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The Theology MillPaul Louis Metzger / Christianity and ZenPaul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., is Professor of Christian Theology & Theology & Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary/Jessup University, Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins, and author and editor of numerous works, including Evangelical Zen: A Christian’s Spiritual Travels with a Buddhist Friend(2nd ed., Cascade, 2024),More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture(IVP Academic, 2023), Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, 2012), and A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-editor, Eerdmans, 2011). PODCAST LINKS:-Evange...2025-02-1857 min
Thinking Christian: Clear Theology for a Confusing WorldWhat Does It Mean to Be a Person? A Conversation with Paul Louis MetzgerIn this episode, James discusses personhood with Paul Louis Metzger author of More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture. James and Paul dive into the idea of personalism, how it intersects with technology and other aspects of life, and how Christians might go about making decisions. For a free study guide based on More Than Things, visit https://www.ivpress.com/more-than-things. You can also puchase More Than Things at www.ivpress.com. Use IVPPOD20 to get 20% off your purchase. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about adv...2024-05-101h 03
Manly with AndyEpisode 68 - Paul Louis Metzger - More Than ThingsIn a world dominated by things, Paul Louis Metzger shares how we must work hard to account for one another's personhood. God helped Moses when he was dealing with burnout, and it's a reminder how he can help you too. And Dale Irby's wardrobe mistake turned into a 40-year joke, and it's his thread into the Hall of Heroes.2024-04-2334 min
Christ and CulturePaul Louis Metzger: People Are More Than Commodities - EP 137We live in a culture of commodification. What challenges does this present to human personhood? Dr. Paul Louis Metzger has written extensively about the perils of otherizing, objectifying, and “thingifying” other people. But this conversation isn’t just theoretical for Dr. Metzger; it’s personal, as he’s navigated these questions with suffering in his own family. (The conversation starts at 4:45.)
Plus, in “Headlines” (1:15), Dr. Fuz Rana previews his talk about technology at Exploring Personhood: Challenges to Humanity. And in “On My Bookshelf” (27:35), Dr. Metzger recommends some books he’s reading right now.
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Public Worship and the Christian LifePaul Louis Metzger on Setting the Spiritual ClockPaul Metzger shares about the formative nature of the church calendar, which emphasizes that Christ in the fullness of time is what shapes us and how we inhabit time. Contact Us | worship.calvin.edu 2023-12-1127 min
New Books in Christian StudiesLet Us Make Man in Our Image (with Paul Louis Metzger)In our talk about his book, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (InterVarsity Press, 2023), and in addition to quoting Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, Paul Louis Metzger also quotes Indiana Jones. When seeking the Grail, he chooses the clay cup from among the gilded chalices, “that’s the cup of a carpenter,” is the metaphor of the inherent value of human beings, ends unto themselves, priceless and unrepeatable. So I ask him (Dr. Metzger, not Dr. Jones) how we keep this in our minds and hearts as we navigate a secular culture that prizes t...2023-11-0958 min
New Books in Catholic StudiesLet Us Make Man in Our Image (with Paul Louis Metzger)In our talk about his book, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (InterVarsity Press, 2023), and in addition to quoting Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, Paul Louis Metzger also quotes Indiana Jones. When seeking the Grail, he chooses the clay cup from among the gilded chalices, “that’s the cup of a carpenter,” is the metaphor of the inherent value of human beings, ends unto themselves, priceless and unrepeatable. So I ask him (Dr. Metzger, not Dr. Jones) how we keep this in our minds and hearts as we navigate a secular culture that prizes t...2023-11-0958 min
Almost Good CatholicsLet Us Make Man in Our Image (with Paul Louis Metzger)In our talk about his book, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (InterVarsity Press, 2023), and in addition to quoting Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, Paul Louis Metzger also quotes Indiana Jones. When seeking the Grail, he chooses the clay cup from among the gilded chalices, “that’s the cup of a carpenter,” is the metaphor of the inherent value of human beings, ends unto themselves, priceless and unrepeatable. So I ask him (Dr. Metzger, not Dr. Jones) how we keep this in our minds and hearts as we navigate a secular culture that prizes t...2023-11-0958 min
God‘s Story PodcastPaul Louis Metzger – More Than ThingsWe live in a ‘throwaway’ culture. We’re often treated like ‘things’ or cogs in the machine. What is a deep sense of personhood and why are we unique?
