The Theology Mill

JD Lyonhart is an assistant professor of theology and philosophy at LCU, a fellow at the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism at Cambridge University, and a co-host of the Spiritually Incorrect Podcast (spirituallyincorrectpodcast.com). He is the author of Space God: Rejudging a Debate between More, Newton, and Einstein (Cascade, 2023).

PODCAST LINKS:

Space God: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666757040/space-god/

MonoThreeism: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262683/monothreeism/

Jonathan’s website: https://www.jdlyonhart.com/

Spiritually Incorrect Podcast: https://www.spirituallyincorrectpodcast.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Craig, William Lane. Time and Eternity: Exploring God's Relationship to Time.

Lyonhart, JD. Space God: Rejudging a Debate between More, Newton, and Einstein.

Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

OUTLINE:

(01:28) – Interdisciplinary philosopher and theologian

(03:10) – Roundtable: Henry More, Plato, C. S. Lewis, Nietzsche

(04:58) – Who was Henry More?

(09:42) – Why are the Cambridge Platonists not better known?

(10:36) – More’s theories on space

(19:46) – Divine space’s mediation of immanence and transcendence

(25:03) – More, Isaac Newton, and modern science

(30:19) – The contemporary relevance of More’s theory of divine space

(47:45) – Einstein’s theory of relativity

(51:18) – Metaphysical space (and time) after Einstein

(01:02:34) – Divine space and the problem of pantheism

(01:06:51) – What’s next for Jonathan

(01:08:20) – Where to find Jonathan

Dr. Aimee Patterson is a Christian ethicist at The Salvation Army Ethics Centre and adjunct faculty at Booth University College. She is the author of the new Cascade book, Suffering Well and Suffering With: Reclaiming Marks of Christian Identity, published within the New Studies in Theology and Trauma series.  

PODCAST LINKS:

Aimee’s website: https://www.aimeepatterson.com/

Aimee’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AimeeEPatterson

Suffering Well and Suffering With: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666765458/suffering-well-and-suffering-with/

The Word Bookstore (Montreal): https://www.thewordbookstore.ca/

Powell’s Books (Portland): https://www.powells.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Cassell, Eric J. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine.

Koyama, Kosuke. Three Mile an Hour God.

Patterson, Aimee. Suffering Well and Suffering With.

Schweitzer, Albert. On the Edge of the Primeval Forest.

OUTLINE:

(01:27) – Studying suffering and experiencing suffering

(05:27) – Bookstores in Montreal and Portland

(06:57) – Roundtable: Jesus, Job, and family

(10:11) – Suffering and the body

(17:20) – Severe suffering and social stigma

(22:38) – Social responses to severe suffering

(36:13) – Suffering and evil

(47:14) – The church’s role in suffering well and suffering with

(55:11) – The solidarity of suffering

(01:02:02) – The role of the emotions in compassion

(01:11:06) – How to listen well and show compassion

(01:16:46) – What’s next for Aimee & where to find her

Leonard Grob is professor emeritus of philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

John K. Roth is Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College.

Together they have published a number of books, including Encountering the Stranger (2012), which focuses on Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations; Losing Trust in the World (2017), a protest against torture; and most recently, Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy (Cascade, 2023).

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Warnings: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666743968/warnings/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Applebaum, Anne. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.

Buber, Martin. I and Thou.

Delbo, Charlotte. Auschwitz and After. 3 vols.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov.

Grob, Leonard, and John K. Roth. Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy.

———, eds. Anguished Hope: Holocaust Scholars Confront the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

Hallie, Philip. In the Eye of the Hurricane: Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm.

Levinas, Emmanuel. Otherwise than Being, or, Beyond Essence.

OUTLINE:

(01:39) – Converging on the Holocaust

(11:40) – Dr. Roth’s roundtable 1: Charlotte Delbo, Anne Applebaum, Amanda Gorman

(15:01) – Dr. Roth’s roundtable 2: James Madison, Elie Wiesel, Albert Camus

(17:40) – Dr. Grob’s roundtable: (Plato’s) Socrates, Martin Buber, Charlotte Delbo

(23:29) – The beginnings of a friendship (and a book or two)

(31:45) – The Holocaust and contemporary dangers to American democracy

(35:03) – (Liberal) democracy as a verb, not a noun

(41:23) – Democracy and virtue

(49:44) – Democracy and division

(58:10) – Learning from the Holocaust era

(01:08:27) – MAGA and the 2024 election

(01:13:17) – The hurricane as political metaphor

The Patočka Booth is a three-part series of interviews on the Czech philosopher and dissident, Jan Patočka (1907–77). Interviews will explore his philosophical and political thought, his biography and context, and his import for theology.

Martin Koci is associate professor at KU Linz, Austria. He is the author of Christianity after Christendom: Heretical Essays in Philosophical Theology (2023) and the award-winning Thinking Faith after Christianity: A Theological Reading of Jan Patočka’s Phenomenological Philosophy (2020). Martin is also an editor of numerous volumes—the most recent being God and Phenomenology: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste (Cascade, 2023). His research interests includes the dialogue between phenomenology and theology, and the postmodern context of Christianity.  

PODCAST LINKS:

Martin’s website: https://www.philosoffee.eu/

Martin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/koci_martin?lang=en

Martin’s faculty page: https://ku-linz.at/en/theology/institutes/fundamental_theology_and_dogmatic_theology/staff?tx_persons_personlist%5Baction%5D=show&tx_persons_personlist%5Bcontroller%5D=Person&tx_persons_personlist%5Bperson%5D=356&cHash=f38aadc3637d3f254b1e5ee090a0454a

Thinking Faith after Christianity: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Thinking-Faith-after-Christianity

Christianity after Christendom: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/christianity-after-christendom-9781350322646/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Day, Barbara. The Velvet Philosophers.

Janicaud, Dominque, et al. Phenomenology and the Theological Turn: The French Debate.

Koci, Martin. Christianity after Christendom: Heretical Perspectives in Philosophical Theology.

———. God and Phenomenology: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste.

———. Thinking Faith after Christianity: A Theological Reading of Jan Patočka’s Phenomenological Philosophy.

Patočka, Jan. Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History.

———. The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the Soul.

OUTLINE:

(02:23) – Jan Patočka and French phenomenology

(04:24) – Roundtable: Jan Patočka, Emmanuel Falque, Roger Scruton, Jacques Derrida

(07:39) – Underground seminars

(09:48) – Biographical and intellectual sketches

(18:54) – Themes: philosophy of history, asubjective phenomenology

(21:52) – An unsystematic thinker

(25:24) – Relationship to Christianity

(29:39) – Mediating philosophy and theology

(32:47) – Reading Patočka alongside the “theological turn”

(38:03) – Christianity as “un-thought-through”

(45:35) – Outreach/elan/life-force

(48:01) – Ethics and the struggle against decadence

(50:19) – “Problematicity” and the “solidarity of the shaken”

(55:20) – The “sacrifice for nothing”

(01:00:47) – What’s next for Martin

(01:03:49) – Where to find Martin

The Patočka Booth is a three-part series of interviews on the Czech philosopher and dissident, Jan Patočka (1907–77). Interviews will explore his philosophical and political thought, his biography and context, and his import for theology.

David Lloyd Dusenbury is a philosopher, historian of ideas, and senior fellow at Budapest's Danube Institute. He is also visiting professor at Eötvös Loránd University, and the author of Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature, The Innocence of Pontius Pilate, and I Judge No One (all published by Oxford University Press). Last year, he held the Chair for Jewish-Christian Relations at the University of Antwerp.  

PODCAST LINKS:

Dr. Dusenbury’s website: https://dldusenbury.com/

Dr. Dusenbury’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DusenburyDavid

Dr. Dusenbury’s academia.edu page: https://huji.academia.edu/DavidLloydDusenbury

Dr. Dusenbury’s Buda Hills podcast: https://twitter.com/BudaHills

I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Judge-No-One-Political-Jesus/dp/0197690513/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NJBSOJHMSHAX&keywords=david+lloyd+dusenbury&qid=1700698536&sprefix=david+lloyd+dus%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-1

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Derrida, Jacques. The Gift of Death.

Dusenbury, David Lloyd. “Exploring the Underground Writings of Jan Patočka: War and the Fate of Europe.” Lecture.

———. “Jan Patočka’s Dissident Philosophy of History: Human Bondage and the Risk of History.” Lecture.

———. I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus.

———. “The Origins of European Unity and Disunity in Jan Patočka’s Heretical Essays.”

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. 4 vols.

Husserl, Edmund. The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology: An Introduction to Phenomenological Philosophy.

Jünger, Ernst. Storm of Steel.

———. Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History.

———. Plato and Europe.

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, SJ. “La nostalgie du front.”

OUTLINE:

(01:47) – Discovering Patočka (via Derrida)

(04:35) – Roundtable: Patočka, Derrida, Husserl, Heidegger

(08:28) – Brief biographical sketches

(13:05) – Key ideas: the soul and history, the death of Europe, Christianity

(17:36) – Was Patočka himself religious?

(19:49) – Plato and Europe

(23:17) – Philosopher and dissident (of a sort)

(28:31) – A spiritual reading of European history

(34:17) – The loss of European unity

(37:17) – Russia and the United States

(43:50) – The twentieth century as war

(52:18) – Questioning and mystery

(58:33) – What’s next for Dr. Dusenbury

(59:26) – Where to find Dr. Dusenbury

The Patočka Booth is a three-part series of interviews on the Czech philosopher and dissident, Jan Patočka (1907–77). Interviews will explore his philosophical and political thought, his biography and context, and his import for theology.

Erin Plunkett is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She is the editor of the Selected Writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the Soul (2022) and Kierkegaard and Possibility (2023) and the author of A Philosophy of the Essay (2018). 

