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Women's Wellness PsychiatrySexual Health with Occupational Therapist Casey HobbsSexual health is integral to mental health and wellbeing. In this episode, Casey Hobbs, an occupational therapist and sex counselor, shares her expertise on the topic. Connect with Casey and learn more about her upcoming workshop:Workshop Details: At Albion Garden, Venice CA, on July 27th, 2-4pm. Free. Contact Info:BoundlessPelvicWellness.comcasey@boundlesOT.comIG: caseyhobbsboundlessotOther Resources:To learn more about me and my reproductive & integrative psychiatry clinic helping patients across California, please visit: An...2025-07-1026 min
The Real P3No Turning Back in life or business with Martin HobbsSend us a textIn episode 107 of The Real P3 podcast, host Philip Johan Oldendahl embarks on a captivating journey with Martin Hobbs, a visionary from South Africa. Together, they meld the worlds of adventure, resilience, and the vast expanses of African agribusiness. Martin shares his extraordinary story of setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest time swimming the length of Lake Malawi. This endeavor pushed the limits of human endurance and determination.Navigating through tales of border crossings, the essence of the "African handshake," and the unexpected challenges faced during Martin’s journey, th...2024-03-1434 min
Dissident OrthodoxyAudrey Clare Farley - Girls and their Monsters*****In the conversation we cover sensitive topics such as child sexual abuse.****
Dr. Audrey Clare Farley rejoins the pod to discuss her new book Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America.
In the early 20th Century a set of quadruplet girls became instant celebrities. Like many childhood stars the story becomes complex and dark under the surface. Audrey and I discuss the shadow sides of human nature as well as my own personal experience being a twin...though thankfully my story is vastly different than the quadruplets!
2023-04-1348 minDissident OrthodoxyStephen Kinzer - on the US's immoral proxy war in UkraineStephen Kinzer returns to discuss the coverage and lack of debate on the war between Russia and Ukraine. Bringing his well-earned experience to bear Stephen calls attention to the realities of war and the need for a rational conversation about a peaceful end to the conflict. We also discuss the existential risk of nuclear war and the US's lack of moral standing to wage yet another proxy war.
We also cover common objections (sometimes waged in good faith!) to supporting a cease fire in Ukraine.
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Stephen Kinzer is an...2023-03-2431 minDissident OrthodoxyAaron Leonard - Music, Rebellion & Repression 1955-1972Writer and historian Aaron Leonard comes back on the show to talk about his latest book Whole World in Uproar - Music, Rebellion and Repression 1955-1972. In the interview we talk about state repression of The Beatles, FBI files on Dylan's girlfriend and why Phil Ochs and Jefferson Airplane deserve attention as radical artists of the 60's.
Along the way we talk about various illegal and immoral wars (past and present), drugs (why they should all be legal), sex (ok not too much sex in this one) and rock and roll (lots of material here!)
Che...2023-03-161h 03Dissident OrthodoxyMiguel A. De La Torre - Resisting Apartheid AmericaDr. Miguel A. De La Torre, professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, joins the conversation to discuss his new book Resisting Apartheid America: Living the Badass Gospel. We get into what it means to push back against received narratives and roles for the sake of our neighbors as well as the differences (if there are any) between the two major parties in the US, particularly when it comes to upholding a white supremacist viewpoint.
As usual there are rabbit trails and some laughs along the way!
2023-02-0654 minDissident OrthodoxyDennis Baron - You Can't Always Say What You WantDennis Baron joins the conversation to discuss his forthcoming book ""You can't always say what you want: The paradox of free speech" (Cambridge Univ Press, 2022)" and the state of free speech in today's America. We get into conversation about all things free speech from government interference with social media companies to the impact of a changing understanding of the second amendment and its impact on the ability of groups and individuals to make their voices heard without threat of violence. We also get into the somewhat dystopian present and future of free speech!
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...2023-01-3055 minDissident OrthodoxyUkraine is Afghanistan is Iraq is Vietnam is...[Substack Reading]The justification for war is as endless as the long and virtually unbroken record of war in the US. Is there another way to understand the destruction of Ukraine and the potentialities of direct US or NATO military engagement with Russia? Does it make sense to continue funding a war instead of forcing a peace deal? Is it too late to give peace a chance?
Casey reads his latest substack piece about the endless loop of war propaganda we find ourselves enmeshed in once again. It's not too late to fight for peace but the time to d...2022-11-2110 minDissident OrthodoxyDave Barnhart - Are Psychedelics the Future of the Church?Are we in a new reformation? It sure seems that way. With everything on the table as far as faith, spirituality, along with political unrest and the increasing hollowing out of capitalism's promises, can psychedelics help birth what's next? Dave Barnhart, a pastor, author, teacher, church planter and mental health counselor joins to offer his experience and imagination to the conversation.
Along the way we talk about the virtues and vices of social media, the healing potential of psychedelics for anxiety, OCD and PTSD and more!
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Follow Casey's substack2022-10-1946 minDissident OrthodoxyHaeden Wright - Brookwood Miner's StrikeNearly 600 days into coal miners here in Alabama taking a stand for their rights and the wellbeing of their families against the Warrior Met Coal company, the fight continues. Haeden Wright has stepped up as a leading voice within the Brookwood coal mining community.
Haeden Wright is UMWA Auxiliary Locals #2368/#2245 President, Alabama SDEC HD 49 Representative, SDEC Executive Board CD #6. She is the wife of a striking miner and comes from a long line of Alabama union coal miners.
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UMWA: H...2022-09-2741 minDissident OrthodoxyPaul Bowers - Student debt forgivenessPaul Bowers, a writer with a substack called Brutal South (that you should follow immediately). He joins to discuss his recent piece Debt holds the whole thing together. We discuss Biden's $10,000 student debt relief plan, the morality of debt and the collective imagination we might find if we embraced an ethic of Jubilee.