Brent talks with Paul Louis Metzger about his new IVP book ‘More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture’.
Paul is professor of Christian theology and theology of culture at Multnomah University and Seminary in Portland, Oregon and director of the Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins. He’s the author of a number of books.
(1:20) Why our culture treats us like things;
(3:40...2023-10-2729 minGod‘s Story PodcastPaul Louis Metzger – More Than ThingsWe live in a ‘throwaway’ culture. We’re often treated like ‘things’ or cogs in the machine. What is a deep sense of personhood and why are we unique?
Brent talks with Paul Louis Metzger about his new IVP book ‘More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture’.
Paul is professor of Christian theology and theology of culture at Multnomah University and Seminary in Portland, Oregon and director of the Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins. He’s the author of a number of books.
(1:20) Why our culture treats us like things;
(3:40...2023-10-2729 min
The Georgene Rice ShowOctober 04, 2023Headlines: McCarthy rips GOP rebels, Trump civil trial continues, Haley surges past DeSantis. Interviews with Paul Louis Metzger PhD., More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture, and Rev. Dean Nelson, chair of the Douglass Leadership Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-051h 12
Spiritual Life and Leadership183. Challenging a Commodifying Culture in Ministry, with Paul Louis Metzger, author of More Than ThingsSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!We live in a world in which it is so easy to demonize and dehumanize people who are not like us. Or we categorize people and forget their humanity.But that’s the exact opposite of what Jesus did. Jesus humanized people. He treated every human being as a beloved child of God. Jesus treated every individual he encountered as a person.That’s what we're discussing in this conversation with Paul Louis Metzger, the author of More Than Things: A Personalis...2023-09-2642 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityMore Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture by Paul Louis MetzgerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture Author: Paul Louis Metzger Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: We live in a culture of commodification. People are too often defined by what they do or own; they're treated as means to an end or cogs in a machine. What goes missing is a deep sense of personhood—the belief that all humans are unique subjects with inherent worth and the right to self-determination. In a world do...2023-09-1930 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityMore Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture by Paul Louis MetzgerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691560to listen full audiobooks.
Title: More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture
Author: Paul Louis Metzger
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 59 minutes
Release date: September 19, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
We live in a culture of commodification. People are too often defined by what they do or own; they're treated as means to an end or cogs in a machine. What goes missing is a deep sense of personhood—the belief that all humans are unique subjects with inherent worth and the right to self-determination. In a world dominated by...2023-09-195h 59
The Ridley Institute PodcastMore than Things: Paul Louis Metzger on Personhood and Christian EthicsJoin Sam Fornecker for a conversation with Paul Louis Metzger, professor of Christian theology and theology of culture at Multnomah University and Seminary, about the role of personhood in Christian ethics. This chat focuses on Paul's remarkable book, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (IVP Academic, 2023). The "reader's guide" mentioned in the episode can be found here. For a teaser of Sam and Paul's conversation, see here, timestamp 4:35.2023-08-301h 04
Multifaith MattersEpisode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humilityEvangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions...2022-09-1156 minMultifaith MattersEpisode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humilityEvangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions...2022-09-1152 minMultifaith MattersEpisode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogueEvangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions...2022-09-1147 minMultifaith MattersEpisode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”Evangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions...2022-09-1142 min
VayseVYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last NightVYS0007 - Show Notes
It's been less than 2 months since Buckley and Hine recorded VYS0003 but things are quickly getting weirder. Buckley talks about his recent dreamwork, his experiments with hypnogogia and a series of synchronicities at a London gig kickstarted by sigil magic. Hine, unexpectedly grounded from practical magic by the I Ching, recounts his experiences with the Dark Man and the Goat God Pan (one and the same?) dating from all the way back in his childhood to present day. Recorded 4 August 2022.
Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep by Jennifer...2022-09-111h 38VayseVYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last NightVYS0007 - Show Notes
It's been less than 2 months since Buckley and Hine recorded VYS0003 but things are quickly getting weirder. Buckley talks about his recent dreamwork, his experiments with hypnogogia and a series of synchronicities at a London gig kickstarted by sigil magic. Hine, unexpectedly grounded from practical magic by the I Ching, recounts his experiences with the Dark Man and the Goat God Pan (one and the same?) dating from all the way back in his childhood to present day. Recorded 4 August 2022.
Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep by Jennifer...2022-09-111h 38
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings: Jesus’ Beatitudes and Mourning the Loss of LamentJoin Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Beatitudes: Blessed are those ... ” In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts in relation to the beatitudes.
In this episode Dr. Metzger is joined by pastor, artist, and musician, Jimi Calhoun, and New Wine leaders Pastors Trudi Sang and Cody Whittington for a discussion on mourning.
Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
Dr Metzger asks, “Why in the world would Jesus say that blesse...2021-09-0249 min
What The FaithHoly Envy with Dr. Paul Louis MetzgerHow does multi faith engagement promote our own personal spiritual growth? On today's episode we're talking with Dr. Paul Louis Metzger (Ph.D.) about the concept of holy envy, the importance of multi faith engagement and leaning into the differences of various faith traditions and beliefs. Paul is the Founder and Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins and Professor of Christian Theology & Theology of Culture at Multnomah University and Seminary. He is also the author of Beatitudes, Not Platitudes: Jesus' Invitation to the Good Life; Evangelical Zen: A Christian’s Sp...2021-07-2942 min
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: Cultivate Community, Not Simply CausesSo often we make communities serve causes rather than make sure that causes flow from community. Advocacy is all about causes. But not all causes are relational or communal. In this episode of New Wine Tastings series on Advocacy, Dr. Metzger and Pastors Trudi Sang and Cody Whittington are joined by Pastor Jim Sequeira to discuss the importance in the advocacy of cultivating community for communal reasons rather than for the sake of a cause.
Join Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.” In this series, Dr. Metz...2021-07-031h 02
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: Never Go It Alone In this episode Dr. Metzger is joined by City Official and Business Leader Gloria Young, as well as being accompanied once again by Pastors Cody Whittington, and Trudi Sang, for a discussion on how it is so important to advocacy work that we “Never Go It Alone.”
Join Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.” In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts of advocacy in order to highlight essential features and values.
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New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: Helping People Find and Amplify Their VoiceIn this episode Dr. Metzger is joined by Professor Kristyn Kidney, Pastor Cody Whittington, and Pastor Trudi Sang for a discussion on how it is so important to advocacy work that we help people find and amplify their voice.
Join Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.” In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts of advocacy in order to highlight essential features and values.
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New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: Represent, not ReplaceJoin Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.” In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts of advocacy in order to highlight essential features and values.
In this episode Dr. Metzger is joined by Dr. Greg Burch, Pastor Cody Whittington, and Pastor Trudi Sang for a discussion on how it is so important to advocacy work that we represent, not replace.
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New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: Make a Point, not an EnemyJoin Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.”
In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts of advocacy in order to highlight essential features and values.
In the first of the series, Dr. Metzger is joined by Pastor Tom Schiave for a discussion on how it is so important to advocacy work that we make points without making enemies.
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New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Advocacy: It’s a Marathon Race, not a Sprint. Stay the CourseJoin Dr. Paul Louis Metzger for a New Wine, New Wineskins series titled, “Advocacy: Many Voices, One Calling.” In this series, Dr. Metzger will dialogue with leaders who come from diverse backgrounds, asking them to draw on their own contexts of advocacy in order to highlight essential features and values.
