Damon Garcia - The God Who Liberates (N247)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we speak with author of The God Who Riots, Damon Garcia. Damon talks to us about how he found meaning in the God of liberation theology after questioning his beliefs and leaving the faith he inherited. We explore the importance of embodiment and community in faithful practice and how our context shapes our ideas about God. We talk about reading the Bible from the perspective of the marginalised through the example of the Magnificat and the call to listen to those on the underside of power.
After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Jemimah McAlpine chat about Damon’s ideas, and the role liberation theology might in play in the reconstruction of their faith.Â
Interview starts at 14m 41s
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. My name's Tim Nash and this is Jemima McAlpine. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello. |
| 0:44.3 | It's really good to have you back on the show, Jemime. We haven't heard from you since January. |
| 0:49.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.9 | What I've been up to for the last three months? |
| 0:52.0 | I have just finished my master's in theology, imagination and culture. |
| 0:59.0 | Big news. |
| 1:00.2 | So I've been doing that for the last like almost four years, part time. |
| 1:05.5 | Wow. |
| 1:06.3 | So the last few months I've been finishing writing my dissertation. |
| 1:10.5 | And yeah, it's been locked down, |
| 1:13.0 | obviously, here in the UK. And so I've had the children home, doing homeschooling, and trying |
| 1:20.3 | to finish my dissertation. And now it's submitted and it feels so good. |
| 1:24.9 | Does it feel good? Because I remember sort of slumping after I submitted mine and just sort of feeling quite |
| 1:30.0 | tired and down for a period of time. |
| 1:32.8 | You're still on the high, are you? |
| 1:34.6 | I felt the day that I submitted, so it was about two days ago. |
| 1:38.6 | It was two days ago. |
| 1:40.1 | It feels like longer. |
| 1:41.4 | I felt really exhausted. |
| 1:43.7 | But I think I feel a real sense of relief. And yeah, it does feel good. And the kids are back in school. The sun's shining and feeling good. |
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