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Rate/Review Dissident Orthodoxy on Apple Pod...2022-09-2051 minDissident OrthodoxyAaron Leonard - The Folk Singers and the FBIWoody Guthrie, Pete Seager and Sis Cunningham, among many others, were the targets of the House of Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) from just before WWII to just after. Aaron Leonard discusses this history and the redbaiting aftereffects still alive and well nearly a century later.
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Follow Casey's substack2022-09-0654 minDissident OrthodoxyMatt Sutton - The CIA's secret missionary spiesOk we've established that the CIA is and has always been an institution that has been up to no good. We've also discussed the fact that Wild Bill Donovan was more than ready from the beginning to use religion as a tool for spycraft both domestically and abroad.
This week we complicate matters with the story of the missionary-turned-spies in Germany at the beginning of WWII with Dr. Matthew Avery Sutton discussing his book Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War.
We get into the ethics of d...2022-08-2955 minDissident OrthodoxyMichael Graziano - Religion as a tool of the CIAIs nothing sacred? When it comes to American exceptionalism, at least religious practice sure isn't.
As Dr. Michael Graziano discusses in this episode, right from the beginnings of the CIA, part of the strategy to advance American interests around the world was the co-opting of religion. The conversation touches on the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran and the resulting Islamic Revolution of 1979, denigration of Buddhism leading into the Vietnam War and the religious backlash to 9/11.
Check out the book here! Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA.
...2022-08-2250 minDissident OrthodoxyDean Strang - The FBI has always been anti-labor and anti-leftSince at least the early Trump days a curious thing has happened among the liberal/left. Instead of reviling the FBI and viewing it as a tool to enforce Capitalism these same government spooks have become heroes. The bizarre trend goes on with the recent raid of Trump's files in Mar a Lago. Since when is the left supposed to be allied with the DOJ and FBI?
Dean Strang - the defense lawyer we all know from Netflix's 2015 Making a Murderer - joins to tell the wild story of how the Department of Justice took on its p...2022-08-1559 minDissident OrthodoxyPeter Cole - Wobblies: solidarity as religionUnion organizing is in the news for the first time in many of our lifetimes. Christian Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union has inspired workers at Starbucks, Chipotle and brought into focus the traditional unions like the Warrior Met coal miners on strike in Brookwood, Alabama. But what if all of these workers got together - all of us - in the states and internationally - and stood up together against the 1%?
That was the Wobblies' idea at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Dr. Peter Cole joins the conversation to talk about the legacy and relevance of the Industrial Wo...2022-08-0845 minDissident OrthodoxyStephen Kinzer - MK Ultra, the CIA and LSDLegendary journalist Stephen Kinzer discusses his 2019 book Poisoner in Chief: Stanley Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control. As it turns out, the CIA is not to be trusted and, yes, US intelligence has a long and unbroken history of torture. But, no, there's not really such a thing as mind control. A decade or so of MK Ultra proved as much. As Kinzer says, "the only one mind control worked on was Gottlieb himsef."
Throughout the course of our conversation we also discover the reason John Lennon always remembered to thank the CIA and what...2022-08-0136 minDissident OrthodoxyDaniel K Williams - Abortion, Right, Left and the Politics of the CrossDr. Daniel Williams, Professor of History at the University of West Georgia and author of several books including Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade and the recently released The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship joins Casey to discuss the recent Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) fallout from Dr. Russell Moore's leaked letter, charging leaders within the Convention of a litany of racial and sexist comments and actions. We hear from Dr. Williams on why he chooses to remain in Evangelical spaces while recognizing the need for repentance and systemic change.
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Dissident OrthodoxyBrendan J. Payne - Gin, Jesus and Jim CrowDr. Brendan J. Payne joins to discuss his book Gin Jesus and Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and Religious Politics in the South from LSU Press. Brendan traces the prohibition debate through the lens of Baptist and Methodist traditions, in concert with the progressive voices of the day who successfully lobbied for the 18th Amendment. A familiar theme arose in his research. White religious folk and politicians were...wait for it...super racist and used Black voters as pawns while doing little to nothing to secure their rights.
The more things change, the more t...2022-04-1853 minDissident OrthodoxyKathryn Gin Lum - Heathen - Religion and Race in American HistoryDr. Kathryn Gin Lum discusses her forthcoming book from Harvard University Press Heathen - Religion and Race in American History. The conversation includes not only historical context of Christianity's heightened focus on dehumanizing outsiders with the "settling" of America but also contemporary examples of this phenomenon. As usual, we attempt to identify the primary beneficiaries of racism both then and now.
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https://religionnews.com/2022/03/22/whats-alien-about-war-in-europe-the-heathen-world-offers-clues/
https://religionnews.com/2022/03/22/whats-alien-about-war-in-europe-the-heathen-world-offers-clues
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2957825/statement-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-the-closure-of-the-red/
Kathryn Gin...2022-04-1148 minDissident OrthodoxyKathleen Wellman - The Christian Right has Hijacked HistoryDr. Kathleen Wellman stops by to discuss her book Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters. The subject matter, for Casey, is deeply personal, being taught in Christian schools with Abeka Book curricula from junior high school to graduation. History, in the world of right-wing Christian education is...shall we say...unique. Ever wondered how Moses, John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas led directly to the founding of America? Ever wondered why Capitalism is a gift from God and Communism/Socialism/The New Deal is directly from the pit of hell?
You've come...2022-04-0450 minDissident OrthodoxyAudrey Clare Farley - Evangelical EugenicsAudrey Clare Farley joins the conversation to talk about Evangelicals and their longstanding connection to something called "positive eugenics" (looking at you Dr. Dobson). Dr. Farley wrote an article in Religion and Politics on just this topic. It's surprising, shocking, and, well, interesting, if we're being honest!