PODCAST LINKS:

Dr. Plunkett’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jd_silentio

Dr. Plunkett’s academia.edu page: https://herts.academia.edu/ErinPlunkett

Dr. Plunkett’s research profile: https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/persons/erin-plunkett

Dr. Plunkett’s website: https://erinshalonplunkett.wordpress.com

The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the Soul: https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Writings-Jan-Patocka-Care/dp/1350139092

Kierkegaard and Possibility: https://www.amazon.com/Kierkegaard-Possibility-Erin-Plunkett/dp/1350298980

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Derrida, Jacques. The Gift of Death.

———. Hospitality. 2 vols.

Heidegger, Martin. “The Question Concerning Technology.”

Husserl, Edmund. The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology: An Introduction to Phenomenological Philosophy.

Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Musil, Robert. The Man Without Qualities.

Patočka, Jan. Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History.

———. Plato and Europe.

———. The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the Soul.

Plunkett, Erin, ed. Kierkegaard and Possibility.

Ricœur, Paul. “Jan Patocka: A Philosopher of Resistance.”

The Socrates of Prague. Documentary.

Tava, Francesco, and Darian Meacham, eds. Thinking After Europe: Jan Patočka and Politics.

OUTLINE:

(01:39) – Discovering “the myth of Patočka”

(06:18) – Roundtable: Patočka, Nietzsche, Foucault, Arendt

(09:51) – The life of Patočka in the century of war

(15:37) – Key themes: Movement, care for the soul, sacrifice

(21:03) – Relationship to Husserl and Heidegger

(25:02) – Husserlian transcendence vs. Patockian transcendence

(27:36) – The “limping pilgrim” and the “sacrifice for nothing”

(32:05) – Patočka, Heidegger, and Husserl on science and technology

(38:09) – “Asubjective phenomenology”

(43:05) – Aesthetic and literary criticism

(48:35) – “The solidarity of the shaken”

(52:28) – Patočka and Derrida

(54:08) – The failure of the European project

(59:32) – What’s next for Dr. Plunkett

(01:00:55) – Where to find Dr. Plunkett

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

John Milbank is Emeritus Professor of Politics, Religion and Ethics at the University of Nottingham where he is also President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. His most recent book, written with Adrian Pabst, is The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future.

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de Lubac, Henri. A Brief Catechesis on Nature and Grace.

Deneen, Patrick J. Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.

———. Why Liberalism Failed.

Marshall, H. E. Our Island Story.

Milbank, John. The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology.

———. The Legend of Death: Two Poetic Sequences.

———. The Religious Dimension in the Thought of Giambattista Vico, 1668–1774: Language, Law and History.

———. Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason.

———, and Adrian Pabst. The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future.

OUTLINE:

(01:27) – A metaphysics of creativity and generosity

(06:39) – Roundtable: Maximus, Eriugena, Nicholas of Cusa, or: Schelling, Ravaisson, Solovyov

(08:48) – Phenomenology and/vs. metaphysics

(24:57) – Radical orthodoxy’s origin story

(35:40) – Radical orthodoxy’s relationship to the lived theology of faith communities

(43:22) – Temptations to cross the Tiber?

(50:05) – “Eureka moments” in Prof. Milbank’s theological journey

(58:53) – Ruskin and Christian socialism

(01:04:10) – The contemporary theological scene

(01:14:37) – British and American postliberalism(s)

(01:22:13) – What’s on the horizon for Prof. Milbank

Nicholas E. Denysenko is Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and Chair at Valparaiso University. He is the author of The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (2018) and most recently of The Church's Unholy War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Orthodoxy (Cascade, 2023) and This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made: The Liturgical Year in Orthodoxy (Cascade, 2023).

*Apologies for the sound feedback on this episode.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Church’s Unholy War: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666748154/the-churchs-unholy-war/

Prof. Denysenko’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicholasDenyse1

Prof. Denysenko’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-denysenko-03869811/

Prof. Denysenko’s academia.edu page: https://valpo.academia.edu/NicholasDenysenko

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Denysenko, Nicholas. The Church’s Unholy War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Orthodoxy.

———. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation.

———. This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made: The Liturgical Year in Orthodoxy.

OUTLINE:

(01:32) – From liturgical theology to Ukrainian (and Russian) church history

(06:32) – Personal experiences of Ukraine

(07:40) – Roundtable: Alexander Schmemann, Maria Skobtsova, Nicholas Afanasiev

(14:24) – Who’s involved: the Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia

(29:02) – Patriarchs Filaret, Bartholomew, and Kirill

(46:27) – Metropolitans Onufriy and Epiphaniy

(01:02:42) – The Maidan Revolution of Dignity and the creation of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine

(01:08:56) – Why the Russian Orthodox Church justifies the war in Ukraine

(01:16:09) – Responses to the war from other Orthodox around the globe

(01:19:38) – What’s next for the global Orthodox churches

(01:24:02) – What’s next for Prof. Denysenko

The Bulgakov Booth is a four-part series of interviews on the Russian priest and theologian, Sergius Bulgakov (1871–1944). The interviews here will explore the many intellectual twists and turns in Bulgakov's biography as well as some key themes in his writings.

Roberto J. De La Noval is Assistant Professor of Theology at Mount Saint Mary’s University (Emmitsburg, MD). A systematic and historical theologian, his work covers figures such as Sergius Bulgakov and Bernard Lonergan, with a focus on Christian eschatology. He is also a translator of Russian religious thought. His most recent publications are Sergius Bulgakov, The Sophiology of Death (Cascade Books, 2021) and Sergius Bulgakov, Spiritual Diary (Angelico Press, 2022, with Mark Roosien).

Fr. Mark Roosien is the pastor of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, CT, and Lecturer in Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He is a scholar and translator of Eastern Christian theology and liturgy. In addition to his translations of two books by Sergius Bulgakov—The Eucharistic Sacrifice (University of Notre Dame Press, 2021) and Spiritual Diary (Angelico Press, 2022, with Roberto De La Noval)—his monograph on liturgical and theological responses to natural disaster in Byzantium is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. 

PODCAST LINKS:

Spiritual Diary: https://angelicopress.com/products/spiritual-diary?_pos=1&_sid=c7ba52dd8&_ss=r

The Sophiology of Death: https://wipfandstock.com/9781532699658/the-sophiology-of-death/

The Eucharistic Sacrifice: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268201418/the-eucharistic-sacrifice/

Rob's Twitter: https://twitter.com/roberto_noval?lang=en

Rob's academia.edu page: https://nd.academia.edu/RobertoDeLaNoval

Fr. Mark's academia.edu page: https://yale.academia.edu/MarkRoosien

Hermitix podcast: https://hermitix.net/Home

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Hermitix podcast: https://hermitix.net/Home

SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bulgakov, Sergius. The Bride of the Lamb.

———. The Comforter.

———. The Eucharistic Sacrifice.

———. The Lamb of God.

———. Relices and Miracles: Two Theological Essays.

———. Sergii Bulgakov: Towards a Russian Political Theology (edited by Rowan Williams).

———. The Sophiology of Death: Essays on Eschatology: Personal, Political, Universal.

———. Spiritual Diary.

Florensky, Pavel. The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters.

Marion, Jean-Luc. In Excess: Studies of Saturated Phenomena.

Solovyov, Vladimir. Lectures on Divine Humanity.

OUTLINE:

(02:14) – Drip coffee, ice water, and orange salt electrolyte water

(07:15) – Rob’s roundtable: Bulgakov, Teilhard de Chardin, Balthasar, Simone Weil

(11:42) – Fr. Mark’s roundtable: Bulgakov, Balthasar, Ernst Bloch, Augustine

(15:45) – Biography: son of a priest –> Marxist economist –> theologian and priest

(27:35) – Personalism, the hyper-real, and Sophia

(34:10) – The Bulgakov of Spiritual Diary

(42:23) – Bulgakov the friend (of Florensky and Sr. Reitlinger)

(52:29) – The story behind The Sophiology of Death

(01:01:44) – Bulgakov’s theology of death

(01:11:44) – The Trinity and the eucharistic sacrifice

(01:23:07) – Final thoughts

The Bulgakov Booth is a four-part series of interviews on the Russian priest and theologian, Sergius Bulgakov (1871–1944). The interviews here will explore the many intellectual twists and turns in Bulgakov's biography as well as some key themes in his writings.

Sarah Livick-Moses is currently writing a dissertation at Boston College on the doctrines of Trinity and creation in Sergii Bulgakov's major theological writings. She is a Managing Editor at the Journal of Religion and the Arts, serves on the Steering Committee for the Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion, and is a Graduate Fellow with the NU Research Initiative for the Study of Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought.

PODCAST LINKS:

Sarah’s academia.edu page: https://bc.academia.edu/SarahLivickMoses

Genealogies of Modernity: https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bulgakov, Sergius. The Bride of the Lamb.

———. The Comforter.

———. The Lamb of God.

———. Sophia: The Wisdom of God: An Outline of Sophiology.

———. The Sophiology of Death: Essays on Eschatology: Personal, Political, Universal.

———. Unfading Light: Contemplations and Speculations.

Livick-Moses, Sarah. “Eschatological Resurrection and Historical Liberation.”

Meerson, Michael A. The Trinity of Love in Modern Russian Theology.

Newsome Martin, Jennifer. Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Critical Appropriation of Russian Religious Thought.

———. “The ‘Whence’ and the ‘Whither’ of Balthasar’s Gendered Theology: Rehabilitating Kenosis for Feminist Theology.”

Skobtsova, Mother Maria. Essential Writings.

