Brew Theology Podcast

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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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Tuesday Apr 28, 2020

Episode 153: LIVE Podcast event with McAfee School of Theology - Part 2 - Dr. Thomas Slater

Tuesday Apr 28, 2020

Who's ready for PART 2? Get ready for some hopilicious good times LIVE from Atlanta! On episode 153 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel sit down with Dr. Thomas Slater from the McAfee School of Theology (Part 2) and brew up the topic of Revelation... and his book, "Revelation as Civil Disobedience." This talk leaves behind #LeftBehind and moves forward in context and courage.

If you missed part 1, check out Dr. Robert Nash from McAffee... (Topic: The mission of the church in a 21st C. pluralistic world, and more!)

If you are a fan of any of our Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org.

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* Thomas B. Slater is Professor of New Testament Language & Literature. He received his bachelor's degree from Arkansas Tech University and the Master of Theology (MTH=M.Div.) and the Doctor of Ministry degrees, respectively, from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. King's College London, The University of London awarded him the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies (New Testament emphasis), where he studied with Prof. Graham Stanton. His Ph.D. thesis, "Christ and Community," examined the sociological impact of the major images of Christ in the Apocalypse to John.

Before coming to McAfee, Slater worked at Jackson Theological Seminary in N. Little Rock, AR, Birkbeck College in London and the University of Georgia. At Jackson, he served as academic dean for two years and then dean for a year. Under his leadership Jackson received certification from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education to award its Master of Ecclesiastical Studies (a two-year degree), its Bachelor of Theological Studies and its Certificate in Theology. This was Jackson's historic first certification.

At the University of Georgia, he held dual appointments in Religion and African American Studies, teaching courses in New Testament studies and African American biblical interpretation. He also served as undergraduate advisor, graduate coordinator and chair of the departmental Academic Affairs committee. Between his time at Jackson and Georgia, he was an adjunct for Birkbeck College where he taught an introductory survey New Testament course. At McAfee he teaches introductory and advanced classes in New Testament. With Dr. Denise Massey, he also advises the Multicultural Student Association.

Dr. Slater has published and continues to publish in scholarly journals and venues around the world. His major areas of interest are Jewish and Christian apocalypticism written between 220 BCE and 200 CE and also deutero-Pauline writings (Colossians and Ephesians). His first book was a revision of his Ph.D. thesis and he is currently working on a commentary on Ephesians for Smyth and Helwys. Currently, he is working on three other projects: (1) an examination of Ephesians from an African American perspective; (2) the social setting of John's Apocalypse and (3) an examination of the Synoptic Son of Man sayings.

An ordained elder in full connection in the Georgia North Region of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Slater has pastored five congregations in Arkansas, Virginia and Georgia and been an associate pastor in four other congregations. He has also been a campus minister on five college campuses.

Tuesday Apr 21, 2020

Episode 152: LIVE Podcast event with McAfee School of Theology - Part 1 - Dr. Robert Nash

Tuesday Apr 21, 2020

Who's ready for some brewtastic goodness LIVE from Atlanta?! On episode 152 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan and Janel get to sit down with Dr. Robert Nash from McAffee School of Theology (Part 1 of 2) and brew up the topic of the mission of the church in a 21st C. pluralistic world, and more!

We had the honor to unite with McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University for their THIRD annual live podcast recording! This year's event featured McAfee's Dr Nash and Dr. Thomas Slater (Part 2) at the historic Selah Room at the Church at Ponce & Highlands. Get ready to enjoy top-notch theological conversation in regard to Dr. Nash's upcoming book, "Moving the Equator: The Families of the Earth and the Mission of the Church."

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*Dr. Robert N. Nash Jr. serves as the associate dean for the Doctor of Ministry program and is the Arnall-Mann-Thomasson Professor of Missions and World Religions at McAfee School of Theology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Church History (1989) and his M.Div. degree (1985) from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition, he completed both his M.A. (History) and B.A. degrees at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. Prior to coming to McAfee, Dr. Nash served as global missions coordinator at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (2006-2012) and as a professor in the religion departments at both Shorter College in Rome, Georgia (1994-2006) and at Judson College in Marion, Alabama (1992-1994). He also served as dean of the School of Religion and International Studies at Shorter College for several years.