We also talk about her recent book The Unfit Heiress: The tragic life and scandalous sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt that puts it all in narrative form!
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Why I KnitThe magic of creating with Casey BernardThis week I was excited to be joined by Casey Bernard, who is one half of the Very Pink Knits podcast. I have listened to this podcast for several years now and particularly enjoy the conversations that Casey and Staci have about the differences between them and their relationship to their knitting and the dilemma of 'process versus project' knitting.To find the full transcript see the blog postTo follow Casey on Instagram: @kc.knitsHer website is: kcknits.com-------------🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how...2022-03-1729 minDissident OrthodoxyFran Quigley - Religious Socialism: the time is rightFran Quigley, the author of Religious Socialism: Faith in Action for a Better World (Orbis Books) joins the conversation to discuss the long history of socialism in religious communities. In this conversation we focus on the legacy of socialistic Christians (predating the term by 1700 years or so) going all the way back to the book of Acts and the early Church Fathers. We also got to talking about the greats, from Eugene Debs to Cornel West, Angela Cowser and Colleen Shaddox.
We also feature a long (and persuasive, I might add) pitch to join the DSA's Religion and Socialism Working G...2022-03-1458 minDissident OrthodoxyAaron Griffith - God's Law and Order Part 2Part 2 of 2
Dr. Aaron Griffith discusses his book God's Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America. Aaron and Casey discuss the influence of 20th century Evangelicals (a la Billy Graham and a little Johnny Cash) and the rise of the carceral state in the US. We get into the particulars of the developing focus on individual redemption, oftentimes (but not always!) to the exclusion of systemic reform and we flesh out some connections to current abolitionist movements as well as conservative Christianity.
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Order God's Law and...2022-02-2836 minDissident OrthodoxyBiko Mandela Gray - Malcolm X's TheologyOn February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. In the decades that have followed his legacy as a leader, an orator, a thinker and an all-around badass has been well-established. Although, let's be real, there's always more to say.
Dr. Biko Mandela Gray joins the conversation to discuss Malcolm X's theological development from a Marcus Garvey-influenced Christianity to following the Prophet Elijah Mohammad to orthodox Suni Islam. We get into the stories of Malcolm's life as well as the stories that animated the Nation of Islam in his day.
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Dr. Aaron Griffith discusses his book God's Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America. Aaron and Casey discuss the influence of 20th century Evangelicals (a la Billy Graham and a little Johnny Cash) and the rise of the carceral state in the US. We get into the particulars of the developing focus on individual redemption, oftentimes (but not always!) to the exclusion of systemic reform and we flesh out some connections to current abolitionist movements as well as conservative Christianity.
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Order God's Law and...2022-02-1452 minDissident OrthodoxyFreddie deBoer - Leftists have work to doFreddie deBoer, prolific writer, Marxist scholar and influential voice of the American left, sits down for a chat. Typically in political discourse we spend endless time and energy taking shots at opposing political parties. Let's be honest, it's fun and really easy. Sometimes even cathartic. The only problem is that a myopic critique of "the other" is neither morally consistent nor politically useful.
Freddie and Casey discuss the left's trend towards nihilism, and our preference toward winning moral battles, even if that means losing ground in terms of real power. As Freddie reiterates many times throughout the e...2022-02-0755 minDissident OrthodoxyMaureen H. O'Connell - Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-BlacknessDr. Maureen H. O'Connell joins the conversation to discuss her new book Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Antiblackness. We talk about the history of racism and antiracism through the prism of her hometown Philadelphia. In the course of our dialogue, we get into what it means to engage in the work of repentance that goes beyond virtue signaling and the significance of racial mercy.
Maureen H. O’Connell is associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion and Theology at LaSalle University. She authored Compassion: Loving Our Neighbor in an Age of Globalization and...2022-01-3151 minDissident OrthodoxyDaniel Bessner - Leftist Perspectives on US Foreign PolicyHow can the Christian Left engage more fully with the broader US Left, particularly when it comes to foreign policy? What do the prophets have to say to us today about whistleblowers like Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning? What big questions does the broader US Left have for the Christian Left?
Daniel Bessner, Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, joins Casey to discuss all these questions and more in a wide-ranging interview. Bonus of this episode is that Daniel flips the...2022-01-2444 min
Celebrate the Struggle"I was searching for acceptance where ever I could find it."- Casey PinnellCasey Pinnell joins me on the show today to share the story of his journey and how it go him to where he is today. Due to life circumstances, Casey found himself living by himself at 18 years old, searching for acceptance. Then he found it, joining the military at 18 years old. He thrived on the structure and the comradery that it offered, but after a deployment to Iraq, he was back where he started again. However, this time he didn't handle it with grace, turning to more destructive coping mechanisms. "It didn't go well," he describes. With his wife i...2022-01-1755 minDissident OrthodoxyKat Armas - Abuelita FaithKat Armas joins the conversation to discuss her recently released book from Baker Publishing, Abuelita Faith. We talk about Liberation theology, Womanist theology and the need for the church to hear from the women who have lived out their faith and theology amongst us in the past. Kat is also an excellent example of a woman engaged in all aspects of theological work and we'll be hearing from her for years to come.
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In this episode you'll also get to hear Casey misidentify leaders of Central American nations...partially because there are far too ma...2022-01-101h 07Dissident OrthodoxyRyan Cagle - Jubilee House, building a rural leftist AlabamaRyan Cagle, pastor, spiritual director and founding organizer of Jubilee House in Walker County, Alabama, joins Casey this week. Ryan tells us about mutual aid efforts deep in the rural South and what it means to build solidarity among our neighbors regardless of political affiliation. Our conversation is yet another effort on Public Theologians to give some dimension to the flattened narrative of the backwards and racist South. Yeah, we've got problems, but as Ryan points out, "the ground is fertile."