OUTLINE:

(02:03) – Roundtable: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hadewijch of Antwerp, Meister Eckhart

(05:30) – Major themes: divine-humanity, eschatology, iconography, Sophia

(08:02) – Bulgakovian (and Russian) Sophiology

(15:35) – Countering (completing?) German Idealism

(18:18) – Friends and influences: Florensky, Berdyaev

(19:43) – Bulgakov’s (and Maria Skobtsova’s) “eschatological politicism”

(24:57) – The two poles of eschatological politicism

(26:35) – Spiritual participation in political systems

(30:43) – A Bulgakovian assessment of Patriarch Kirill

(34:25) – Bulgakov’s ecclesial and political milieu

(36:48) – Sophia in the church-world relation

(39:47) – Gender difference in Bulgakov’s theology

(45:45) – Bulgakov’s iconology in feminist perspective

(50:46) – What’s next for Sarah and where to find her

The Bulgakov Booth is a four-part series of interviews on the Russian priest and theologian, Sergius Bulgakov (1871–1944). The interviews here will explore the many intellectual twists and turns in Bulgakov's biography as well as some key themes in his writings.

Jordan Daniel Wood earned his PhD in theology from Boston College in 2019 and published a book with University of Notre Dame Press entitled The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor (2022). He is also a stay-at-home father of four girls.

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Jordan’s academia.edu page: https://bc.academia.edu/JordanWood

Jordan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JordanW41069857

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bulgakov, Sergius. The Bride of the Lamb.

———. The Lamb of God.

———. Sergii Bulgakov: Towards a Russian Political Theology.

———. The Sophiology of Death: Essays on Eschatology: Personal, Political, Universal.

———. The Tragedy of Philosophy (Philosophy and Dogma).

Daley, Brian E., SJ. God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered.

Dei Verbum: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.

de Lubac, Henri. The Religion of Teilhard de Chardin.

John Paul II, Pope. Fides et ratio.

Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Judgment.

———. Critique of Practical Reason.

———. Critique of Pure Reason.

Kaplan, Grant. Faith and Reason through Christian History: A Theological Essay.

Marcel, Gabriel. Creative Fidelity.

Plato. Parmenides.

Rahner, Karl. Faith in a Wintry Season: Conversations and Interviews with Karl Rahner in the Last Years of His Life. 

———. The Trinity.

Slesinski, Robert F. The Theology of Sergius Bulgakov.

Unitatis Redintegratio: Decree on Ecumenism.

von Balthasar, Hans Urs. Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved?: with “A Short Discourse on Hell.”

———. The Theology of Karl Barth.

Wood, Jordan Daniel. “The Lively God of Sergius Bulgakov: Reflections on The Sophiology of Death.”

OUTLINE:

NEED TO ADJUST TIME STAMPS AFTER INTRO IS RECORDED

(00:00) – Maximus Confessor, Friedrich Schelling, Sergius Bulgakov

(06:31) – Roundtable: Bulgakov, Augustine, Aquinas, Hegel

(10:56) – Incarnation as repair vs. Incarnation as disclosure

(21:24) – Bulgakov: alive to God, alive to the world

(30:00) – Key themes: antinomy and synthesis

(37:50) – What the Western traditions can learn from Bulgakov

(44:00) – The particularization of the universal

(49:15) – Creative distance (from Europe) and creative fidelity (to the church)

(57:30) – Bulgakov’s ecumenism

(01:00:13) – The Sophiology of Death

(01:06:42) – Two approaches to Sophia

(01:20:36) – The One and the Many

(01:31:09) – The influence of German Idealism

(01:33:48) – Bulgakov and universalism

The Bulgakov Booth is a four-part series of interviews on the Russian priest and theologian, Sergius Bulgakov (1871–1944). The interviews here will explore the many intellectual twists and turns in Bulgakov's biography as well as some key themes in his writings.

Regula M. Zwahlen is Scientific Director of the Sergiy Bulgakov Research Center at the University of Fribourg and co-editor of the German edition of Bulgakov’s work. Zwahlen is the author of the German book, Das revo­lutionäre Ebenbild Gottes: Anthropologien der Menschenwürde bei Nikolaj A. Berdjaev und Sergej N. Bulgakov (Man as the Revolu­tionary Image of God: The Philosophical Anthropologies of Sergii N. Bulgakov and Nikolai A. Berdiaev), and has published a number of essays on Russian and Soviet con­cepts of personality and on Russian Orthodox human rights discourse.

PODCAST LINKS:

Regula’s academia.edu page: https://unifr.academia.edu/RegulaZwahlen

Regula’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RegulaZwahlen

Sergiy Bulgakov Research Center: https://www.unifr.ch/sergij-bulgakov/de/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism.

Bulgakov, Sergij. The Tragedy of Philosophy: Philosophy and Dogma.

Zwahlen, Regula M. Das revolutionäre Ebenbild Gottes: Anthropologien der Menschenwürde bei Nikolaj A. Berdjaev und Sergej N. Bulgakov

———. “The Revolutionary Spirit of Revelation: Sergii Bulgakov’s Personalist Sociology.”

———. “What is a ‘healthy national feeling’? Serge Bulgakov's response to Chaadaev's despair.”

OUTLINE:

(01:39) – Pronouncing Sergii/Sergius Bulgakov

(03:49) – Roundtable: Bulgakov, Kant, Arendt, Bonhoeffer

(09:03) – Biography: Orthodoxy –> Marxism –> Idealism –> Orthodoxy again

(18:32) – The dignity of the human person, the meaning of matter, and the meaning of history

(20:54) – The “Russian Silver Age”

(24:57) – Bulgakov and Nikolai Berdyaev

(30:23) – Personhood, Godmanhood, and Sophia

(36:43) – Sophiology: Hildegard, Böhme, Russian philosophy

(40:37) – The influence of German Idealism

(43:39) – Political thinking

(47:25) – Relationship to socialism

(50:22) – The nation-state and “a healthy national feeling”

(52:58) – Church, politics, and economics

(56:57) – Where to find Regula’s work

Michael Morelli is assistant professor of theology, culture, and ethics at Northwest Baptist Seminary in British Columbia, Canada. Michael is also the editor of the recent Pickwick book, Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word. This volume includes the first English translation of an essay by Jacques Ellul, along with five short engagements with Ellul’s essay from current leading Ellul scholars.

PODCAST LINKS:

Jacques Ellul, Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666742534/desert-wilderness-wasteland-and-word/

Wipf and Stock’s Ellul volumes: https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?contributor=jacques-ellul&page_number=1

Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mchlmorelli?lang=en

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Barth, Karl. The Epistle to the Romans.

Eliot, T. S. “The Waste Land.”

Ellul, Jacques. A Critique of the New Commonplaces.

———. Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word: A New Essay by Jacques Ellul and Five Critical Engagements.

———. The Empire of Non-Sense: Art in the Technological Society.

———. Hope in Time of Abandonment.

———. Presence in the Modern World.

———. The Technological Bluff.

———. The Theological Foundation of Law.

Ziegler, Philip G. Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology.

OUTLINE:

(01:42) – Chai tea, raw milk, oat milk(s), Keurig coffee

(09:27) – Roundtable: Ellul, Virilio, Marx, Barth, Kierkegaard

(13:36) – Ellul: Fiery? Austere? Curmudgeonly?

(15:57) – The French Theodor Adorno

(18:22) – French Protestant sociologist, theologian, and activist

(26:30) – A one-man Frankfurt School (and a Barthian-Kierkegaardian)

(32:16) – Technique as the new form of capital

(36:40) – Confronting the trauma of fascism

(41:39) – Freedom and the fear thereof

(45:22) – Messianic inbreaking

(48:56) – Anarchy and activism

(53:05) – Discovering Ellul (and Virilio)

(59:00) – Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word

(01:02:32) – The One who we recognize without knowing

(01:07:05) – The “desert” in Ellul

(01:11:07) – Technology and eco-theology

(01:14:27) – Where to find Michael

(01:16:07) – Future project: Ellul and cinema

David Artman is the author of Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism (Wipf & Stock, 2020) and the host of the Grace Saves All podcast.

In this second part of my conversation with David, he and I continue our conversation on Christian universalism, address some of the main critiques of this position, and discuss his book and podcast.

PODCAST LINKS:

David’s book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781532650888/grace-saves-all/

Grace Saves All podcast: https://www.davidartman.net/podcast

David’s website: https://www.davidartman.net/

David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidartman?lang=en

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Artman, David. Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism.

Hart, David Bentley. The New Testament: A Translation.

———. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation.

Jersak, Bradley. Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem.

MacDonald, Gregory (Robin Parry). The Evangelical Universalist.

Parry, Robin A., with Ilaria L. E. Ramelli. A Larger Hope?, Volume 2: Universal Salvation from the Reformation to the Nineteenth Century.

Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich.

Sarris, George W. Heaven’s Doors: Wider Than You Ever Believed!

Yancey, Philip. Vanishing Grace: Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World.

Zahnd, Brian. Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News.

OUTLINE:

(00:14) – The ultimate question of God’s goodness

(02:48) – Scriptures for and (apparently) against

(13:45) – “Weeping and gnashing of teeth”

(22:08) – Resources on Christian universalism

(24:38) – Universalism, evangelism, and morality

(35:15) – Free will and freedom

(43:31) – Universalism in the early church

(51:44) – The traumatic impact of infernalist theology

(01:02:23) – David’s book, Grace Saves All

(01:15:49) – What’s next for David

(01:19:23) – Where to find David

David Artman is the author of Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism (Wipf & Stock, 2020) and the host of the Grace Saves All podcast.

On this first of two episodes with David, he and I begin a conversation on the topic of Christian universalism, a conversation which we will continue in a subsequent episode to be released in a couple of weeks. Here we discuss his own journey to Christian universalism, some of the major historic and contemporary figures within this stream of thinking, and clear up some of the common misperceptions and critiques.