An author of three books and numerous articles, Dr. Nash has devoted his research and writing to the intersection between religious faith and culture, paying particular attention to what happens to religions as they move from one cultural context to another. This research interest eventually led him to move from the classroom to the laboratory as he directed the global mission engagement of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, assisting that organization to adapt its global engagement to the unique challenges of the 21st century. He has now taken the experience he received there back to the classroom to assist ministers as they negotiate similar challenges in local congregations.

He has served as pastor and interim pastor of a number of congregations in Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia and as a frequent lecturer on college and university campuses and at conferences across the nation that focus on ministry and mission in the 21st century.

Dr. Nash is married to Guyeth Nash, a psychotherapist, and they have two grown children, Douglas and Lindsay. He is an avid viewer of food and travel programs on television and enjoys grilling and eating his way through every Asian restaurant in Atlanta. He runs about 12-15 miles a week to keep off the pounds generated by his food interests. The Nashes have a dog named Nemo and two cats, Mama Kitty and Agamemnon.

Monday Mar 02, 2020

Episode 151: "Let's Not Screw It Up" with Dr. Amy Erickson - Part 2

Monday Mar 02, 2020

Continue to get your NERD ON with Dr. Amy Erickson (Distinguished Professor!) from the Iliff School of Theology as we dig into Genesis 1,2 & 3 (doing some 'ole fashioned - it's more than a tasty drink - hermeneutics with a relevant 21st C. twist!), and talk about how we shouldn't screw up the world! Episode 151 (part 2 of 2) coming at ya, friends. You just may fall in love with Hebrew.

If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and financial contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org.

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Wednesday Feb 19, 2020

Episode 150: "Let's Not Screw It Up" with Dr. Amy Erickson

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020

Let's get nerdy with Dr. Amy Erickson (Distinguished Professor!) from the Iliff School of Theology as we dig into Genesis 1,2 & 3 (doing some 'ole fashioned - it's more than a tasty drink - hermeneutics with a relevant 21st C. twist!), and talk about how we shouldn't screw up the world! Episode 150 coming at ya, friends. You just may fall in love with Hebrew.

Coming soon...

Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta!

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Monday Feb 10, 2020

Episode 149: Agnostic Awakening

Monday Feb 10, 2020

What do you do when you lose your faith? When your questions lead to more questions? What do you do when the temptation to belong outways your pull toward the unknown?

Up until this point, Agnosticism has been a throw away term to define someone who is lost. Someone who is in between. Someone that is waiting to embrace their next certainty. I would like to ask the question, what if Agnosticism is the future of religion? Could our desperate desire for certainty be what is stopping us from truly embracing the divine and letting the spirit move like a winding river through our lives? Will you join us on episode 149 of the Brew Theology Podcast with Ryan, Janel, Sawyer and Josh, as they bring these questions to your curious earbuds? Maybe in that space, and in your own communal spaces, we can find what we are looking for...

P.S. Thanks to Joshua Hoague from Denver for providing the content for this conversation.

Coming soon...

Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta!

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Thursday Jan 30, 2020

Episode 148 - Community, discussed by our Denver Crew

Thursday Jan 30, 2020

Episode 148 of the Brew Theology Podcast continues... Community, by our Denver Crew

Get a taste of what Ryan and I experience every week - having the same/not same conversation more than once. We covered this content in Episode 141 with our friends at Wild Goose. Now hear how this episode sounds with a different set of friends.

Community!
It can help us and harm us.
Were the hermits right all along?
Everything from monks and beer to communal B.O., from transitional spaces to pastors who shouldn't be pastors... cheers to our eclectic, interfaith community of communities!

P.S. Thanks to Katie TenHulzen from Denver for providing the content for this conversation.

Coming news...

Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta!

