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Critical FaithThe Wake of 2020: Heroes, Saviors & Problems with Power with Kristin Kobes Du MezHow can Christians learn to acknowledge abuses of power?
Kristin Kobes Du Mez joins Andrew and ICS Junior Member cohost Abbi Hofstede for the next instalment in our series on some of the challenges facing philosophy and Christian faith in the wake of 2020.
Kristin is the author of the provocative book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Liveright, 2020). In this episode, she reflects on her experience writing the book, traces the thread of militant masculinity and racism in evangelicalism's recent history; and invites alternative visions of Christian cul...
2021-04-1454 min
Critical FaithThe Wake of 2020: Complicity and Complexity with Dean Dettloff and Matt BernicoOur series on some of the challenges facing philosophy and Christian faith in the wake of 2020 continues!
Today, Andrew is joined by The Magnificast cohosts Dean Dettloff (ICS PhD candidate and sessional lecturer) and Matt Bernico (independent journalist and scholar in media, politics, and religion). Together, Matt and Dean offer a constructive critique of Christianity and politics, inviting us to sit with and sift through some of the complex history and entanglements of Christianity and politics today.
Stay tuned for more conversations in this series.
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2021-03-2347 minCritical FaithGod of Solidarity with Dean DettloffWe're back with a new season of Critical Faith! Before we dive into our new content for this season, we have one more Fall course you're going to want to check out.
Today, Dean Dettloff, sessional lecturer and ICS PhD candidate, and CPRSE Associate Director Hector Acero Ferrer join us to talk about Dean's upcoming online 6-week intensive course on liberation theology called God of Solidarity: Liberation Theology as Social Movement. Starting November 3, the course will meet virtually this fall, every Tuesday and Thursday evening.
Registration is open! Like our other fall courses, this one i...
2020-10-1529 min
The MagnificastThe RevLefticast: Liberation Theology: Jesus Christ and the Fight for Human EmancipationThis is an episode we did with Revolutionary Left Radio, but we figured it was worth sharing here too!
In this episode Matt Bernico and Dean Dettloff from The Magnificast podcast join Breht to discuss the history and ideology of Liberation Theology.
Check out Dean's course that he is currently teaching on liberation theology HERE
Follow The Magnificast on Twitter HERE
Please Support Rev Left Radio HERE
Outro Music: 'John My Beloved' by Sufjan Stevens
LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
2020-10-151h 17
Rev Left RadioLiberation Theology: Jesus Christ and the Fight for Human EmancipationIn this episode Matt Bernico and Dean Dettloff from The Magnificast podcast join Breht to discuss the history and ideology of Liberation Theology. Check out Dean's course that he is currently teaching on liberation theology HERE Follow The Magnificast on Twitter HERE Please Support Rev Left Radio HERE LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
2020-10-111h 17
Critical FaithSet the Prisoners Free with Dean DettloffWe're announcing a recent change the next upcoming course ICS is offering for our Summer Online Learning Initiative:
In light of the ongoing anti-racism protests taking place around the world and the growing outcry against targeted police brutality, ICS Junior Member Dean Dettloff will be offering an updated intensive version of his course Set the Prisoners Free: Christianity and Prison Abolition.
For this episode, fellow ICS Junior Member and Associate Director of the CPRSE, Héctor Acero Ferrer, joins Dean to explore the background narratives to this course, to uncover some of the ways in which...
2020-06-1833 min
The DamnificastIntroductionWelcome to The Damnificast--A Damnation fancast! Listen here to get started!
2019-09-0102 min
The Damnificast"Sam Riley's Body"In the first episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 1 of Damnation (2017), Sam Riley's Body.
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-0154 min
The Damnificast"Which Side Are You On?"In the second episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 2 of Damnation (2017), Which Side are You On?.
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-011h 01
The DamnificastAn Interview with Tony TostIn this very special episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk with the show's creator, Tony Tost!
2019-09-011h 22
The Damnificast"One Penny"In the fifth episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 3 of Damnation (2017), One Penny.
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-011h 03
The Damnificast"Den of Lost Souls"In the seventh episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 5 of Damnation (2017), "Den of Lost Souls."
