Brian McLaren & John Dominic Crossan: The Message of Jesus & the Judgement of Civilization

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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This week, Brian McLaren and John Dominic Crossan join us as we discuss Jesus's civilizational significance, hear his teachings in their historical context, examine the habit of interpreting Jesus against his intentions, and answer a host of questions from members of the online class. To join the class, head over to www.CrossanClass.com Watch the conversation on Video here. Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. He is a faculty member of The Living School and podcaster with Learning How to See, which are part of the Center for Action and Contemplation. He is also an Auburn Senior Fellow and works closely with the Wild Goose Festival, the Fair Food Program, Vote Common Good, and Progressive Christianity. His recent projects include an illustrated children’s book (for all ages) called Cory and the Seventh Story and The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, and Faith After Doubt. His newest book is Do I Stay Christian? and we are going to read it together. Previous Episodes with Brian Should I Stay Christian if I Don’t Believe? a God Worthy of Love Saying Yes to Christianity Questioning Christianity Do I Stay Christian? God – Pray – Driscoll Faith Beyond Fear in an Age of Terror 20 Years of Religious Decline A New Kind of Road Trip Parenting for the Common Good We need a new story! Avoiding spiritual and planetary collapse Brian McLaren & Pando Populus John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian, God and Empire, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Greatest Prayer, The Last Week, and The Power of Parable. He lives in Minneola, Florida. Previous Podcast Episodes with Dom & Tripp Brian Zahnd & John Dominic Crossan: God, Violence, Empire, & Salvation Why the Biblical Paul is Awesome Christian Resurrection & Human Evolution The Cross & the Crisis of Civilization The Coming Kingdom & the Risen Christ The Parables of Jesus & the Parable of God How to think about Jesus like a Historian the Last Week of Jesus’ Life Jesus, Paul, & Bible Questions Saving the Biblical Christmas Stories the most important discovery for understanding Jesus The Bible, Violence, & Our Future Resurrecting Easter on the First Christmas From Jesus’ Parables to Parables of God Render Unto Caesar on God & Empire JOIN our next class, GOD AFTER DECONSTRUCTION with Thomas Jay Oord Come to THEOLOGY BEER CAMP. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is up theology nerds? This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:09.2	Where for 15 what? I mean 16 years. That's right. It's our birthday. People have been getting
0:16.1	audiological ingredients so they can brew up a zesty, zesty faith in two guests today.
0:23.7	Two guests.
0:24.3	Long time, friends of the pod, John Dominique Crosson and Brian McLaren are right here.
0:30.2	This is a conversation that's a part of our ongoing class this lent, the historical Jesus with John Dominique Crosson. And if you want to join
0:39.4	it, go to cross and class.com and you'll be able to access his video lectures and get invites
0:46.5	to join the rest of the live streams and access the recordings of previous ones. But this is a
0:52.6	fun, fun conversation for a whole other reason. Because Brian McLaren,
0:57.7	who joins is talking with Dom and Brian is the first person who I'm happy to announce will be
1:04.8	at Theology Beer Camp 2024. That's right, October 17th and 19th Theology Beer Camp is going down in Denver, Colorado.
1:14.0	If you want to get tickets right now at the cheapest price, go ahead, go get them, TheologyBeer. Camp.
1:20.5	That's the website.
1:21.5	And guess what, in the next week or so, we'll be announcing more info, more details.
1:26.4	But since he's right here on the podcast, I wanted to let you know, okay?
1:30.4	Brian will be one of the keynoters.
1:32.2	We got plenty more, 20 Theologians, 20 podcasters, plus all hanging out with large amounts of craft beverages, fun, excitement.
1:40.2	And we got a host of special things this year.
1:42.7	We have, we're going to have even more music than last year.
1:46.9	We have a team putting together arts and practice-based kinds of engagement.
1:53.0	And it and Mark Feldmeier, the minister at St. Andrew, United Methodist Church, that's hosting.
2:03.4	He said, look, trip, I have a very, very, very well-stocked beer collection that I'm going to be bringing to the bottle share. Boom,
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