norman is a writer, blogger, s...

April 14, 2021

Hannah Bowman: What Does Christianity Have to do With Prison Abolition?

Mason chats with Hannah Bowman about why prison abolition is so important. We also talk about why Christianity demands prison abolition, how universalism relates to prison abolition, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Hannah Bowman is a literary agent, theol...

March 31, 2021

Diana Butler Bass: Freeing Jesus

Mason chats with Diana Butler Bass about her brand new book, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. They chat about the Jesus of experience, how process theology influences her understanding of Jesus, and ...

March 17, 2021

Kevin Garcia: How Does Bad Theology Kill?

Mason chats with Kevin Garcia about their book Bad Theology Kills: Undoing Toxic Beliefs & Reclaiming Your Spiritual Authority. They chat all about Kevin's story, how bad theology kills, and how good theology liberates. Guest Bio/Info: Kevin Garcia is an...

March 3, 2021

Casper ter Kuile: Spirituality in Your Everyday Life

Mason chats with Casper ter Kuile about his new book, The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices. They chat all about the spirituality in the everyday things you do, as well as the future of spirituality. Guest Bio/Info: Casp...

Feb. 17, 2021

Dante Stewart: Black Liberation Theology for Today's World

Mason chats with Dante Stewart about black liberation theology and how his story and work is creating a black liberation theology for today's world. They talk about the spirituality of black rage, James Baldwin, and even about the power of social media. ...

Feb. 3, 2021

Rachael Ward: Queering Christianity

Mason chats with Rachael Ward about queering Christianity! They talk all about their journey as a queer Christian, what queer theology is, how one can read the Bible through a queer lens. Guest Bio/Info: Rachael Ward (they/them) is a public theologian an...

Jan. 20, 2021

Monica Coleman: Process Theology and Womanism

Mason chats with Monica Coleman, a renowned process theologian and womanist. They chat about how she got into process theology, how process theology is a liberating theology, and what she's currently up to. Guest Bio/Info: Monica Coleman is a renowned pr...

Jan. 6, 2021

Brian McLaren: What To Do When You Doubt Your Faith

Mason chats with one of his favorite people in the world, Brian McLaren. They chat all about Brian's new book, Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It, and all of the ways doubt is necessary to faith. Guest Bio/Info: B...

Dec. 23, 2020

Jo Luehmann: Decolonizing Christianity

Mason chats with Jo Luehmann about her work in deconstructing and decolonizing Christian faith. They chat about her recent Twitter incident, how she differentiates between deconstruction and decolonization, and why she does her theology online. Guest Bio...

Dec. 9, 2020

Tripp Fuller: Jesus and Process Theology

Mason chats with #1 theology podcaster, Tripp Fuller about his new book, Divine Self-Investment: An Open and Relational Constructive Christology. They chat all about an open and relational Christology and why it matters for our world today. Guest Bio/Inf...

Nov. 25, 2020

Tori Williams Douglass: A Spirituality of Anti-Racism

Mason chats with Tori Williams Douglass about her anti-racism project, White Homework. They chat about anti-racism, the spirituality behind it, and why white people need to get outside more. Guest Bio/Info: Tori Williams Douglass is anti-racist educator,...

Nov. 11, 2020

Trey Pearson: Coming Out in the Christian Music Industry

In this episode I chat with Trey Pearson about his journey of coming out as gay in the Christian music industry. We chat all about his story and his faith in the midst of it all. Guest Bio/Info: Trey Pearson is singer-songwriter and Christian LG...

Oct. 21, 2020

Megan Westra: Salvation as Liberation

In this episode I chat with Megan Westra about her new book, Born Again and Again: Jesus’ Call to Radical Transformation. We chat all about how Jesus saves us for the world and following Jesus means we are to denounce our power in the ways we hold powe...

Oct. 7, 2020

Evan Kuehn and Kyle Trowbridge: Theology Compromised

In this episode I chat with Evan Kuehn and Kyle Trowbridge about Evan’s book, Theology Compromised: Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and the Possibility of a Sociological Theology. We talk all about the importance of how social context plays in theology. ...

Sept. 23, 2020

Kaitlin Curtice: Indigenous Spirituality

In this episode I chat with Kaitlin Curtice about her new book, Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God. We chat all about her story, her journey of faith, and decolonization. Guest Bio/Info: Kaitlin Curtice is a citiz...

Sept. 9, 2020

Drew Hart: Activism and Christianity

In this episode I chat with Dr. Drew Hart about his brand new book, Who Will be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love, and Deliverance. We chat all about recent social movements and how the church can partner with these movements to par...

Aug. 26, 2020

Jeff Chu: Being Christian and LGBTQ+

In this episode Jeff Chu chats about his book, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America. He chats all about his journey in Christianity as a gay man, why Reformed theology matters to him, and his work in farm...

Aug. 12, 2020

Matthias Roberts: A Theology of Healthy Sex

In this episode I chat with Matthias Roberts about his new book, Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms. We talk about creating a healthy sexuality and the theology it takes to create such a sexuality. Guest Bio/Info: Matthias Robert...

July 29, 2020

Chanequa Walker-Barnes: Womanism and Racial Reconciliation

In this episode Chanequa Walker-Barnes chats with me about her new book, I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation. We chat about the history of the racial reconciliation movement, the need for a womanist perspective in...