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Brew Theology exists to brew theology and create interfaith communities through healthy, meaningful and eclectic dialogue in pubs. www.brewtheology.org

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Wednesday Nov 08, 2023

Episode 193 - MLK: Interfaith Hero with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter & Sharyl West Loeung

Wednesday Nov 08, 2023

On the 193rd episode of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel chat with Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter and Rev. Sharyl West Loeung about MLK and his Interfaith world. As we honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an ordained baptist minister, and pastor, we remember his work as a civic interfaith leader who collaborated with many from other traditions and faiths such as Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Paul Tillich, and Gandhi. Many know Dr. King as the head of the civil rights movement, but fewer know of his significant interfaith friendships and influences that shaped him into the leader that he came to be. Dr. King also championed the practice of nonviolence and nonviolent communication, which he also learned from his interfaith connections.

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Rev. Dr. Josh Ritter, M.Div., Ph.D., is a communication consultant and a trainer and facilitator of public deliberation who focuses on risk mitigation, diversity education, and conflict transformation. He worked in the higher education sector for over 15 years as a chaplain and a teacher of rhetoric, writing, leadership, and public speaking. He is an interfaith activist, a minister of 20 years, a contemplative Christian, and co-founder and co-owner of Kardia House Consulting, LLC. Josh focuses on civic interfaith leadership and religious communication in the public sphere, and his real passion is the practice of engaged contemplative spirituality and reframing the ways we approach religion, justice, communication, and the spiritual imagination. His most recent publication is his co-authored book, Following the Way of Wisdom Jesus, that focuses on communication as a mindfulness practice of generosity.

Sharyl West Loeung is a TEDx speaker, author, consultant, event producer, and social entrepreneur who facilitates spaces of belonging where connection, collaboration, and creativity can flourish. She is co-founder of Kardia House Consulting, a consulting group that seeks to reframe the world through our words, stories, and conversations. Using the framework of Generous Communication, Kardia House offers communication services - speaking, writing, and publishing - to reframe divisive conversations and bring healing to communities, congregations, and work cultures. When she is not writing, speaking, or appearing as a podcast guest, Sharyl is a Speaker Success Coach at The Big Talk with Tricia Brouk (Brook) and co-producer of The Belief & Belonging Festival. Sharyl is married with two sons and a herd of cats.

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Thursday Nov 02, 2023

Episode 192 - The Divine Intellect Drift with Josh Carney

Thursday Nov 02, 2023

Divine Intellect Drift: Unlocking the Mysteries of Religious Thought in a Post-Christian Age with our guest, Josh Carney!* (or Religious Epistemology in a Post-Christendom Culture)

Ryan and Janel talk to Josh about stages of formation & shifting, William Perry's cognitive scheme, the Authoritative spectrum and more.... Enjoy the goodies!

*Josh Carney is the Chief of Staff for Waco Family Medicine’s Foundation. Before that Josh pastored University Baptist Church in Waco. He has a masters of divinity from Truett Seminary. During his 15 year tenure, attendance declined. He hasn’t written any books. (but he's still a bad ass!)

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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023

Episode 191 - Integrative Worship with Rev. Dr. Leslie King

Wednesday Oct 25, 2023

Worship: Matrix and Human Experience – Why liturgy and the Word matter more than God as an object of worship with Rev. Dr. Leslie King*

"It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did" – Trinity (The Matrix)

Ryan and Janel sit down and chat with Leslie as she speaks of caution when it comes to worship. We'll walk through several suppositions that integrative worship is cautious about one at a time, parse out essential traditional elements Rev. King carries forward when preparing worship services, and look at current longings or emerging understandings that she is wrestling with in her faith tradition and community.

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*Rev. Dr. Leslie King began her service to First Presbyterian Church of Waco in 2012. She received her BA from Kansas University (’91) and her Masters of Divinity from McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago (‘94). In 2010 she completed her Doctor of Ministry at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City Missouri with an emphasis in Spirituality and Organizational Change.

Since September 2020, she is a yoga instructor (RYT 200) with Spirit Bear Yoga and (RYT 500) with My Vinaysa Practice. She's a member of Yoga Alliance. She enjoys leading yoga flows for the youth and adults of the church. Her particular interest is in Yin and Restorative yoga as it relates to spiritual well-being. Piano competency is slowly emerging, and music is a source of a lot of joy. She has been married to DJ King since November of 1996 and together they enjoy watching their three young adult children, Cody, Katie and Claire make their way in the world. With a menagerie of stray animals, the Kings are glad to call Waco “home”.