In this episode Dr. Metzger is joined by the Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Jr. for a discussion on advocacy and framing it in terms of a marathon race. One cannot simply run a short distance and stop. One has to think long haul. One has to pace onese...2021-06-0157 min
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings -A Personalist Approach to Medical Ethics: Every Patient the Exception to the RuleNew Wine Director Paul Louis Metzger has been thinking a great deal about medical ethics given his son Christopher's traumatic brain injury and comatose state. This interview is the fourth in a series on a personalist approach to medical ethics. Here Dr. Metzger interviews Dr. Robert Potter (M.D., Ph.D.), concerning the reality that every patient who is a person is the exception to the rule.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newwinenewwineskins/message2021-05-0951 min
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - A Personalist Approach to Medical Ethics: Objectivity and EmpathyNew Wine Director Paul Louis Metzger has been thinking a great deal about medical ethics given his son Christopher's traumatic brain injury and comatose state. This interview is the third in a series on a personalist approach to medical ethics. Here Dr. Metzger interviews Dr. Robert Potter (M.D., Ph.D.), concerning Objectivity and Empathy.
Dr. Potter’s areas of specialization in his distinguished career include internal medicine, geriatrics, and palliative care, along with medical ethics. His professional life has combined medical practice, teaching, and bioethics consultation. He practiced internal medicine and geriatrics for 30 years while teaching in a...2021-05-0952 min
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - A Personalist Approach to Medical Ethics: What Is That?#ethics #medicine #medicineman #medicalethics #personhood #covid #personal
New Wine Director Paul Louis Metzger has been thinking a great deal about medical ethics given his son Christopher's traumatic brain injury and comatose state. This interview is the first in a series on a personalist approach to medical ethics. Here Dr. Metzger interviews Dr. Robert Potter (M.D., Ph.D.), who is his friend, colleague, and mentor on various matters pertaining to faith, science, and ethics.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newwinenewwineskins/message2021-05-0940 min
New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - A Personalist Approach to Medical Ethics: Three Cardinal QuestionsNew Wine Director Paul Louis Metzger has been thinking a great deal about medical ethics given his son Christopher's traumatic brain injury and comatose state. This interview is the second in a series on a personalist approach to medical ethics.
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New Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Tastings - Christian Nationalism & Evangelicalism: Past, Present and FutureIn this New Wine Tastings interview, Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead interview sociologist of religion Joseph O. Baker on the subject matter of past and present connections involving Christian Nationalism & Evangelicalism and what the future holds for Evangelicalism in view of such connections.
Joseph O. Baker is a sociologist of religion and deviance who teaches at East Tennessee State University. He is a senior research associate for the Association of Religion Data Archives and editor of the journalSociology of Religion. On the subject of Christian nationalism, Baker is co-author with Andrew L...2020-10-2353 minNew Winecast: The New Wine Listening ExperienceNew Wine Table Talks - Conspiring Truth: QAnon and the Colossian HeresyConspiracies swirl around in all realities of life – JFK, Princess Dianna, Moon landing, Pizzagate, Watergate, COVID hoax, QAnon, and maybe, in the minds of some, the greatest of all conspiracies, the empty tomb.
What is the church to do with conspiracy theories? By recognizing them does the church lend credence to their lifespan or in ignoring them does the church do more harm? In this episode of New Wine Table Talks we enter into the dialogue of conspiracy theories in hope of gaining clarity.
Joining Dr Matt Farlow for this episode are John Morehead and Dr P...2020-08-101h 02
The Drew Marshall ShowDr. Paul MetzgerEvangelical Zen is part "Augustine's Confessions" and part Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Paul Louis Metzger, an Evangelical Christian, reflects on his spiritual journey -an inner pilgrimage of sorts- that weaves through a physical forty-day journey with his family to Japan. The experiences of that journey, the beauties of Japan, its culture, and its religion become for him a lens on a deeper quest. Paul is searching for and, he believes, finding a global humanity in conversation with Kyogen, his Buddhist friend.2016-02-2700 min
Rose City Forum with Timothy MooreRose City Forum - Multnomah UniversityIn light of the recent racist chant from a fraternity group Andee openly wonders about the place of Greek Houses on college campuses. Dr. Paul Louis Metzger and Professor Derek Chinn of the New Wine, New Wineskins program at Multnomah University talk with Andee about the University and the mission of the program.2015-03-2000 min