PODCAST LINKS:

David’s book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781532650888/grace-saves-all/

Grace Saves All podcast: https://www.davidartman.net/podcast

David’s website: https://www.davidartman.net/

David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidartman?lang=en

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Artman, David. Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism.

Hart, David Bentley. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation.

Hronich, Andrew. Once Loved Always Loved: The Logic of Apokatastasis.

Jersak, Bradley. Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem.

MacDonald, Gregory (Robin Parry). The Evangelical Universalist.

Parry, Robin, with Ilaria Ramelli. A Larger Hope?, Volume 2: Universal Salvation from the Reformation to the Nineteenth Century.

Ramelli, Ilaria. A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich.

Talbott, Thomas. The Inescapable Love of God. Wood, Jordan Daniel. The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor.

OUTLINE:

(00:14) – Microphones and Monty Python

(05:05) – Podcasting and publishing on universalism

(08:30) – Private journals: Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann, Hans Urs von Balthasar, C. S. Lewis

(12:35) – White Russian, English Breakfast-Cocoa elixir

(17:26) – From evangelical fundamentalism to Brite Divinity School

(22:50) – Discovering Christian universalism

(28:20) – Universalism and holding on to faith

(30:35) – The logic and history of Christian universalism

(35:03) – Historic figures: Gregory of Nyssa, Origen of Alexandria, Maximus Confessor

(40:31) – Universalism and (Nicene) orthodoxy

(48:48) – Contemporary figures: David Bentley Hart, Thomas Talbott, Ilaria Ramelli, Robin Parry

(54:45) – What are the alternatives?

(58:49) – Facing the critiques of Christian universalism

(01:07:53) – To be continued . . .

The Apocalyptic Paul Booth is a series of episodes dedicated to apocalyptic readings of the apostle Paul’s letters. Interviews situate Pauline apocalyptic—a stream of similar interpretations of Paul's writings originating in the work of exegetes like Rudolf Bultmann and Ernst Käsemann—among other interpretations (the Old and New Paul readings, for instance) as well as among Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature.

On this episode, I talk with Dr. Susan Grove Eastman, Associate Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Duke Divinity School, as well as an Episcopal priest with two decades of pastoral experience. Dr. Eastman is the author of numerous books on Paul, most recently including Recovering Paul's Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians (2nd ed., Cascade, 2022), (forthcoming, Cascade, 2023), and the forthcoming Interpretation commentary on Romans.

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Davies, Jamie. The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect.

Davis, Joshua B., and Douglas Harink. Apocalyptic and the Future of Theology: With and Beyond J. Louis Martyn.

De Boer, Martinus. Paul, Theologian of God’s Apocalypse: Essays on Paul and Apocalyptic.

Grove Eastman, Susan. Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology.

———. Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians. 2nd ed.

Jervis, L. Ann. Paul and Time: Life in the Temporality of Christ.

Linebaugh, Jonathan A. The Word of the Cross: Reading Paul.

Martyn, J. Louis. Galatians.

OUTLINE:

(02:18) – Ethiopian coffee, Keurig coffee

(03:45) – Three ways of construing the Apocalyptic Paul

(07:54) – Cosmological scope

(09:36) – Pauline apocalyptic and other biblical apocalyptic

(12:18) – Major historic figures: Kasemann, Barth, Martyn, Beker

(15:25) – The influence of Lou (and Dorothy) Martyn and Käsemann

(18:13) – Zooming out from the individual to the cosmological

(22:21) – Pauline apocalyptic’s blind spots: dichotomous thinking

(28:37) – Paul and human transformation

(33:12) – Paul and the life of the church

(39:20) – “Invasion” vs. “incarnation”

(43:39) – Contemporary figures: Davies, Jervis, Bowens, Harink

(46:31) – Where to start

(49:39) – Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue, 2nd ed.

(54:18) – Forthcoming: Oneself in Another

The Apocalyptic Paul Booth is a series of episodes dedicated to apocalyptic readings of the apostle Paul’s letters. Interviews situate Pauline apocalyptic—a stream of similar interpretations of Paul's writings originating in the work of exegetes like Rudolf Bultmann and Ernst Käsemann—among other interpretations (the Old and New Paul readings, for instance) as well as among Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature.

Here we interview Douglas Harink, Professor Emeritus of Theology at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta, whose main areas of interest are in Pauline studies and contemporary theology. His publications include Paul among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology beyond Christendom and Modernity (Wipf & Stock, 2013) and the edited volumes, Paul, Philosophy, and the Theolopolitical Vision: Critical Engagements with Agamben, Badiou, Zizek, and Others (Cascade, 2010) and (with Joshua Davis) Apocalyptic and the Future of Theology: With and Beyond J. Louis Martyn (Cascade, 2012).

PODCAST LINKS:

Dr. Harink’s website: https://douglasharink.ca/

Dr. Harink’s author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/douglas-harink/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Agamben, Giorgio. The Time That Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans.

Badiou, Alain. Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism.

Barclay, John M. G. Paul and the Gift.

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics. 14 vols.

———. The Epistle to the Romans.

Beker, J. Christiaan. The Triumph of God: The Essence of Paul’s Thought.

Bowens, Lisa M. African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation.

Davies, Jamie. The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect.

Davis, Joshua B., and Douglas Harink. Apocalyptic and the Future of Theology: With and Beyond J. Louis Martyn.

De Boer, Martinus C. Galatians.

Eastman, Susan Grove. Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology.

Harink, Douglas. Paul among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology Beyond Christendom and Modernity.

———. Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World.

———, ed. Paul, Philosophy, and the Theopolitical Vision: Critical Engagements with Agamben, Badiou, Žižek, and Others.

Jervis, L. Ann. Paul and Time: Life in the Temporality of Christ.

Martyn, J. Louis. Galatians.

McKnight, Scot, et al., eds. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship.

Przywara, Erich. Analogia Entis: Metaphysics: Original Structure and Universal Rhythm.

Sonderegger, Katherine. Systematic Theology. 2 vols.

OUTLINE:

(02:18) – Starbucks coffee and (much better) craft coffee

(05:20) – Apocalyptic Paul in a nutshell: Who rules the world?

(08:32) – Tracking Pauline studies as a systematic theologian (by training)

(09:46) – Why an apocalyptic reading of Paul?

(14:40) – “Reveal/revelation” vs. “apocalypse”

(18:53) – Major historic figures: Schweitzer, Bultmann, Käsemann, Beker, Martyn

(26:28) – Pulling Pauline apocalyptic into theological territory

(30:48) – . . . and on into philosophical territory: Badiou, Agamben, Žižek

(36:42) – Kierkegaard: the radical claim God makes on our lives

(38:47) – Catholic/Orthodox apocalyptic: O’Regan, Betz, Hart

(45:36) – Reconciling Pauline apocalyptic and Paul within Judaism

(49:45) – Barth and apocalyptic theology

(50:58) – Bible commentaries written in an apocalyptic/theological mode

(57:45) – Pauline apocalyptic’s critique of salvation history

(01:03:35) – Contemporary figures: Gaventa, Eastman, Barclay, de Boer, Brown, Bowens, Jervis, Davies

(01:08:31) – Where to learn more about Harink’s work

The Apocalyptic Paul Booth is a series of episodes dedicated to apocalyptic readings of the apostle Paul’s letters. Interviews situate Pauline apocalyptic—a stream of similar interpretations of Paul's writings originating in the work of exegetes like Rudolf Bultmann and Ernst Käsemann—among other interpretations (the Old and New Paul readings, for instance) as well as among Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature.

Here we interview Jamie Davies (PhD, St Andrews), Tutor of New Testament and Director of Research at Trinity College, Bristol (UK). His research largely concerns apocalyptic thought in the New Testament and other Second Temple Jewish and Christian literature, with a particular focus on the letters and theology of Paul. He is the author of Paul Among the Apocalypses (T&T Clark, 2016), The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect (Cascade, 2022), and Reading Revelation: A Literary and Theological Commentary (Smyth & Helwys, in press 2023).

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PODCAST LINKS:

Dr. Davies’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamiePDavies

Dr. Davies’ academia.edu page: https://trinitycollegebristol.academia.edu/JamieDavies

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Blackwell, Ben C. Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination.

Bowens, Lisa M. African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation.

Davies, Jamie. The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect.

———. Paul Among the Apocalypses?: An Evaluation of the ‘Apocalyptic Paul’ in the Context of Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature.

Eastman, Susan Grove. Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul's Anthropology.

Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. Apocalyptic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5–8.

Hart, David Bentley. Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief.

Käsemann, Ernst. The Testament of Jesus: A Study of the Gospel of John in the Light of Chapter 17.

Martyn, J. Louis. The Gospel of John in Christian History: Seven Glimpses into the Johannine Community.

———. History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel.

O’Regan, Cyril. “Two Forms of Catholic Apocalyptic Theology.”

OUTLINE:

(02:14) – Ethiopian coffee, evening tea

(03:40) – Defining “apocalyptic”

(06:24) – Apocalyptic vis-à-vis other perspectives on Paul

(09:39) – Old and New Perspectives

(11:23) – Where to start

(13:59) – “An accidental Paul scholar”

(15:59) – Paul among other biblical apocalyptic

(18:59) – Desert island: Barth, Kasemann, Gaventa

(20:49) – Pauline apocalyptic after Kasemann and Martyn: did we forget John?

(24:30) – Jewish apocalyptic literature, supersessionism

(28:22) – Pauline apocalyptic and Jewish apocalyptic

(31:43) – Johannine apocalyptic

(34:36) – Why do apocalyptic Paul scholars like Barth so much?

