Episodes

Sept. 5, 2018

Dann Wigner: Mystic Practices in the Emergent Church

Finish up your lectio divina and venture into my conversation with Dann Wigner about his newest book, A Sociology of Mystic Practices: Use and Adaptation in the Emergent Church. We discuss the ways mystic practices are used …
Aug. 22, 2018

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: Activist Theology Pt. I

Get your clever protest signs ready, because we are about to hit the streets with Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. In this episode Robyn talks about Activist Theology and decolonizing theology and academia. We also talk about Robyn…
Aug. 8, 2018

Kaitlin Curtice: Glory Happening and Indigenous Christianity

Nothing but sacredness here as Kaitlin Curtice talks about her most recent book, Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places. We talk about the sacredness in the ordinary and how her indigenous tradition subverts …
July 25, 2018

Wes Granberg-Michaelson: Future Faith and Christianity in the 21st Century

Wes is the name and "reformed and always reforming" is the game. Wes is here to talk about his newest book, Future Faith: Ten Challenges for Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century. We talk about how Christianity is not o…
July 11, 2018

Bonnie Kristian: Flexible Faith and the Multiplicity of Christianity

Bonnie Kristian is here to talk about a faith that bends but doesn't break. She recently released her first book, A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today; therefore, we talk about the multiplicity of…
June 27, 2018

Jeffrey Pugh: Religionless Christianity and Bonhoeffer for Today

You'll enjoy this episode as much as Dr. Pugh is currently enjoying retirement. In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Pugh talks about Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity. What did Religionless Christianity mean for Bonhoeffer in …
June 13, 2018

Diana Butler Bass: Grateful and the Subversion of Gratitude

Let us all be grateful for the wisdom of Diana Butler Bass. In this episode she talks about her new book, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks, and how gratitude subverts the hostility of current-day American …
May 30, 2018

Brandan Robertson: Our Witness and LGBTQ+ Spirituality

Brandan Robertson is here to talk about his new book, Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians. We also touch on his own spiritual journey, the inspiration behind the book, and the ways in which LGBTQ+ Christians…
May 16, 2018

Tori Williams Douglass: Anti-Racism, Science, and Spirituality

Check your whiteness at the door and join Tori and I, as she talks about the intersection of anti-racism, spirituality, and science. She talks about the work she does at a neuroscience lab in Oregon and how their research eq…
May 2, 2018

Drew Moser: Ready or Not and #twentysomethings in the Church

Christian higher education has never been so religionless! In this episode, Drew Moser and Mason talk about Drew's new book, Ready or Not: Leaning in Life in Our Twenties. They talk about the ways in which millennials are en…
April 18, 2018

Jason Chesnut: #SlateSpeak and Online Spiritual Community

Jason Chesnut joins us to subvert institutionalized Christianity! Jason and Mason talk about #SlateSpeak, an online spiritual community. He talks about the ways in which people foster their faith online and how this medium o…
April 4, 2018

Hannah Paasch: #millenneagram, #churchtoo, and Twitter Spirituality

Garbage Oprah is here and the only thing they are giving away to you is snark, Enneagram wisdom, and spirituality on Twitter. They bestow upon us mere peasants the wisdom of the Enneagram for millennials, their spiritual jou…
March 21, 2018

David Congdon: The God Who Saves and the Ecclesiastical Future

Theology nerds rejoice, David Congdon is here! David and I talk about his most recent book The God Who Saves and its contribution to the way soteriology informs our ecclesiology. Speaking of which, David and I also get all u…
March 7, 2018

Brian McLaren: The Great Spiritual Migration and Upcoming Projects

Brian McLaren. Yes, you read that correctly. We have Brian McLaren here today on Religionless Church. Brian and I talk about his book The Great Spiritual Migration as it relates to religionless Christianity and upcoming proj…
Feb. 21, 2018

Tim Burnette: The Way Collective and Process Ecclesiology

Tim Burnette is in the house! Tim and I have an ecclesiastical rich conversation that convalesces to topics of process theology, process ecclesiology, and The Way Collective.  Guest Info/Bio: Tim Burnette is a Doctor …
Feb. 7, 2018

Doug Pagitt: Emergent Church and New Projects

In this very first episode of Religionless Church, we have Doug Pagitt. We talk about the emergent church movement Doug was a part of in the late 1990s and early 2000s, his new book coming out in 2018, and his new organizati…