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Wednesday Oct 18, 2023

Episode 190 - Liberation Theology, Drugs, and the Americas with Dr. Bill Walker - Part 2

Wednesday Oct 18, 2023

We are back for part 2: Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation with Bill Walker III!

Based on Dr. Bill Walker's book, “A Theology of the Drug War” (2019), this 2 part podcast is a political and theological reflection on the violence and injustice that has taken place in Mexico and Central America since 2006 as a result of the drug war. In order to understand and respond to this conflict in the age of globalization, Dr. Walker presents a theology of the drug war that transcends both a Eurocentric conception of the world and a merely political account of salvation.

So, get ready! Grab a drink, bust out those earbuds, & get situated, friends!

Bill Walker currently serves as the Director of Hill House, a Christian Study Center in Austin. Dr. Walker is a lecturer in theology and ethics at Baylor University and Truett Theological Seminary. He received his PhD in philosophy of religion and theology from Claremont Graduate University and his MDiv from Truett Seminary. His research interests include political theology, economic ethics, and postcolonial studies.

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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023

Episode 189 - Liberation Theology, Drugs, and the Americas with Dr. Bill Walker: Part 1

Wednesday Oct 11, 2023

Who's ready for some Theology revolving around the Drug War: Globalization, Violence, and Salvation?

So, get ready! Grab a drink, bust out those earbuds, & get situated, friends!

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Wednesday Oct 04, 2023

Episode 188 - ”Creating Spaces for Belonging” with Sharyl West Loeung

Wednesday Oct 04, 2023

Pull out your earbuds, and get ready for some much needed community talk! Ryan and Janel have a chat with Sharyl West Loeung on the 188th episode of the Brew Theology Podcast!

We will explore the complexity of finding places of belonging amid and after a global pandemic, and if we are honest with ourselves, even before the spread of Covid-19. Can we reimagine our traditions to create spaces for belonging, where our tables are a place for gathering as our truest selves?

Sharyl West Loeung, M.Div, has spent most of her career in K-12 and higher education helping students discover what it means to belong in our diverse world. Her passion for intercultural, intergenerational, and interfaith friendships has guided her career as a DEI educator. She is the co-founder of Kardia House Consulting, which teaches generous communication as a means to resist polarization and move toward organizational health and relational wholeness. She also hosts events such as the upcoming Belief and Belonging Festival. Sharyl is married and has lived in Waco, Texas with her two sons and a hoard of cats for 16 years. Her love language is article-sending and her happy place is a lunch date with a friend, no clock, sans Covid.

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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023

Episode 187 - Parliament of the World’s Religions - Ryan and Janel

Tuesday Sep 26, 2023

This August Janel and Ryan attended The Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, IL. It was a great time of seeing how the world practices a wide variety of religious experiences. Set on the shores of Lake Michigan, it was a time of learning, reflection, and experience.

The Parliament of the World's Religions describes itself as the world’s premier interfaith convening of civic, spiritual and grassroots changemakers. It is an international nonprofit, non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.

Its origins are rooted in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the first convening of the World Parliament of Religions created a global platform for east-west religious engagement.

In total, over 7,000 people attended the parliament, representing 212 spiritual traditions and 95 countries.

Learn more about this amazing experience at https://parliamentofreligions.org/

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Thursday Sep 14, 2023

Episode 186 - The Rise of Torah - Live Event with Dr. Mark George and Dr. Pam Eisenbaum - Part 2

Thursday Sep 14, 2023

The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens (Part 2). May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event!

Featuring
The George Strikes Back!
Attack of the Eisenbaum!
& Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High!

This is The Way to a galactic podcast packed with hyperspace theology, laser sharp theologians, rebellious questions, dark-sided brews, and party favors - unofficially - endorsed by Ewoks (Laugh if up, fuzzball! Cuz we partied, Endor-style!)

The force is strong with these two star theologians, Mark & Pam.

A long time ago in the Ancient Near East far, far away… There was the Rise of The Torah!

We all know words carry weight like holding a lightsaber! Writing was a pretty new technology for the writers of Deuteronomy (5th book in the Jewish Torah), something they used for purposes beyond royal bureaucratic purposes. What’s interesting about this technology, among other things, is that individuals and communities came to use it as authoritative, that is, as something to be consulted because it served as a normative guide for community action, understanding, and thus life. For oral cultures in the ancient near east, the shift to using writing this way was huge. And it provides a point of comparison with our current digital revolution, as digital devices, apps, and other technologies invade and structure our lives.