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F...2022-01-0359 minDissident OrthodoxyPhil Nellis - Sabbath, rest and Abraham HeschelRebroadcast of last year's Thanksgiving episode with Phil Nellis. We talk Abraham Heschel, Eugene Peterson, the necessity of tending to our souls, slowing down and leaning into the rhythms that Sabbath offers.
This is our last broadcast of 2021! We've got some great guests lined up for 2022! In the meantime, wander back through our old shows, check out some other great Christian leftist podcasts (Magnificast, Faith & Capital and The Liberation Theology Podcast are a few good ones!) or...just...rest.
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Support us...2021-11-2344 minDissident OrthodoxySamuel Perry and Andrew Whitehead - Taking America Back for GodDr.s Samuel Perry and Andrew Whitehead join the conversation to discuss their research on Christian nationalism. Is Christian nationalism synonymous with white Evangelicalism? What is the difference between civil religion and Christian nationalism? Why does anybody listen to David Barton?
Also we get into questions of power. Who benefits from Christian nationalism? How do issues like gun rights and the sacralization of the constitution preserve power?
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Rate/Review...2021-11-1755 minDissident OrthodoxyStolen Elections: Two Can Play this Game - From caseyhobbs.substack.comCasey reads from/promotes his substack post "Stolen elections: two can play this game."
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Art: Phil Nellis2021-11-1111 minDissident OrthodoxyKristy Nabhan-Warren - Meatpacking America 2Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren discusses her new book Meatpacking America in part two of our two-part series. This book deals with the decline of rural (largely white) Catholic parishes consisting primarily of farmers and the influx of immigrants from Central and South America, Congo and Indonesia among other nationalities. The story chronicles Catholic priest's efforts to unite these communities as well as the conditions of new immigrants working in the meatpacking industry.
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2021-11-0144 minDissident OrthodoxyKristy Nabhan-Warren - Meat Packing America Part 1Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren discusses her new book Meatpacking America in part one of our two-part series. This book deals with the decline of rural (largely white) Catholic parishes consisting primarily of farmers and the influx of immigrants from Central and South America, Congo and Indonesia among other nationalities. The story chronicles Catholic priest's efforts to unite these communities as well as the conditions of new immigrants working in the meatpacking industry.
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...2021-10-2547 minDissident OrthodoxyRobert P. Jones - White Too LongDr. Robert P. Jones joins the podcast this week to discuss his book White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity. We discuss the overtly racist religious settings of 18th century Christianity all the way up to the current day. We discuss monuments, felt racism versus material racism.
Finally we talk about how the history of the white church's racism has disfigured our soul and what it would mean for white American Christians to embrace honesty, repentance and return to the human family.
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Fo...2021-10-1858 minDissident OrthodoxyObery Hendricks - Political Docetism in the Leadup to the Iraq WarDr. Obery Hendricks Jr. joins Casey for a second episode. This time around we discuss the leadup to the War in Iraq, beginning in 2003. Public leaders of the evangelical church...didn't have much to say about it at the time and haven't said much about it since. We dig into the details of Bush's lies, and the political docetism that allows theological abdication of prophetic responsibilities.
We also talk about what it would mean for the church (and particularly her leaders) to begin to take the political nature of Jesus' ministry seriously again.
Order Christians A...2021-10-1120 minDissident OrthodoxyBiko Mandela Gray - Black Lives Matter in/of ReligionDr. Biko Mandela Gray, Assistant Professor of Religion, African American Religion and Women's and Gender Studies at Syracuse University joins us for the second part of our two-part conversation. This time around we discuss his essay Religion in/and Black Lives Matter: Celebrating the impossible.
Stay tuned to the end to hear Casey's first explicit question about theology as well as his butchering of Latin phrases. Enjoy the conversation and share with a friend or two!!
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Dr. Gray’s work operates at the nexus and interplay between continental philosophy of religion and theo...2021-10-0453 minDissident OrthodoxyBiko Mandela Gray - Unexamined GoodnessDr. Biko Mandela Gray, Assistant Professor of Religion, African American Religion and Women's and Gender Studies at Syracuse University joins the conversation to discuss his contribution on is essay discussing Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye in Goodness and the Literary Imagination. This one goes deep and moves quick. We talk about how taking our understanding of goodness for granted can result in unintended (but very real) harm.
Digressions include Kente cloth, both good and terrible recommendations on theodicy and why Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos' version of virtue signaling is morally bankrupt.
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Dr...2021-09-2753 minDissident OrthodoxyDanté Stewart - Shoutin' in the FireDanté Stewart joins the conversation this week to discuss his forthcoming book Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle. We discuss his experience growing up as a young Black man in white evangelical spaces, what it cost him and what it meant for him to lean in to his roots. Danté discusses the ways Black theologians from James Cone to Toni Morrison to James Baldwin brought him back to loving and embracing his own blackness in a world views him as a threat.
This very personal conversation includes Casey's and Danté's paean to their wives and fea...2021-09-2043 minDissident OrthodoxyBrian Stiltner - War on Afghanistan and How Christians Can Help Avoid the Next Immoral InvasionDr. Brian Stiltner joins Casey to discuss the long-awaited end to the War in (or was it on) Afghanistan and how the outrage of 9/11 was manufactured into a willingness to exact revenge on an enemy that had almost nothing to do with the fall of the Twin Towers. We discuss the changing mission that kept us there for 20 years as well as the moral bankruptcy of nation building.
Most importantly, we have a frank conversation about how Christians in particular might be instrumental in stopping the next forever war from getting started in the first place.
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His comrade, Swift Justice joins us for a second time, along with Nicky from FAM ARM Queen Team to discuss the conditions that sparked Kinetic's hunger strike and the show of solidarity requested.