(37:14) – Non-Protestants entering the fold: O’Regan, Hart

(40:10) – Pauline apocalyptic in an interdisciplinary and generous mode

(44:03) – Apocalyptic epistemology

(47:28) – New directions in Pauline apocalyptic

(50:22) – Teaching apocalyptic to ministerial students

(53:34) – How to connect with Jamie

The Grind is a series of interviews with young scholars and PhD students on the many ways of "making a way" in the theological academy, and all the trials and joys therein.

Steven Nemes (PhD Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2021) is an instructor of Latin and Greek at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy and an academic theologian who writes about phenomenology, theology, and the intersection of the two. 

Here we discuss life in Pasadena during Dr. Nemes' PhD days, his discovery of philosophy and theology, and his experience working outside the academy post-PhD.  

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Kitamori, Kazoh. Theology of the Pain of God.

Nemes, Steven. Orthodoxy and Heresy.

———. Theological Authority in the Church: Reconsidering Traditionalism and Hierarchy.

———. Theology of the Manifest: Christianity without Metaphysics.

Radner, Ephraim. A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church.

Schaeffer, Francis A. The God Who Is There.

OUTLINE:

(01:49) – Herbal tea and soda water

(05:51) – Arizona State – Fuller Seminary

(08:59) – From Francis Schaeffer to Michel Henry to Kazoh Kitamori

(16:37) – Theological authority: Protestantism beyond the need for theological certainty

(23:19) – Applying to PhD programs

(29:06) – Picking a dissertation topic: phenomenology of Scripture

(31:36) – Phenomenology of religion: Catholic and Protestant

(37:58) – PhD paradise in Pasadena

(42:44) – PhD funding: Templeton grant

(44:11) – Planning for post-PhD life/job apps/first job

(51:14) – Staying active in the academic community as a non-academic (professionally speaking)

(56:03) – Working outside the academy

(59:29) – Balancing (theological) work and family life

(01:03:03) – Advice for prospective PhD students

(01:06:43) – New book: Theological Authority in the Church

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

In this Luminaries interview, I talk with Dr. H. Paul Santmire, a historian and pastoral scholar in the disciplines of ecological theology, environmental ethics, and Christian liturgy and spirituality.

On this episode, Dr. Santmire and I discuss eco-theology, Martin Luther, modern Lutheran theology, Barth and Bonhoeffer, and doing theology from the margins.

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Blog post: [coming soon]

Dr. Santmire’s website: https://hpaulsantmire.net/

Dr. Santmire’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HPaulSantmire

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship.

———. Letters and Papers from Prison.

Santmire, H. Paul. Behold the Lilies: Jesus and the Contemplation of Nature—A Primer.

———. Celebrating Nature by Faith: Studies in Reformation Theology in an Era of Global Emergency.

———. EcoActivist Testament: Explorations of Faith and Nature for Fellow Travelers.

———. South African Testament: From Personal Encounter to Theological Challenge.

———. The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology.

OUTLINE:

(01:52) – Orange juice, virgin mary

(03:02) – Lutherans (and Luther), Nazis, the Holocaust, Bonhoeffer

(10:42) – Studying with Paul Tillich, Heiko Oberman, and Martin Heinecken

(14:04) – The influence of Christian liturgy

(17:04) – “Behold the lilies” vs. “Consider the lilies”

(22:28) – Nature and civilization

(26:34) – American Lutheran (eco)theology

(31:53) – Jürgen Moltmann

(34:12) – Tradition-specific approaches to global issues

(38:25) – Karl Barth and theology of nature

(46:36) – God and humanity (and nature?)

(48:23) – Advice to eco-activists: do nothing for a spell

(52:28) – Eco-justice organizations

(56:02) – Interracial work in apartheid South Africa

(01:00:47) – Theology that starts from the margins

Presian Renee Burroughs earned her ThD at Duke Divinity School and currently teaches at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, where she is also a fellow of Wake Forest’s Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. She is the author of “Creation’s Slavery and Liberation: Paul’s Letter to Rome in the Face of Imperial and Industrial Agriculture” (Cascade, 2022).

In this standalone interview, Presian talks about her experience as a Duke Divinity student, the apostle Paul, applying Pauline scholarship to the church context, the role of creation in Paul’s writing, and what Paul’s ecological ethic might mean for industrial agriculture and the food system in America today.

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Burroughs, Presian Renee. Creation’s Slavery and Liberation: Paul’s Letter to Rome in the Face of Imperial and Industrial Agriculture.

———, ed. Practicing with Paul: Reflections on Paul and the Practices of Ministry in Honor of Susan G. Eastman.

Martyn, J. Louis. Galatians. The Anchor Bible.

OUTLINE:

(01:35) – Coffee, OJ, water, chai latte

(02:56) – “Narrowly evangelical” to “broader evangelicalism”

(06:44) – Grappling with the inspiration of Scripture

(09:01) – Life at Duke Divinity

(13:01) – Authentically Christian professors

(17:34) – Pauline scholarship and the church: overlapping complexities

(23:48) – Paul and the not-so-uniform church

(27:20) – Honoring Susan Eastman

(31:44) – Scripture’s story of creation and science’s story of earth

(35:33) – Paul and politics

(43:35) – Creation in Paul’s thought

(47:11) – Humanity and creation: dominion or servant leadership?

(51:03) – Deforestation in ancient Rome

(55:16) – Eco-ethical principles in Paul’s writing

(01:03:15) – Applying Paul’s ecological ethic to America’s food system

(01:10:02) – Compost, food co-ops, and more beans (less meat)

The Barth Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Karl Barth. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Barth scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about Barth. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at Duke Divinity School. In 2001, Time Magazine named him "America's Best Theologian." He is the author of a great many books, including his most recent, Fully Alive: The Apocalyptic Humanism of Karl Barth. 

PODCAST LINKS:

The Barth Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/03/07/the-barth-booth/

Crackers and Grape Juice: https://crackersandgrapejuice.com/

"Jesus is Lord, everything else is bullsh*t" t-shirt: https://crackersandgrapejuice.bigcartel.com/product/hauerwas-mafia-shirt

Water Avenue Coffee (Portland, OR): https://wateravenuecoffee.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Barth, Karl. Anselm: Fides Quarens Intellectum.

———. Church Dogmatics. 14 vols.

———. Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century.

Hauerwas, Stanley. Fully Alive: The Apocalyptic Humanism of Karl Barth.

———. With the Grain of the Universe: The Church’s Witness and Natural Theology.

Hunsicker, David B. The Making of Stanley Hauerwas: Bridging Barth and Postliberalism.

Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation.

Scheeben, Matthias Joseph. Nature and Grace.

OUTLINE:

(02:06) – Colombian coffee and water

(02:56) – Discovering Barth at Yale Divinity

(05:00) – “Barth is always new”

(07:06) – Saying what needs to be said without apology

(08:16) – “Jesus is Lord, and everything else is bullsh*t"

(10:32) – Barth and the dialectical theologians

(12:16) – Barth’s ecclesiology

(15:57) – Barth’s reading

(17:21) – Barth and Anselm

(21:01) – Barth and Wittgenstein

(23:42) – Barth and postliberalism

(25:08) – Theological language that “does work”

(28:32) – Barth’s apocalypticism

(33:26) – Barthian humanism and “high humanism”

(35:33) – Barth and America

(37:51) – Barth’s “complex simplicity”

(40:25) – Dogmatics in Outline and CD 4/2

(42:19) – The future of Barth

The Barth Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Karl Barth. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Barth scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about Barth. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Kara Slade is Associate Rector of Trinity Church in Princeton and Canon Theologian of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. Dr. Slade earned a PhD in theology at Duke University and is the author of The Fullness of Time: Jesus Christ, Science, and Modernity (Cascade, 2023).

PODCAST LINKS:

The Barth Booth: [coming soon]

The Barth Center: https://barth.ptsem.edu/

Karl Barth Graduate Student Colloquium: https://pts.events/2023-barth-graduate-student-colloquium/

Mockingbird Ministries: https://mbird.com/

Health-Ade Kombucha: https://health-ade.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics.

———. Dogmatics in Outline.

———. The Epistle to the Romans.

———. Evangelical Theology: An Introduction.

Busch, Eberhard. The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth’s Theology.

Jennings, Willie James. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race.

Myers, Ben. The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism.

Nikolaus of Haguenau, and Matthias Grünewald. Isenheim Altarpiece.

Scarry, Elaine. On Beauty and Being Just.

Slade, Kara. The Fullness of Time: Jesus Christ, Science, and Modernity.

OUTLINE:

(01:45) – Coffee, kombucha, Coke

(03:25) – Theology from the church, for the church

(07:34) – The interwovenness of different doctrines in Barth

(11:09) – God’s conclusive action in Jesus Christ

(16:38) – Barth and “bro theology”

(19:41) – Beach reads: Dogmatics in Outline

(23:16) – CD 4/1

(27:23) – Barth and North American Anglicans

(34:26) – Barth’s doctrine of reconciliation

(38:35) – The inseparability of dogmatics and ethics

(42:40) – Barth studies in North America today

(48:37) – The “time of the resurrection” and the time of scientific modernity

(57:26) – Barth and Kierkegaard

(01:00:21) – The nuanced Barth

(01:02:26) – Kait Dugan, the Barth Center, Willie Jennings

The Barth Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Karl Barth. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Barth scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about Barth. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Kaitlyn Dugan is the Director of the Center for Barth Studies and co-author of The Finality of the Gospel: Karl Barth and the Tasks of Eschatology (2022) and Karl Barth and Liberation Theology (2023). Dugan's own research and writing focus on Pauline apocalyptic theology, eschatology, Karl Barth, Christian liberation theologies, and theologies of death.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Barth Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/03/07/the-barth-booth/

Center for Barth Studies: https://barth.ptsem.edu/

2023 Karl Barth Conference: https://pts.events/2023-barth-conference/

2023 Barth Graduate Student Colloquium: https://pts.events/2023-barth-graduate-student-colloquium/

Karl Barth Resource Guide: https://issuu.com/ptsem/docs/barth_resource_guide

Outline of Church Dogmatics: https://barth.ptsem.edu/wp-content/uploads/CD-Outline_pdf.pdf

Synergy Kombucha: https://gtslivingfoods.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Barth, Karl. Anselm: Fides Quaerens Intellectum.