It’s time to unlearn what you have learned like a good a padawan. We’ll unpack the emergence of new technology, then and now, as we seek to better get a handle on how we think about the Bible and authoritative texts moving forward. It’s your destiny to listen! Do. Or do not. There is no try!

Get ready for Part 2! (Part 1 is with Mark, & Part 2 is with Pam)

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Mark K. George is Professor of Bible and Ancient Systems of Thought and Director of the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint PhD Program in the Study of Religion. He works primarily with the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and, within that corpus, the Pentateuch and narrative texts. The focus of his work is ancient systems of thought operating within this literature and the societies that produced it, whether they be social systems and structures expressed through the practices and conceptions of space, or how they make possible specific ways for individuals and communities to conduct their lives. George teaches courses on the Bible. These include critical studies of specific books, such as Deuteronomy, and examinations of larger issues, such as The Bible and Contemporary Issues or The Bible in the Digital Age. Fundamental to his teaching is the conviction that each generation must find new ways to make the Bible relevant for themselves. This is especially important as we live through the current digital revolution. His publications include books, encyclopedia entries, scholarly articles, and occasional pieces in publications including The Conversation. His current book project, Conduct Becoming Israel: Deuteronomy’s Subject and the Creation of “Israel,” is an analysis of how Deuteronomy presents an idealized system for becoming Israel.
A member of both the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion, George regularly presents his work in the US and internationally.

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Pamela Eisenbaum is Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at Iliff School of Theology and affiliate faculty of the Center of Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. She holds an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD from Columbia University.
She is the author of Paul Was Not a Christian, which has enjoyed a wide readership. Other books include The Jewish Heroes of Christian History: Hebrews 11 in Literary Context, and Invitation to Romans. She is a contributor to the highly touted Jewish Annotated New Testament and many essays on the Bible, ancient Judaism and the origins of Christianity.
Professor Eisenbaum has a passion for ancient manuscripts and has worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls in Israel and the oldest manuscript of Paul’s letters at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland. Currently she is pursuing research on the role of technology (ancient and modern) in the codification, preservation, and transmission of the Bible. She has also begun exploring broader questions of religion and technology, including Artificial Intelligence. Throughout her career she has been involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue and maintains an ongoing academic interest in Jewish-Christian relations in particular, and religious diversity in general. Courses regularly taught by Dr. Eisenbaum include Paul’s Letter to the Romans, the Formation of the Bible, and Interreligious Dialogue.

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Tuesday Jun 13, 2023

Episode 185 - The Rise of Torah - Live Event with Dr. Mark George and Dr. Pam Eisenbaum - part 1

Tuesday Jun 13, 2023

The BREW THEOLOGY Force Awakens. May The 4th Be With You… get ready for this special Live Podcast event!

Featuring
The George Strikes Back!
Attack of the Eisenbaum!
& Return of the Ry-Guy to the Mile High!

The force is strong with these two star theologians, Mark & Pam.

A long time ago in the Ancient Near East far, far away… There was the Rise of The Torah!

Get ready for Part 1!

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Wednesday May 17, 2023

Episode 184 - The Truth About the Truth with Kerri Fisher - Part 2

Wednesday May 17, 2023

Let's continue to brew... “The Truth about The Truth" with Kerri Fisher! (part 2)

We are inundated with messages that beg us to embrace the world in black-and-white but the myths of "common sense" and "one-right-way" are tools of supremacy seeking to limit imagination and thus liberation not only for those of us who are marginalized but for those who bear the burden of being the witness, accomplice, or perpetrator of violence in the world. Many of us are on the path to embody more non-binary, diunital, both/and/and ways of being human, but how do we practically embrace truth in the various dimensions, tensions, and contradictions where it lives without losing our identities--without altogether losing our way?

Get ready for some brewtastic goodness as Janel & Ryan sit down with the Kerri Fisher for part 2! The force is strong with this one...

Bio
Kerri Fisher is a creative non-fiction writer and poet who explores black and biracial identity in the American South. Her work has been recognized by the Writer's League of Texas, The Collegeville Institute, and The Mayborn Literary Non-Fiction Conference. Her poetry has been featured in Apricity Magazine and The MockingHeart Review. Kerri is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Social Work Educator, and regularly invited speaker/ DEI Consultant on topics including cultural humility, intersectionality, supremacy culture, and anti-oppressive practices. Find Kerri's creative work at:
https://www.instagram.com/blackwhiteotherblog/ & https://www.kerrifisher.com.

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