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Pro...2021-08-2520 minDissident OrthodoxyAnthea Butler - White Evangelical RacismDr. Anthea Bulter joins the conversation to discuss her latest book White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America. Our discussion includes the connections of proto-Evangelicals's theology and lynching, what it means to hide behind theological ideology and why Donald Trump's election was not out of character for religious Americans.
Casey and Dr. Bulter also discuss the connections between Billy Graham's anti-communism and Evangelical push-back to civil rights and collective guilt that still goes on today (c.f. CRT, White Fragility discussion) and we explore the racist backlash to Barack Obama. But don't worry, we also...2021-08-1748 minDissident OrthodoxyEric Hall - Putting People FirstEric Hall is running for the District 9 City Council seat in Birmingham, AL. A minister, co-founder of BLM Birmingham and co-chair of Our Revolution Birmingham, Eric has worked as a community organizer with a laser-focus on ending poverty, reimagining policing and working for a better future for Birmingham.
In this conversation we get into Eric's background, what motivated him to run for this seat, how his own faith background animates his work and more!
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Dissident OrthodoxyLucas Kwong - Meeting the Moment with the Honesty is RequiresLucas Kwong is a professor at CUNY and author of Against Christian Xenophobia, an open letter with 700+ signatories to date. Lucas has been running a campaign since the beginning of 2021 contacting political and religious leaders who peddle in Anti-Asian rhetoric. Particularly after the Atlanta Spa Massacre in March of this year and the resurgence of the largely conspiratorial lab-leak theories, politicians hiding behind the mantle of Christianity from Ted Cruz to Marsha Blackburn and Paul Gosar have helped to reignited a yellow peril for our time. Lucas is hard at work educating us all and inviting us to join...2021-08-0552 minDissident OrthodoxyAlyssa Aldape - Latina Fire and Why Simone Biles Should be CelebratedAlyssa Aldape, Casey's friend from way back, talks about her experience of being a Latina in leadership of predominantly white churches. The conversation includes immigration under Obama, Trump and Biden and what it means for the church to welcome the stranger (it's much simpler than you might think). We talk about why political representation is meaningless for people still impacted by immoral immigration policies.
We also discuss the 2021 Olympics. From absurd reactions to Simone Biles' withdraw from the team competition for her mental health to Sha'Carri Richardson's exclusion from competition due to marijuana use, this Olympics is...2021-07-3048 minDissident OrthodoxySheila Gregoire - The Great Sex RescueSheila Gregoire, firebrand marriage and sexuality author, researcher and blogger, discusses her latest book The Great Sex Rescue. Based on extensive surveys with 20,000 women the book explores the causes of the 47% orgasm gap between men and women. Sheila and her team analyzed the messages of best selling Evangelical books on marriage and sexuality, to dig down into the harmful effects of hearing and believing nonsense like Every Man's Battle and Love and Respect in the lives.
Along the way Sheila discusses the need for Christian teaching to center around men figuring out what the clitoris is and...2021-07-2153 minDissident OrthodoxyColleen Shaddox and Joanne Samuel Goldblum - Broke in AmericaJoanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, the authors of Broke in America (Ben Bella Books, 2021), join Casey for a discussion on their work, the state of poverty in America and the fact that poverty is a policy choice. We get into such topics as privatization of basic human needs, school zoning and whether the Biden administration is doing anything notable to combat poverty on a national scale.
Both authors share how they came to this work as well as the faith traditions (Jewish and Catholic) that brought them to care for the poor in a material way.2021-07-1349 minDissident OrthodoxyChris Nelson - Alabama Prison OppostionChris Nelson joins Casey for a second time. Chris found out that a private mega-prison was set to be built right around the corner from his childhood home and he got busy hounding small-town Alabama council meetings,, canvassing neighborhoods and spending every spare moment fighting against the state and corporate powers that be. Thanks to Chris' efforts and that of numerous other activists and community groups, popular sentiment forced large banks to pull out of this insanely immoral investment opportunity.
Chris shares valuable lessons learned, what to look out for in the next (zombie) phase of Gov. K...2021-07-0735 minDissident OrthodoxyObery Hendricks - Christians Against ChristianityDr. Obery Hendricks is on the podcast this week. How does Casey keep getting to talk to these AMAZING guests, you ask? Well, let's not overthink a good thing! In this episode we discuss Dr. Hendricks' forthcoming book, Christians Against Christianity: How Right Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith (Beacon Press) and the conversation is rich.
In this episode you'll hear Dr. Hendricks take account of the capitulation of conservative Christianity in the Trump era, why he thinks the term needs to be rethought and why he takes issue with certain leaders whose interests...2021-06-2343 minDissident OrthodoxyCarolyn Foster - Reverence in All the Wrong PlacesThe Reverend Deacon Carolyn Foster, co-chair of the Alabama chapter of the Poor People's campaign, educates us on Rev. Dr. William Barber's Third Reconstruction, how systemic racism impacts the 45% of low-income Alabamians and the ongoing efforts to pressure elected officials to address poverty and the needs of the poor.
We also discuss the water crisis in Uniontown, AL and the solutions available to politicians who claim to hold to Jesus' teachings. After listening to this episode I'm sure you'll join the Poor People's Campaign, if you haven't already!
Mentioned in this episode:2021-06-1643 minDissident OrthodoxyMandy Smith - Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western CultureMandy Smith, author of the newly released Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture, joins Casey to talk about the theological necessity of rest, play and a childlike approach to our spiritual lives. We go into not only how the practice of sabbath can take us deeper into the life of God, but how it can inform our commitment to social justice, activism and truly being a change in the world.
Also mentioned in this episode are amazing quotes from G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, John Steinbeck, Thomas Merton and Jurgen Moltmann!
