Diana Butler Bass - Freeing Jesus (N257)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2021
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we’re joined by religion and contemporary spirituality commentator, Diana Butler Bass. Diana talks about her latest book Freeing Jesus, in which she tracks the evolution of her understanding and experience of Jesus. From liberal Methodist beginnings, through fundamentalist evangelicalism, to a more progressive Christianity, Diana has never lost her interest in Jesus, or her openness to mystical experiences. But how does she, and indeed the Nomad hosts Tim Nash and Nick Thorley, now understand titles like Lord, Saviour, Friend and Way?
Interview starts at 14m 53s
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. |
| 0:39.3 | My name's Tim Nash, and this is Joy Brooks. |
| 0:43.2 | Hi. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome back to the podcast, Joy. |
| 0:46.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:46.8 | It would be nice if I could have welcomed you back to the garden office, but it's so darn hot in there. |
| 0:51.1 | We've had to set up in my son's bedroom, which doesn't get the sun until |
| 0:55.2 | about one or two. So it's quite cool, isn't it? And I was thinking the advantage of recording |
| 1:00.2 | in the bedroom is we're surrounded by interesting things. So if the conversation isn't really |
| 1:04.1 | going anywhere, we could read Danny the Champion of the World. We could read some extracts |
| 1:09.7 | from that. Have you ever read Danny the Champion of the World? Oh, read some extracts from that. Have you ever read Danny the Champion of the World? |
| 1:11.6 | Oh, is that the one with the poaching? |
| 1:13.6 | Yes, the first. |
| 1:14.6 | It's not very vegan actually, is it thinking about it? |
| 1:15.6 | Yeah, no. |
| 1:16.6 | I think I remember being a bit troubled by it as a kid. |
| 1:18.6 | Elliot made this yesterday. |
| 1:20.6 | Little Lego car. |
| 1:21.6 | It's nice. |
| 1:22.6 | Got some soft toys down there. |
| 1:23.6 | If things get a bit emotional. So there's everything we need, isn't it? In case you wonder, Joy, I asked you on to the podcast for four reasons. |
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