———. Church Dogmatics. 14 vols.

———. Deliverance to the Captives.

———. Dogmatics in Outline.

———. The Epistle to the Romans.

———. Evangelical Theology: An Introduction.

Busch, Eberhard, ed. Barth in Conversation. 3 vols.

Chalamet, Christophe. Dialectical Theologians: Wilhelm Herrmann, Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann.

Nimmo, Paul T. Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision.

Ziegler, Philip G. Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology.

OUTLINE:

(01:55) – Kombucha and lapsang tea

(05:53) – The Barth Center

(09:41) – Gordon-Conwell – Princeton – Aberdeen

(14:35) – Philip Ziegler and Pauline apocalyptic

(16:30) – Barth’s “expansive vision of God’s grace”

(18:55) – Barth on God’s “Yes” and “No”

(28:48) – The caricatured Barth

(36:12) – Can Barth’s theology handle the tragic?

(41:07) – Church Dogmatics 4.1

(44:17) – Barth resource guide

(48:52) – Influences: Herrmann, Kierkegaard, Calvin, Luther, Anselm, …

(55:20) – Barth and the political

(01:00:24) – The horizon for Barth studies: The Holy Spirit and actualism

(01:04:59) – 2023 Karl Barth Conference and Graduate Student Colloquium

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

Professor John Swinton is a renowned practical theologian and the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

On this episode, Dr. Swinton and I discuss his career prior to entering the theological academy, a theology of mental health challenges, the experience of time for those living with disabilities, and confronting the problems of both “radical evil” and “banal evil.”

PODCAST LINKS:

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Blog post: [coming soon]

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Arendt, Hannah. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.

———. The Origins of Totalitarianism.

Hull, John M. Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness.

Koyama, Kosuke. Three Mile an Hour God.

Luhrmann, T. M, and Jocelyn Marrow, eds. Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures.

Swinton, John. Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship.

———. Deliver Us from Evil: A Call for Christians to Take Evil Seriously.

———. Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges.

World Health Organization, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

OUTLINE:

(02:02) – Black tea (with coffee beans), Coke Zero, and (thoughts of) Scotch

(03:30) – From nursing to the theological academy

(07:18) – Distinguishing practical theology as a subdiscipline

(10:26) – Diagnostic descriptors as experienced by diagnosed persons

(15:32) – Problematizing the DSM

(20:31) – Describing the experience of mental health challenges

(24:24) – Living with mental health diagnoses in the West

(30:12) – Advice for those living with mental health challenges

(31:45) – Advice for churches trying to welcome those with mental health challenges

(32:59) – The “temporarily able-bodied”

(35:40) – The speed of Western time and the speed of God’s time

(42:20) – Living in God’s time

(44:47) – “You’ve changed”: personal identity amidst the changes that come with disability

(51:06) – Evil according to Paul the Apostle, Susan Eastman, and Hannah Arendt

(58:57) – Resisting evil

Steven DeLay earned his PhD in philosophy at Oxford in 2017 and is the author of several books of philosophy and fiction, including a handful now with Wipf and Stock.

In this standalone interview, Steven talks Kierkegaard, phenomenology, philosophy for Protestants, and the relationship between theology and fiction.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/02/07/standalone-episode-steven-delay-kierkegaard-phenomenology-and-the-relationship-between-philosophy-and-theology-and-fiction/

Steven’s author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/steven-delay/

Steven’s website: https://stevendelay.com/

Steven’s academia.edu page: https://oxford.academia.edu/StevenDeLay

Temple Coffee Roasters: https://templecoffee.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bergo, Bettina. Anxiety: A Philosophical History.

Chrétien, Jean-Louis. Conscience et roman 1: La conscience au grand jour.

Clemente, Matthew. “As If It Were True: An Interview with Richard Kearney.”

DeLay, Steven. In the Spirit: A Phenomenology of Faith.

———. Phenomenology in France: A Philosophical and Theological Introduction.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment.

Falque, Emmanuel. Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology.

Fowles, John. The Magus: A Novel.

Graves, Adam J. The Phenomenology of Revelation in Heidegger, Marion, and Ricoeur.

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

Hopp, Walter. Phenomenology: A Contemporary Introduction.

Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling.

Marion, Jean-Luc. Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness.

———. A Brief Apology for a Catholic Moment.

———. God Without Being: Hors-Texte.

———. The Idol and Distance: Five Studies.

———. Negative Certainties.

———. Reduction and Givenness: Investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology.

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées.

Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief.

Rudd, Anthony. Painting and Presence: Why Paintings Matter.

Sellars, Wilfrid. Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind.

OUTLINE:

(01:28) – Decaf coffee, black coffee

(04:14) – Favorite books of 2022

(07:09) – Rice University – Oxford University

(09:43) – A conversion via Kierkegaard

(12:35) – Literature – philosophy – phenomenology – theology

(16:52) – Barth, Bultmann, and Rudolf Otto

(18:46) – Why should Christians read philosophy?

(23:05) – The merits of reading atheists and agnostics

(29:13) – Heidegger, onto-theology, and negative theology

(32:45) – Phenomenology a Catholic science?

(39:38) – Philosophy for Protestants

(41:30) – The GOAT of phenomenology

(44:16) – The hermeneutical critique of phenomenology

(47:41) – Desert island: phenomenology books

(49:38) – Philosophy and fiction

(59:31) – Steven’s forthcoming work

The Grind is a series of interviews with young scholars and PhD students on the many ways of "making a way" in the theological academy, and all the trials and joys therein.

Cody Bivins-Starr is a PhD student in theological ethics at the University of Aberdeen and is writing his dissertation on a theology of madness under the direction of Dr. Brian Brock.

In this interview for our podcast series, The Grind, Cody and I talk about applying to PhD programs, dissertation research, PhD supervisors, and much more.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/01/24/the-grind-cody-bivins-starr-on-considering-madness-theologically-picking-a-phd-supervisor-and-researching-for-a-dissertation/

Cody's academia.edu page: https://aberdeen.academia.edu/CodyBivinsStarr

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Sisters of the Road (Portland, OR): https://sistersoftheroad.org/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics II.2: The Doctrine of God.

Brock, Brian. “Parenting as political resistance: Disability and ‘dealing with’ late-modern medicine.”

Fanon, Frantz. The Psychiatric Writings from Alienation and Freedom.

———. The Wretched of the Earth.

Foucault, Michel. The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978–1979.

———. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.

———. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.

OUTLINE:

(01:28) – Assam tea and espresso tonic

(03:08) – From Grudem to Hauerwas to Barth and Bonhoeffer

(06:43) – Barth and political theology

(09:38) – Assemblies of God – Anglican – Mennonite

(16:36) – A theological account of madness

(23:04) – Picking a PhD program/supervisor

(30:53) – Pros and cons of PhD programs in the UK

(37:09) – Pains and joys of the PhD process

(44:08) – Reading non-theological sources

(50:45) – Mapping life post-PhD

(55:31) – Advice for prospective PhD students

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

Fr. John Behr is the Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen and an esteemed scholar of the patristics, having published several translations of various Church Fathers and monographs of his own on patristic figures and patristic theology. 

Here we discuss the Gospel of John, Irenaeus and Origen, and the mystery of Christ and of life in death.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/01/10/luminaries-john-behr-the-gospel-of-john-irenaeus-and-origen-and-the-mystery-of-life-in-death/

Fr. Behr's website: https://frjohnbehr.com/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Ashton, John. Understanding the Fourth Gospel.

Athanasius. On the Incarnation.

Behr, John. Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement.

———. Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity.

———. John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology.

———. The Nicene Faith. Formation of Christian Theology 2.

———. The Way to Nicaea. Formation of Christian Theology 1.

———, and Conor Cunningham, eds. The Role of Death in Life: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Relationship between Life and Death.

Brown, Peter. The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity.

Derrida, Jacques. The Gift of Death.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Possessed.

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. 3 vols.

Henry, Michel. I Am the Truth: Toward a Philosophy of Christianity.

———. Incarnation: A Philosophy of the Flesh.

———. Words of Christ.

Käsemann, Ernst. The Testament of Jesus: A Study of the Gospel of John in the Light of Chapter 17.

Origen. On First Principles. Translated by John Behr.

Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion.

OUTLINE:

(01:31) – Diner coffee and assam/lapsang souchong tea

(02:31) – John the Theologian

(09:01) – Rediscovering modern philosophy

(10:42) – The Prologue to the Gospel of John

(18:11) – “And the Word was towards God”

(27:07) – Contemporary scholarship on Irenaeus

(30:43) – The “Great Church” and heresy

(37:30) – The body: Church fathers, Peter Brown, Foucault

(41:33) – Origen in translation

(52:11) – Death: re-thinking “it is finished”

(01:04:53) – What’s wrong with “the Bible”

(01:11:43) – Original sin and the Fall

Book series spotlights provide a closer look at one of our many series via an interview with series editors and/or authors.

In this inaugural book series spotlight, we sit down with K. C. Hanson and Douglas E. Oakman, series editors of Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context. The volumes in the Matrix series explore the biblical text within the social context of the ancient Mediterranean and employ a variety of historical and social-scientific methods (including cultural anthropology, macrosociology, social psychology) to illuminate the text in said ancient Mediterranean world.

K. C. Hanson is editor-in-chief at Wipf and Stock and the author and editor of many books, including Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts (2008, co-authored with Douglas E. Oakman).