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Wednesday Jan 22, 2020

Episode 147: Ditch The Internet Diatribe - Part 2

Wednesday Jan 22, 2020

Episode 147 of the Brew Theology Podcast continues... Ditch Your Internet Diatribe: Being Together in Difference (Part 2)

Ditch your usual diatribe for a fun podcast; come engage in conversation while enjoying some beer (unless you driving or on a treadmill). In the US, in an era where we confront division is regularly as ever, is it our responsibility to maintain relationship with "the other"? Quaker author Parker Palmer posits that "Our capacity to be 'We the people' depends more on the quality of our relationships than how many arguements or debates we win." What roles do spirituality, religion, and creativity play in learning to be together in difference? Bring your appetite for creative conversation in this zesty episode.

Coming news...

Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta!

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Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors

Tuesday Jan 14, 2020

Episode 146: Ditch The Internet Diatribe - Part 1

Tuesday Jan 14, 2020

Get ready for Episode 146 of the Brew Theology Podcast: Ditch Your Internet Diatribe: Being Together in Difference (Part 1)

Ditch your usual diatribe for a fun podcast; come engage in conversation while enjoying some beer (unless you driving or on a treadmill). In the US, in an era where we confront division is regularly as ever, is it our responsibility to maintain relationship with "the other"? Quaker author Parker Palmer posits that "Our capacity to be 'We the people' depends more on the quality of our relationships than how many arguements or debates we win." What roles do spirituality, religion, and creativity play in learning to be together in difference? Bring your appetite for creative conversation in this zesty episode.

Coming news...

Janel & Ryan are headed to McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta on February 26 (7-9pm) for a LIVE podcast event! More 411 coming soon... But mark the date, HOTlanta!

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Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors

Monday Dec 30, 2019

Episode 145: Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse - Part 2 - with Rev. Jessica Abell

Monday Dec 30, 2019

Cheers to Episode 145, Part 2: “Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse 101: An Introduction” with guest Rev. *Jessica Abell (GreenFaith & Spirituality Collective).

The world is changing and ecological devastation is all around us. Grief, anger, despair, and denial are all active. How can we weave hope, change, chaos, and community together into this fabric? Join us for a real conversation about living with creation, complicity, and compassion.

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After a time of leadership at the Episcopal Cathedral & Diocese of Chicago, Jessica went to seminary at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California as a postulant for Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church. After graduation, and a hospital chaplain residency, she became an American Baptist. Rev. Abell has discovered a renewed commitment to the Gospel of Jesus that required a new flexibility not possible in the church of her youth.

Currently Jessica is part of the Spirituality Collective, works for GreenFaith Colorado as the organizer of the faith-based voice in issues of climate change, and runs a small congregation in Denver, Living Waters Community Church. She also has a Master's Degree in City & Regional Planning to be able to know HOW to work for a more humane and sustainable world.

Thursday Dec 26, 2019

Episode 144: Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse with Rev. Jessica Abell

Thursday Dec 26, 2019

Get ready for the 144th episode of the Brew Theology podcast “Getting to Know the Climate Apocalypse 101: An Introduction” with guest Rev. *Jessica Abell (GreenFaith & Spirituality Collective).

The world is changing and ecological devastation is all around us. Grief, anger, despair, and denial are all active. How can we weave hope, change, chaos, and community together into this fabric? Join us for a real conversation about living with creation, complicity, and compassion.

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Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors

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*From childhood, Jessica was deeply involved in her Episcopal congregation, diocese, and regional bodies. Beginning in her early 20s, she worked as a youth minister in a variety of capacities; both as a volunteer and a paid staff person in suburban and urban, small and large, high and low church congregations. She has trained and mentored other youth ministers lead multiple peer groups.

After a time of leadership at the Episcopal Cathedral & Diocese of Chicago, Jessica went to seminary at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California as a postulant for Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church. After graduation, and a hospital chaplain residency, she became an American Baptist. Rev. Abell has discovered a renewed commitment to the Gospel of Jesus that required a new flexibility not possible in the church of her youth.

Currently Jessica is part of the Spirituality Collective, works for GreenFaith Colorado as the organizer of the faith-based voice in issues of climate change, and runs a small congregation in Denver, Living Waters Community Church. She also has a Master's Degree in City & Regional Planning to be able to know HOW to work for a more humane and sustainable world.