Episodes

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Jonny Rashid about his new book, Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel. They chat about why Jesus takes a side and how to navigate American politics if you believe God sides with the oppressed. Guest Bio/Info: Jonny Rashid has served as pastor for Circle ...

Mason chats with Andre Henry about his new book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives. We chat about why you should debating racists and why we need revolution for Black lives. Guest Bio/Info: Andre Henry is an award-winning musician, writer, and activist. He is also the author of the recent book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives. Find Andre here: andrehenry.co T...

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Victoria Loorz about her new book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. They chat about how we have to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world and how church can be done in nature. Guest Bio/Info: Victoria Loorz is a spiritual director and cof...

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza about their new book Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation and how embodiment can change the world. Guest Bio/Info: Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is a transqueer activist, Latinx scholar, public theologian, and recent author of Body Becoming: A Path to ...

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Chichi Agorom about her new book The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry. We chat about the Enneagram, how the Enneagram can be a tool for black liberation, and what liberation looks like for each Enneagram type. Guest Bio/Info: Chichi Ag...

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Krispin Mayfield about his new book, Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience. They chat about attachment styles and how you can have a secure attachment to God. Guest Bio/Info: Krispin Mayfield is a licensed professional counselor and recent author of Attac...

Mason chats with Christena Cleveland about her new book, God is a Black Woman. They chat about what the white male God and black woman God mean and why black woman God can lead to liberation. Guest Bio/Info: Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is also the author of the recent book God is a Black Woman. Find Christena here: christenacleveland.com Instagram: christenacleveland Twitter: @CSCleve Patreon: patreon.com/cscleve Special m...

Mason chats with Thomas Cathcart about whether you have to believe certain doctrines to be a Christian, religionless Christianity, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Thomas Cathcart is a New York Times best-selling author and the author of There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother: Rediscovering Religionless Christianity. Find Thomas here: platoandaplatypus.com Special music by New Tycoon: Spotify: New Tycoon Instagram: jewzak Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonme...

Mason chats with Tom Oord about his book Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas. They chat about what open and relational theology is, why it matters, and how it can be liberating. Guest Bio/Info: Tom Oord is a theologian and author of more than twenty-five books, including Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas. Find Tom here: thomasjayoord.com Twitter: @ThomasJayOord Instagram: thomasjayoord Facebook: facebook.com/thomas.oord Spec...

Mason chats with Yolanda Pierce about her book, In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit. We chat about the faith and life of her grandmother and how her grandmother has shaped her theology. Guest Bio/Info: Yolanda Pierce is professor and dean of Howard University School of Divinity. She is also the author of In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit. Find Yolanda here: yolandapierce.com Twitter: @YNPierce Special music by Slow...

In this episode Mason hangs out with Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link from the Dirty Rotten Church Kids podcast. They do an ex-evangelical theology fantasy draft, picking from the the dumbest creationist science to what Calvinist pastor they most want to slap....

Mason chat with Dr. Miguel De La Torre about his new book, Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers. They chat about the history of Christian nationalism and whether or not Christianity can be decolonized. Guest Bio/Info: Miguel De La Torre i...

Mason chats with Lenny Duncan about Lenny's new book, United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope. We chat about Lenny's story and whether or not there is hope for America. Guest Bio/Info: Lenny Duncan is a writer...

In this episode Mason chats with Jes Kast (and the occasional appearance of her puppy) about whether queer Christians should stay in conservative churches or not. We also talk about why I should become a Calvinist and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Jes Kast ...

Mason chats with Dante Stewart about his new book, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle. We chat about how infectious white supremacy is and why Jesus is Black, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Dante Stewart is a writer and speaker and recent author o...

Mason chat with Hillary McBride about her new book The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living. They chat about what science is learning about the body, why embodiment is important to justice, and how you c...

Mason chats with Dr. Angela Parker about her new book, If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority. We chat about the oppressive history of biblical inerrancy, how the Bible ought to shape our faith, and much more. Gues...

Mason chats with Elle Dowd about her new book, Baptized in Tear Gas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist. We chat about how you can go from being a white moderate to an abolitionist and why people of faith should be committed to fighting white supremacy....

Mason chats live at the 2021 Wild Goose Festival with Brenda Davies about her book, On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel. We chat about her journey through purity culture, how sex can shape our theology, and much more. (Episode disclaimer: Through...

Mason chats with Melissa Florer-Bixler about her new book How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace. We chat about who are enemies, how we are to love them, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Melissa Florer-Bixler is a Mennonite pastor and ...

Mason chats with his friend Keegan Osinski about her new book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church. We chat about what the church can learn from queer people, circumcision, how process theology is super queer, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Keegan is a ...

Mason chats with Jarel Robinson-Brown about his new book, Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the Famine of Grace. We chat about why Black, queer, Christian lives matter and Jarel even admits that he's a process theologian. Guest Bio/In...

Mason chats with Kat Armas about her new book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about. We chat about what she has learned theologically from the abuelitas in her life and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Kat Armas is a Cuban-American writer a...

Mason chats with Mark Charles about his book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. We chat all about the Doctrine of Discovery, Mark's theology of land and water, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Mark Charles is...