Douglas E. Oakman is Emeritus Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and the author of several Cascade titles, including Matrix series volumes, Jesus and the Peasants (2008) and The Radical Jesus, the Bible, and the Great Transformation (2021).

PODCAST LINKS:

Series page: https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?series=matrix-the-bible-in-mediterranean-context

K. C. Hanson's author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/k-c-hanson/

Douglas E. Oakman's author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/douglas-e-oakman/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Carney, Thomas F. The Shape of the Past: Models and Antiquity.

Craffert, Pieter F. The Life of a Galilean Shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological-Historical Perspective.

Elliott, John H. A Home for the Homeless: A Social-Scientific Criticism of 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy.

Guijarro, Santiago. The Gospel of Mark in Context: A Social-Scientific Reading of the First Gospel.

Malina, Bruce J. The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology.

Neyrey, SJ, Jerome H. By What Authority?: Luke Gives Jesus Public Voice.

Oakman, Douglas E. Jesus and the Peasants.

———. The Radical Jesus, the Bible, and the Great Transformation.

Pilch, John J., and Bruce J. Malina, eds. Handbook of Biblical Social Values.

Rohrbaugh, Richard L. The Biblical Interpreter: An Agrarian Bible in an Industrial Age.

———. The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Scott, James C. The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia.

van Eck, Ernest. The Parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a Social Prophet.

OUTLINE: 

(01:41) – Matcha tea, lemon ginger tea, and dark-roast coffee

(05:38) – The emergence of the Matrix series

(14:26) – Cross-cultural experiences and social-scientific approaches

(19:56) – Biblical scholarship for other scholars, churches, and students

(23:46) – Mapping social-scientific interpretation

(27:43) – Ancient context and modern global context

The Phenomenology Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the philosophical field of phenomenology. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with philosophers and theologians working in phenomenology, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books in phenomenology. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Emmanuel Falque is on the philosophy faculty at the Catholic University of Paris and is the founder of the International Network in Philosophy of Religion. He is also the author of many volumes on phenomenology, including his forthcoming book with Cascade, By Way of Obstacles: A Pathway through a Work.

If you’re listening to this on Spotify, you should know that you can also watch this interview with subtitles on YouTube. The link to the YouTube video is in the description below.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Phenomenology Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/29/the-phenomenology-booth/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Dika, Tarek. Quiet Powers of the Possible: Interviews in Contemporary French Phenomenology.

Falque, Emmanuel. By Way of Obstacles: A Pathway through a Work (forthcoming).

———. Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology.

———. The Guide to Gethsemane: Anxiety, Suffering, Death.

———. Hors phénomène: Essai aux confins de la phénoménalité.

———. The Loving Struggle: Phenomenological and Theological Debates.

———. The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection.

———. The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eros, the Body, and the Eucharist.

———. Saint Bonaventure and the Entrance of God Into Theology.

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

———. Duns Scotus's Doctrine of Categories and Meaning.

———. Ponderings II–VI: Black Notebooks 1931–1938.

———. Ponderings VI–XI: Black Notebooks 1938–1939.

———. Ponderings XII–XV: Black Notebooks 1939–1942.

Henry, Michel. I Am the Truth: Toward a Philosophy of Christianity.

———. Incarnation: A Philosophy of Flesh.

Ignatius of Loyola. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

Janicaud, Dominique. Phenomenology and the Theological Turn: The French Debate.

Levinas, Emmanuel. Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority.

Marion, Jean-Luc. God Without Being: Hors-Texte.

———. The Idol and Distance: Five Studies.

———. Reduction and Givenness: Investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. Phenomenology of Perception.

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs.

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Existentialism Is a Humanism.

Tertullian. On the Flesh of Christ.

OUTLINE:

(02:00) – Describing the phenomenon

(07:37) – Merleau-Ponty, Marion, and Janicaud

(11:19) – Meeting Marion

(18:40) – Genealogy of French phenomenology

(21:00) – Science or poetry?

(25:05) – Reduction, intentionality, and body

(34:25) – The “counterblow” of theology

(51:02) – Phenomenology as apologetics?

(58:40) – The “loving struggle” with Marion

(01:11:40) – Finitude

(01:23:10) – Resurrection and (re)birth

(01:38:02) – Animality and humanity

(1:49:49) – “A pathway through a work”

The Phenomenology Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the philosophical field of phenomenology. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with philosophers and theologians working in phenomenology, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books in phenomenology. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Conor Sweeney is a professor of theology at Christendom College and the author of a handful of books with us at Cascade, including his Sacramental Presence after Heidegger: Onto-theology, Sacraments, and the Mother’s Smile.

In the interview, Professor Sweeney and I have a conversation about Heidegger, sacramental theology, John Paul II, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and lots more.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Phenomenology Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/15/the-phenomenology-booth/

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/28/the-phenomenology-booth-conor-sweeney-dasein-the-sacraments-in-postmodernity-and-von-balthasars-rehabilitated-metaphysics/

Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/conor-sweeney/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

Husserl, Edmund. The Logical Investigations. 2 vols.

Marion, Jean-Luc. In Excess: Studies of Saturated Phenomena.

Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology.

von Balthasar, Hans Urs. Love Alone Is Credible.

Wojtyla, Karol/John Paul II. Love and Responsibility.

———. Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body.

———. Person and Community: Selected Essays.

OUTLINE:

(01:23) – Phenomenology as the study of givenness

(04:30) – Sokolowski – Husserl - Wojtyla/John Paul II

(08:43) – JP2, Heidegger, and the French theological turn

(12:47) – Phenomenology and golfing

(18:43) – The “destruction” of “onto-theology”

(25:18) – “Dasein,” “being-in-the-world,” and “being-towards-death”

(28:56) – von Balthasar vis-à-vis Chauvet and Boeve

(34:31) – Dasein and "the mother’s smile”

The Phenomenology Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the philosophical field of phenomenology. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with philosophers and theologians working in phenomenology, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books in phenomenology. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Donald Wallenfang is a Secular Discalced Carmelite and Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He has published many books with us at Cascade, including a Cascade Companion to phenomenology, Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist, and Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us. Wallenfang was a student of Jean-Luc Marion while doing his PhD. He is also married and the father of six children.

In this interview for our phenomenology booth, Dr. Wallenfang and I discuss Jean-Luc Marion, Emmanuel Levinas, Edith Stein, John Paul II, and the relationship between phenomenology and metaphysics.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Phenomenology Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/15/the-phenomenology-booth/

Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?keyword=donald+wallenfang

Dr. Wallenfang's academia.edu page: https://shms-mi.academia.edu/DonaldWallenfangOCDS

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Engelland, Chad. Phenomenology.

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

Husserl, Edmund. The Idea of Phenomenology.

———. Logical Investigations. 2 vols.

John Paul II. Fides et Ratio.

Levinas, Emmanuel. Ethics and Infinity: Interviews with Philippe Nemo.

———. Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence.

———. Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority.

Marion, Jean-Luc. Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness.

———. God Without Being: Hors-Texte.

———. “Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice.”

Robbins, Jill, ed. Is It Righteous to Be?: Interviews with Emmanuel Levinas.

Rosenzweig, Franz. The Star of Redemption.

Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology.

Stein, Edith. Knowledge and Faith.

———. Potency and Act: Studies Towards a Philosophy of Being.

Wallenfang, Donald. Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Étude in Phenomenology.

———. Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us.

———. Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein.

———. Phenomenology: A Basic Introduction in the Light of Jesus Christ.

Zahavi, Dan. Husserl’s Phenomenology.

———. Phenomenology: The Basics.

OUTLINE:

(01:48) – How phenomenology is like Apple computers

(07:46) – Some good introductory books

(10:07) – Studying with Jean-Luc Marion

(15:08) – Wading through the jargon

(20:13) – Reconciling phenomenology and metaphysics

(27:18) – Emmanuel Levinas and/vs. Jean-Luc Marion

(32:08) – Phenomenology as ecumenical endeavor

(35:46) – Levinas and Stein in light of the Holocaust

(40:46) – Phenomenology’s contributions to theology

The Grind is a series of interviews with young scholars and PhD students on the many ways of "making a way" in the theological academy, and all the trials and joys therein.

Dr. Jordan Daniel Wood recently published a book with University of Notre Dame Press titled “The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus the Confessor.” He received his PhD in theology from Boston College and is a stay-at-home father of four girls.

In this interview for our podcast series, The Grind, Dr. Wood and I discuss his intellectual formation, his experiences as a PhD student and young scholar, how he’s carved his own way as an academic, and lots more. 

PODCAST LINKS:

Dr. Wood's book: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203474/the-whole-mystery-of-christ/

Dr. Wood's academia.edu page: https://bc.academia.edu/JordanWood

Naoki Matcha (Saint Mary's, GA): https://naokimatcha.com/

Brick & Mortar Coffee (Springfield, MO): https://brickandmortar.coffee/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Maximus the Confessor. On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ. 

———. On Difficulties in the Church Fathers. Vol, 1, The Ambigua.

———. On Difficulties in the Church Fathers. Vol. 2, The Ambigua. 

The Philokalia. 4 vols. 

Wood, Jordan Daniel. "The Lively God of Sergius Bulgakov: Reflections on The Sophiology of Death." 

———, and Justin Shaun Coyle. "Must Catholics Hate Hegel?"

OUTLINE:

(02:28) – Matcha, raw milk, and Ethiopian coffee

(05:36) – Discovering historical theology

(12:43) – Maximus as Master

(20:44) – PhD days at Boston College

(24:18) – Family and the life of study

(31:01) – On the merits of not working in the academy

(44:13) – Further merits of being an unattached academic

(59:43) – Advice for prospective and current PhD students

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

Dr. Michael J. Gorman, who goes by Mike, holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. He is the author of many books with Cascade, including Reading Paul, Reading Revelation Responsibly, and the forthcoming The Self, the Lord, and the Other according to Paul and Epictetus.