...2021-06-0238 minDissident OrthodoxyDaniel Walden - How to Stop Talking Theological Nonsense About the Transgender CommunityDr. Daniel Walden returns to Public Theologians Podcast, this time to discuss his recent article in Commonweal Magazine, titled Gender, Sex and Other Nonsense. In this episode we discuss how our various orthodox Catholic and Protestant Christian theologies can quite easily make space for the experience of our Transgender friends, family, fellow Christians and, well, fellow humans.
We also discuss fun topics such as Lockian philosophy, why Protestants tend to favor noted war criminal Oliver North over the patron saint of children, Fred Rogers, and more!
Articles Mentioned in this Episode:
...2021-05-201h 03Dissident OrthodoxyKristin Kobes Du Mez - History as GossipDr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, bestselling author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (preorder paperback here!) joins Public Theologians for a second time to discuss the reception of her book and to do some historical analysis (aka gossip?) about Owen Strachen leaving the SBC, Tim Keller asserting that evangelicals are super-diverse. We also discuss the recent exodus of Beth Moore, Jemar Tisbe the #LeaveLoud movement and much more!
Check out all of Kristin Kobez Du Mez's work here: https://kristindumez.com/
Follow her on...2021-05-121h 04Dissident OrthodoxyMason Mennenga - Process TheologyThis week Casey is joined by theologian/podcaster/youtuber Mason Mennenga to discuss Process Theology. In addition to taking a deep dive into the tenants, implications and animating affects of Process Theology we cover our shared passion for Religionless Christianity, Death of God theologians, a few inspiring crossover guests and more!
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https://masonmennenga.c...2021-05-0554 minDissident OrthodoxyOscar Romero's Final Sermon and the call for JusticeIn the wake of yet more violence at the hands of our state in the police killing of Duante Wright, just miles away from the Minneapolis courtroom where former policeman Derek Chauvin is standing trial for the 2020 state murder of George Floyd, words fail us. But still there is a demand to speak clearly and specifically to the need for justice that comes from a rich Christian tradition.
This week Casey reads the final sermon of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a priest in El Salvador who was assassinated in 1980 defending the rights of the poor and the oppressed. I...2021-04-1321 minDissident OrthodoxyKillian Noe - Creating a Place to BelongKillian Noe, Founding Director of Recovery Cafe in Seattle and the Recovery Cafe Network nationwide, joins the conversation this week. Killian tells her story, how the Recovery Cafe embraces and cultivates an atmosphere of belonging, love and acceptance particularly among vulnerable populations. We talk about what the #blacklivesmatter movement and George Floyd uprisings have meant for the community and what it means to lean into concrete change as an organization.
We also talk about some of the policies that make cities like Seattle so difficult to inhabit, from marijuana policy to criminalization of homelessness and Amazon-inspired gentrification. ...2021-04-0544 minDissident OrthodoxyJason Kobielus - Organizing DSA for #BamazonUnionCasey talks with Jason, the co-chair of Birmingham Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) about our chapter's involvement with the #BamazonUnion drive in Bessemer, AL. We talk about what it means to support union efforts, the great work Birmingham DSA has put in, along with some other amazing local and national organizations. We also talk about how this drive has set up future organizing for workers around Birmingham, around Alabama and everywhere!
Organizing and unionization are theological matters! The voice we give to others and the rights we support for them is a statement of who we believe...2021-03-3142 minDissident OrthodoxyJo Luehmann - Decolonize your faith!Jo Luehmann is a force for good on social media and in real life. This week we chat with her about what it means to deconstruct, decolonize and dismantle white supremacy in and out of Christianity. Jo tells us why she will hold on to hope in spite of the harmful misuses of faith in her life and throughout the history of the church. We also talk about the recent resurgence of the gun control conversation after shootings in Boulder and Atlanta in the context of racial justice, the Black Panthers and MLK.
Follow Jo's work here:2021-03-2457 minDissident OrthodoxyCancel Culture is a jokeJerran is back this week to discuss literally nobody's favorite topic...cancel culture. We're only going to talk about this once so listen up! We get into why White, male, Evangelical leaders, in particular have no leg to stand on when they cry about being "canceled" (looking at you Owen Strachen, Al Mohler, et. al.). We also discuss the so-called "cancellation" of Dr. Seuss, why that's mainly nonsense but a good idea (because, you know, the cancelled books are definitely racist).
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2021-03-1755 minDissident OrthodoxyBeth Allison Barr: The Making of Biblical WomanhoodThis week Casey interviews Dr. Beth Allison Barr on her forthcoming book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood (Brazos Press). This outstanding book is a study on the deep historical (and not necessarily theological or biblical) roots of patriarchy. Seriously, this book is great and our conversation was a lot of fun.
Mentioned in this episode: What does the Epic of Gilgamesh have to teach us about patriarchy? What did Paul really mean in the classic "complimentarian" texts? How does capitalism make the problems inherent in patriarchy worse for women? And, mainly, "how did we get here and where do we g...2021-03-081h 10Dissident OrthodoxyOlivia Sonell - Working Class Christianity, Marxism, Socialism, Communism and More!This week we talk Marxism, Communism, Socialism and Christianity with Olivia Sonell. Olivia writes at workingclasschristianity.substack.com. We also talk a bit about Process Theology and how it can animate action in solidarity with and on behalf of the poor.
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Mentioned in this episode:
https://workingclasschristianity.substack.com/p/revolutionary-love-part-ii
https://workingclasschristianity.substack.com/p/no-justice-no-pride
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/07/23/catholic-case-communism2021-03-0352 minDissident OrthodoxyLucas Kwong - Against Christian XenophobiaLucas Kwong sits down with Casey and discusses his Open Letter Against Christian Xenophobia. As a Chinese-Canadian-American Christian and assistant professor of English at New York City College of Technology, Lucas has a unique and perceptive take on Christian nationalism and its consequences particularly in the lives of Asian-Americans.