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-0155 minThe Damnificast"In Wyoming Fashion"In the eight episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 6 of Damnation (2017), "In Wyoming Fashion."
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-0149 minThe Damnificast"A Different Species"In the ninth episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 7 of Damnation (2017), "A Different Species."
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-0156 minThe Damnificast"The Emperor of Ice Cream"In the sixth episode of The Damnificast, Matt and Dean talk through ep 4 of Damnation (2017), The Emperor of Ice Cream.
Get the episode description here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(TV_series)#Episodes
2019-09-0154 minCritical FaithThe Technology of Religion with Dean DettloffWhat has technology to do with Christianity?
This week, we're joined by Dean Dettloff, ICS PhD candidate and podcasting master. Dean is a founding father of Critical Faith, and we were very excited to have him join us once again to share the latest on his journey to ICS, his current dissertation research on technology and Christianity, and his teaching and social activism. After this introduction to what Dean's doing, you can hear more from him (and his co-host Matt Bernico) on their own podcast on Christianity and the Left: The Magnificast.
Check out this w...
2019-02-2539 minCritical FaithDialoguing Well with Héctor Acero FerrerWhat does it take to enact forgiveness, reconciliation, and processes of social change in climates of violence and oppression?
This week, Danielle and Mark talk with Junior Member and Associate Director of the CPRSE Héctor Acero Ferrer about his academic journey and his work researching the ongoing peace process in Colombia, interfaith dialogue in Canada, and our deeply human need for narrative.
We want Critical Faith to give you a glimpse into the everyday life of ICS. So we're talking with Senior Members, Junior Members, and friends of the Institute to hear about what got...
2018-12-0343 minCritical FaithDecolonizing Christian Higher Education with Matt Bernico Pt. IILast week, we heard Matt Bernico's lecture "Decolonizing Christian Higher Education." This week, Dean Dettloff poses questions to Bernico, and so do those who were present for the talk. How do we deal with questions of the Western canon? Can we talk about universal knowledge or a shared context while also talking the language of decolonization? What can institutions do beyond just including token voices on syllabi to decolonize their educational environments? Bernico fields these and other questions during the final Scripture, Faith, and Scholarship lecture of the 2017/18 academic year.
Matt Bernico is assistant professor of communication a...
2018-05-2359 minCritical FaithDorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty with Kate Hennessy Pt. II
Last week, we heard Kate Hennessy talk about her writing, her life, and her grandmother, Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker. In this episode, Hennessy takes questions from Dean Dettloff and the audience, exploring Hennessy's writing process, life in the Catholic Worker, and what Dorothy Day could mean for a time like ours. Drawing from her book Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty, Hennessy gives an insider's look at one of the most exciting Christian movements to come out of the twentieth-century.
Critical Faith is sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Socia...
2017-12-1351 minCritical FaithMaterial Spirituality with Neal DeRoo Pt. IIIIn the previous episode, Dean Dettloff interviewed DeRoo on his paper from episode one, "Material Spirituality," along with some general themes about Christian philosophy. In this episode, DeRoo takes questions from the audience, expressed by ICS student Grace Carhartt, on his paper and themes in the interview, engaging thinkers like Charles Taylor and William Cavanaugh and issues like ecclesiology and pluralism. The recording is the third and final of three parts, all from a Scripture, Faith, and Scholarship Seminar hosted at the Institute for Christian Studies.
Neal DeRoo is Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religi...
2017-11-3030 minRev Left RadioChristian Socialism: The Fusion of Faith and RevolutionMatt Bernico is the assistant professor of Media Studies at Greenville College, where his teaching and research concerns cultural studies, media theory, and the history of science and technology. Dean Dettloff is a Catholic PhD candidate at the Institute for Christian Studies, where his research deals with the intersections of media theory, religion, and politics. Together, they host the Christian Socialist podcast "The Magnificast". Brett sits down with Matt and Dean to discuss the philosophy of Christian Leftism. Topics include: Key figures on the Christian Left, Marxist Materialism, political violence and pacifism, Nietzsche, Ne...
2017-09-221h 08