In our interview here, Professor Gorman and I talk about theological interpretation of Scripture, missional hermeneutics, theosis, the Book of Revelation, abortion, and more.

Apologies for the glitches and poor sound quality in parts of the episode. We are actively working to strengthen WiFi signals and microphone quality.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/10/18/luminaries-abide-in-me-and-you-will-bear-much-fruit-an-interview-with-michael-j-gorman/

Gorman's author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/michael-j-gorman/ 

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Dault, David, et al. The Leaked Dobbs Draft, the Closure of Catholic News Service, and Looking Ahead to the Summer. The Francis Effect. Podcast audio. May 11, 2022.

Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. “Reading for the Subject: The Paradox of Power in Romans 14:1—15:6.” 

Gorman, Michael J. Abide and Go: Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John. 

———. Abortion and the Early Church: Christian, Jewish and Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World.

———. Reading Paul. Cascade Companions. 

———. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation. 

———. “Shalom and the Unborn.” 

———, and Ann Loar Brooks. Holy Abortion?: A Theological Critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: Why Christians and Christian Churches Should Reconsider the Issue of Abortion. 

Green, Joel B. Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture. 

Hays, Christopher B., and C. L. Crouch, eds. God and Guns: The Bible against American Gun Culture. 

Hays, Richard B. “Reading the Bible with Eyes of Faith: The Practice of Theological Exegesis.”

LaHaye, Tim, and Jerry B. Jenkins. The Left Behind Series. 12 vols. 

Lindsey, Hal. There’s a New World Coming: ‘A Prophetic Odyssey.’ 

Sandmel, Samuel. “Parallelomania.” 

Williams, Rowan. Christ the Heart of Creation. 

OUTLINE:

(01:32) - ‘70s Folk Rock

(02:34) - France, Greece, and Turkey

(03:29) - Theological Interpretation of Scripture

(08:07) - Missional Hermeneutics, Missional Theosis

(13:07) - Making Sense of the Pauline Corpus

(15:15) - (Mis)readings of the Book of Revelation

(21:20) - Abortion and the Church

(25:40) - The Bible and Nonviolence

(31:17) - Why Publish the Dissertation Now?

(33:57) - Paul and Epictetus

(38:57) - Writing for the Church, Ecumenism

(41:45) - Changing Your Mind

The Balthasar Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Balthasar scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about HUVB. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Levering holds the James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary and is the author of over thirty books, including his 2019 publication, The Achievement of Hans Urs von Balthasar: An Introduction to His Trilogy. 

In our conversation, Levering and I discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar, especially as his work relates to Thomism, liberal Catholicism, Ignatian spirituality, modern German philosophy, and much more.

Apologies for the glitches and poor sound quality in parts of the episode. We are actively working to strengthen WiFi signals and microphone quality.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Balthasar Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/02/the-balthasar-booth/

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/01/self-surrender-is-the-heart-of-everything-matthew-levering-on-hans-urs-von-balthasar/

Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/matthew-levering/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Convergences: To the Source of Christian Mystery. 

———. The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics. 7 vols. 

———. In the Fullness of Faith: On the Centrality of the Distinctively Catholic.

———. Love Alone Is Credible. 

———. Prayer. 

———. Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory. 5 vols. 

———. Theo-Logic. 3 vols. 

———. Truth Is Symphonic: Aspects of Christian Pluralism. 

Collins, Kenneth J., and Jerry L. Walls. Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation. 

Levering, Matthew. The Achievement of Hans Urs von Balthasar: An Introduction to His Trilogy. 

———, et al. International Journal of Systematic Theology. 

———, and Thomas Joseph White, OP. Nova et Vetera. 

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Will to Power. 

Rousselot, Pierre. The Eyes of Faith: With Rousselot’s Answers to Two Attacks. 

OUTLINE:

(01:28) - Balthasar's Strengths

(03:07) - Critiquing Balthasar

(10:57) - Balthasar's Core Themes

(34:51) - Ressourcement vs. Thomism

(52:06) - Balthasar's Books

The Balthasar Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Balthasar scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about HUVB. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Anne M. Carpenter is a professor of theology at Saint Mary’s College of California and the author of Theo-Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being. 

In our interview, Professor Carpenter and I discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar, particularly in relation to poetry, Orientalism, Heidegger, Thomism, and theological risk-taking, to name a few conversation points.

Apologies for the glitches and poor sound quality in parts of the episode. We are actively working to strengthen WiFi signals and microphone quality.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Balthasar Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/02/the-balthasar-booth/

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/01/to-dare-being-anne-m-carpenter-on-hans-urs-von-balthasar/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Apokalypse der deutschen Seele. 3 vols.

———. Explorations in Theology. 5 vols. 

———. The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics. 7 vols. 

———. Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter.

———. Theo-Logic. 3 vols. 

Brown, Joshua R. Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism. 

Carpenter, Anne M. Nothing Gained Is Eternal: A Theology of Tradition. 

———. Theo-Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being. 

Kerr, Fergus. “Balthasar and Metaphysics.” In The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar, edited by Edward T. Oakes, SJ, and David Moss. 

O’Regan, Cyril. Anatomy of Misremembering: Von Balthasar’s Response to Philosophical Modernity. 

Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Lament.” The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. 

OUTLINE:

(01:31) - Balthasar's Ideological and Methodological Elusiveness

(02:59) - Balthasar, Orientalism, and the Far East

(04:59) - Starting Points for Reading Balthasar

(06:46) - Theo-Logic v. 3

(08:15) - Writing Poetry

(12:05) - Thomist Metaphysics and Poetic Theology

(16:05) - Heidegger and Rilke

(24:13) - Heideggerian Thomism

(28:55) - Twining Metaphysics, Language, and Christology

(32:51) - The Risk of Art and Being

(39:24) - Lonergan, Balthasar, Blondel, Peguy, and Black Theology

The Balthasar Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the life and work of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with Balthasar scholars, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books by and about HUVB. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Layton Friesen is the academic dean at Steinbach Bible College in Manitoba and formerly served as the Conference Pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference of Canada. He is also the author of Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace: Anabaptist Ethics and the Catholic Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar.

In our interview, Dr. Friesen and I discuss the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar and its relationship to ethics, contemplation, Karl Barth, contemporary Mennonite communities, and more.

Apologies for the glitches and poor sound quality in parts of the episode. We are actively working to strengthen WiFi signals and microphone quality. 

PODCAST LINKS:

The Balthasar Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/02/the-balthasar-booth/

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/08/01/ethics-and-the-acts-of-god-layton-friesen-on-hans-urs-von-balthasar/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Engagement with God: The Drama of Christian Discipleship. 

———. Prayer. 

———. Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory. 5 vols. 

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics. 31 vols.

Friesen, Layton Boyd. Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace: Anabaptist Ethics and the Catholic Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. 

Long, D. Stephen: Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Preoccupation. 

McIntosh, Mark A. Christology from Within: Spirituality and the Incarnation in Hans Urs von Balthasar. 

Oakes, Edward T. Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar.

OUTLINE:

(01:28) - Humility, Gentleness, and Voracious Curiosity

(04:35) - Patience as a Virtue in Reading and Writing

(06:07) - Curiosity as Vice?

(08:31) - Prayer, Secondary Sources

(12:20) - Prayer and Ethics

(13:40) - Reading Balthasar as a Mennonite

(16:13) - Jesus and Secularity

(23:50) - Balthasar, Violence, and Pacifism

(28:58) - Doctrine and Ethics

(33:50) - Balthasar and Karl Barth 

The Luminaries series is a collection of interviews with premier thinkers working in the theological academy and the church.

Dr. William T. Cavanaugh is a prolific theologian, professor at Depaul University in Chicago, and is known especially for his work in political theology. He is also a husband and father of three sons.

In this interview, Professor Cavanaugh and I talk about a whole host of subjects, including Cavanaugh’s mentor, Stanley Hauerwas, the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the dangers of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

Apologies for the glitches and poor sound quality in parts of the episode. We are actively working to strengthen WiFi signals and microphone quality.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/07/11/he-did-not-take-revenge-on-the-torturers-an-interview-with-william-t-cavanaugh/

Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/william-t-cavanaugh/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Cavanaugh, William T. Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire. 

———. “Electing Republicans has not reversed Roe v. Wade. It’s time to change our strategy.”

———. Field Hospital: The Church’s Engagement with a Wounded World. 

———, ed. Fragile World: Ecology and the Church.

———, ed. Gathered in my Name: Ecumenism in the World Church.

———. “I had to learn to love the church; then I had to learn to love God.” How My Mind Has Changed.

———. The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict.

———. Theopolitical Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism.

———. Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ. 

Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology.

Coolman, Holly Taylor. “The 12 things pro-lifers must do if Roe v. Wade is overturned.”

Francis, Pope. Laudato si’. 

Hartch, Todd. The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity. 

Hauerwas, Stanley. The Hauerwas Reader. 

Radner, Ephraim. A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church. 

Zizioulas, John D. The Eucharistic Communion and the World.

OUTLINE:

(01:21) - Stanley Hauerwas

(06:11) - Partisanship

(10:11) - Roe v. Wade, Abortion, and the Church

(15:12) - Church as Field Hospital

(18:49) - The Church's Witness, or Lack Thereof

(22:17) - The Eucharist

(25:09) - The Church and Violence

(29:35) - Theology through a Global Lens

(34:57) - Ecumenism on the Global Stage

(39:03) - The Church's Role in Ecological Issues

(42:48) - Pope Francis Compared to His Papal Predecessors

(47:23) - Changing Your Mind