Lucas and Casey discuss the cover prominent white evangelical church leaders (Keller, Piper, Sauls, etc.) give to nationalists by refusing to clearly speak to racism and nationalism. We discuss why this goes beyond rhetoric and into violence against folks that bear the image of God.
2021-02-241h 08Dissident OrthodoxyWho is a Theologian?
A couple of brief updates on the local Amazon warehouse unionization efforts, and why this is of theological importance. Also a quick highlight of the recent developments within Alabama prisons that should not be overlooked.
Casey also does his best to articulate just who is a theologian and just who is engaged in political action (hint: it's all of us!)
Notes:
https://sfbayview.com/2021/02/alabama-prison-guards-brutally-beat-kinetic-justice-sending-him-to-trauma-unit/
https://newrepublic.com/article/161278/amazon-workers-unionization-bessemer-alabama
https://www.apr.org/term/kinetic-justice
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/incarcerated_a...2021-02-1012 minDissident OrthodoxyKristyn Komarnicki - Oriented to LoveKristyn Komarnicki is the Director of Dialogue and creator of Oriented to Love, a program with Christians for Social Action. Oriented to Love is an immersive program that creates space for LGBTQ+ Christians and faith leaders to connect, to hear from one another and to discover "unity that is deeper than agreement." In this episode we hear about the impetus for the program as well as what folks in and out of the church can learn about solidarity and fighting for one another.
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https://www.patreon.com/j...2021-02-0335 minDissident OrthodoxyDietrich Bonhoeffer on Action, Words, FocusIn 1932 Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a sermon in Berlin titled "The Things Above." Today Casey reads the text in its entirety. Listen to the way Bonhoeffer, speaking in a time of heightened fascist/authoritian/right wing rhetoric and crisis (sound familiar?), has the audacity to direct his hearers to the spiritual realities of the Christian faith. This, he does with the explicit charge that his hearers would take this incomprehensible spiritual truth out into the world to fight the injustice being waged by the strong-armed rulers of his day.
Support Public Theologians Podcast on patreon!!! www.patreon.com/cas...2021-01-2626 minDissident OrthodoxyThe Prophetic Witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Jerran Hill is back this week to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on basically everything. We'll focus our conversation on Dr. King's radical commitment to speaking the truth at all costs, to his opposition to the Vietnam War, capitalism and more. We rely also on Dr. James Cone's excellent work Martin and Malcolm in America....and you know how much we love quoting Dr. Cone!
Notes:
https://www.orbisbooks.com/martin-and-malcolm-and-america.html
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...2021-01-1849 minDissident OrthodoxyHannah Bowman - Restorative Justice and Abolition TheologyHannah Bowman joins Casey this week to discuss the theological underpinnings of prison abolition and alternatives to the current unjust and ineffective U.S. carceral system.
Hannah is the founder and director of Christians for Abolition. She is also the circle coordinator for the LA pilot Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) program, in collaboration with the Fresno Community Justice Center.
Notes:
http://www.christiansforabolition.org
https://www.episcopalcafe.com/why-christians-should-be-abolitionists-again/
https://livingchurch.org/covenant/2018/09/20/a-christian-case-for-prison-abolition/2021-01-1141 minDissident OrthodoxyMicah Herskind - Abolition as a Theological ImperativeIf we are to take seriously the jubilee Jesus came to bring, how can we be content living in a police and prison state? This week's guest Micah Herskind is an abolitionist currently in Atlanta, GA. Micah was the cocreator of the #8toabolition campaign in the summer of 2020. He is the organizer behind an outstanding slack channel for Christian Abolitionists. Micah is currently working on the Georgia Freedom Letters Project, which builds solidarity and power across prison walls in Georgia through letter writing and political education.
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Email: p...2021-01-0445 minDissident OrthodoxySwift Justice - "We are Men" Free Alabama MovementIn this special episode we hear directly from Swift Justice, an incarcerated organizer with Free Alabama Movement. Free Alabama Movement is a grassroots organization founded by men incarcerated in Alabama that supports Non-Violent and Peaceful Protests for Civil and Human Rights.
In our conversation we cover a range of topics but focus in on the inhumanity of the profit motive inherent in mass incarceration as we know it in America.
Email us at publictheologianspodcast@gmail.com
Links:
https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/f-a-m-pamphlet-who-we-are/
https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2020/09/governor-ivey-announces-next-phase-of-alabama-prison-program/
https://incarceratedworkers.org/news/let-crops-rot-field
https://www.al.com/crime/2019/03/another-inmate-murdered-inside-an-alabama-state-prison.html
h...2020-12-2247 minDissident OrthodoxyLauren Sawyer - Christian Sexuality, Purity Culture and CapitalismLauren Sawyer is a Ph.D. student in Christian Social Ethics at Drew Theological School. Her current research focuses on how women and LGBTQ folks develop moral agency under the constraints of evangelical purity culture. Her work combines a critique of capitalism and purity culture and gives us a refreshing look at what might be.
Check out Lauren's work at http://laurendeidra.com/2020-12-1739 minDissident OrthodoxyNews Brief: Biden builds his cabinet and Christian nationalists run amokJerran and Casey run down a few news topics, from Joe Biden's cabinet picks and leaked conversation with civil rights leaders to Beth Moore calling out the Christian nationalism on full display in D.C. over the weekend.
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Mentioned in this episode:
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/529858-sanders-hawley-vow-fight-next-week-over-stimulus-checks
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/current/nation/beth-moores-condemnation-of-trumpism-is-a-watershed-moment/2020-12-1436 minDissident OrthodoxyTrey Medley- Critical Race Theory....Is it going to destroy Christianity? (haha no)Trey Medley joins Casey and Jerran this week to discuss Critical Race Theory and specifically the Evangelical (Southern Baptist Convention even more specifically) freak-out associated with this "worldly theory". We'll talk about what it actually is, we'll name drop Cornel West and James Cone and we'll have a good time examining an important tool in our world today.
