Brian McLaren - Do I Stay Christian? (N277)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2022
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
We welcome back to Nomad author, activist, and public theologian Brian McLaren. This time we talk with Brian about his new book Do I Stay Christian?, in which he helps us reflect on the pros and cons of holding onto a Christian identity and, more importantly, what kind of human beings we want to be.
After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley talk about their own faith deconstruction and move towards a more progressive spirituality, and whether they now still identify as Christian.
Interview starts at 17m 46s
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. |
| 0:39.2 | If you're new here, my name's Tim Nash. |
| 0:41.1 | This is me old mate, Nick Thorley. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello. |
| 0:44.1 | Before I ask you how you are, mate, I probably should say that this episode and next episode were recorded out of order due to the availability of the hosts. |
| 0:52.6 | So there might be elements of our catch-up that might not make sense. |
| 0:56.6 | So, for example, I could ask you now, |
| 0:58.4 | has your daughter got over COVID? |
| 1:00.0 | But of course, the listener doesn't know she's got COVID yet. |
| 1:02.3 | They're not going to find that out until the next episode, are they? |
| 1:04.8 | They could wait a fortnight and listen to that one before listening to this. |
| 1:08.4 | Do you want to wait two weeks? |
| 1:09.8 | No, don't wait. |
| 1:10.7 | Don't wait. |
| 1:11.3 | I'll try and make my catch-up like irrelevant to the next episode. |
| 1:16.3 | Yeah, just try and do a kind of like a timeless catch-up. |
| 1:19.4 | Okay. |
| 1:19.8 | That could be enjoyed regardless of when people dip in and what episodes they may or may not have already listened to. |
| 1:24.9 | Sure. |
| 1:25.9 | How are you, mate? |
| 1:26.5 | I'm okay, thanks, Tim. |
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