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You can also email us with any requests for future episodes or general feedback. We'd love to hear from...2020-12-0751 minDissident OrthodoxyChris Nelson and Morgan Duckett - Stop Building Prisons in AlabamaOur conversation this week is with Alabama prison abolitionist activists Chris Nelson and Morgan Duckett. The state of Alabama is intending on building three private mega-prisons with little community oversight in response to a scathing 2019 Department of Justice report on the state's prison system.
We discuss their work with the church to fight these plans in their communities as we shed light on their important work.
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Also let us know if there's a topic you'd...2020-12-0151 minDissident OrthodoxyPhil Nellis - Thanksgiving, Sabbath and RestThis week, in honor of Thanksgiving, we take a step back and talk with Phil Nellis about rest, sabbath-keeping, why Abraham Heschel should be read by every seminarian and more. And we ask the question, with so much going on in our world, what sense does it make to pause, to slow down and to rest?
2020-11-2552 minDissident OrthodoxyDaniel Walden - Comprehending Right Wing IdeologyDaniel Walden, our guest for this week, has been published in Current Affairs, The Bias and other places. He joins us this week to discuss his own deep dive into the murky depths of nominally religious right wing pseudo-intellectuals from Ben Shapiro, Rod Dreher and more. We also discuss his take on the Democrats' unwillingness to provide concrete, substantive policy options, what this means politically, religiously and how we can do better.
Mentioned in this episode:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/daniel-walden
https://christiansocialism.com/trump-democrats-biden-messiah-evil-christianity/
https://christiansocialism.com/rod-dreher-live-not-by-lies-review/
2020-11-171h 02Dissident OrthodoxySav Miles - On Local Faith-Based OrganizingJoe Biden won the presidency this past week (though Donald Trump and others are having a hard time with this fact - I thought facts don't care about feelings, but I digress...) But whether there is a red or a blue color in the White House, there is massive amounts of work that needs to be done on the local level if we are going to pursue justice.
We have the privilege to speak with Sav Miles, a faith-based community organizer in Gadsden, AL. They are doing some amazing work organizing church communities in the fight towards j...2020-11-1049 minDissident OrthodoxyThe 2020 Election Results are...in?In which Jerran and Casey discuss the partial results of the 2020 election. The votes are still being counted but there's no big referendum on Trump or Trumpism. We discuss what this indicates about the country and the self-serving two parties we all know.
Discussed in episode:
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-us-inability-to-count-votes-is?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjQ2ODA2MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTc0NDI4MzksIl8iOiIvZ1NZaiIsImlhdCI6MTYwNDUxMDM3OCwiZXhwIjoxNjA0NTEzOTc4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTI4NjYyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.OQq86ex1hHepG6JZqbmRh6GYOGXtTL4KHeFjLDx9Q9I
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/09/nonvoters-are-not-privileged-they-are-largely-lower-income-non-white-and-dissatisfied-with-the-two-parties/2020-11-0445 minDissident OrthodoxyJohn Piper and Ice Cube Have Weighed in...This week Jerran and Casey discuss Dr. John Piper's recent foray into political action. We discuss some strengths and a lot of weaknesses. We also examine (and compare) Ice Cube's recent news-making as he met with both Trump and Biden's camps to push the Contract With Black America.
Public Theologians is a podcast in which we take as a starting place the James Cone quote that "all theological language is political language."
Mentioned in this Podcast:
Ice Cube on the Contract With Black America: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/i...2020-10-2844 minDissident OrthodoxyChristopher James - Where is the Church in all this?This week we speak with Dr. Christopher James, a professor of practical theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. Our conversation ranges from the general (where is the church in this historical moment) to the specific (how did Mark Driscoll's toxic masculinity shape the landscape of Seattle) as well as from the theological (is the church visible or invisible) to the historical (is "patriotic education" something that should be entertained).
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h...2020-10-2049 minDissident OrthodoxyDavid Brazil and Sarah Pritchard, Abolition ApostlesThis week we speak with David Brazil and Sarah Pritchard, the Abolition Apostles. Their prison ministry currently reaches over 700 inmates around the country and has over 400 volunteers acting as solidarity pen pals. As their name indicates, the Abolition Apostles also have a strong prison abolition message that is rooted in their theology and practice.
We hear from Sarah and David about everything from their prison work to the fundamental evil of the carceral state as a part of the capitalist project.
To learn more about Abolition Apostles and how to get involved by checking out their website: abolitionapostles.org
Check th...2020-10-1457 minDissident OrthodoxyOn Injustice for Breonna Taylor, and the new justice Amy BarrettThis past week saw the unjust grand jury decision on the Breonna Taylor killing and the nomination of Amy Barrett for the next justice of the Supreme Court. We have a lot to catch up on and we try to do it all with an eye for justice, with humor and with hope.
Links Mentioned and Quoted:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/episode/2020/9/3/cornel-west-the-choice-is-between-disaster-and-catastrophe/?gb=true
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-new-york-archive-joe-biden-donald-trump-a745b2e59de2c85e8bcffce3f8466eeb
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/09/why-amy-coney-barrett-should-not-be-on-the-supreme-court
https://www.bbc.com/n...2020-09-2950 minDissident OrthodoxyDr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez - Jesus and John Wayne, an interviewThis week Jerran and Casey welcome on, as our very first guest, Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the excellent recent work on masculinity, militarism and the evangelical church. The book is called Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. We explore the personal ramifications of this important work as well as getting a better understanding of how the White Evangelical church has shaped this moment in time.
Dr. Kristen Kobez Du Mez is a professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of N...2020-09-2156 min
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