Diana Butler Bass: White Evangelical Theopolitics, John Shelby Spong, & Jesus

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Diana Butler Bass joins the pod and we tackle some excellent questions. Here you will get a glimpse of what a QnA session sounds like in our current online learning group Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 years after 9/11. The class itself is 6-weeks and features a weekly session with Diana Butler Bass and Brian, along with occasional QnA sessions like this. Here are a few links from things we mention in the episode... If you enjoy the QnA, then consider joining the class for more - Oh God What Now: Christianity 20 Years After 9/11. Head over HERE to check out Diana's recent newsletter breaking down the recent data on American Evangelicals. To get other sweet newsletter posts from Diana join the Cottage here. In the episode, we discuss two collections of data. First is this recent study from PEW Research Center and then this study from PRRI looking at the partisan divide on perspectives about 1/6. We both mention our love for this particular John Shelby Spong book. I mention how much of loved The Eyes of Tammy Faye - a movie you should check out. 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	Oh, yeah, what is of theology nerds?
0:08.8	This is Trip.
0:10.8	And you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:13.5	Since the year of 2008, we've been bringing you audiological goodness.
0:18.0	Think interviews with scholars across disciplines, bringing their wisdom from the ivory tower right into your earbuds so that you could think reflect through your own answers about life's biggest questions.
0:32.6	And today on the podcast, we have a return visit from Friend of the Pod, scholar of American religious history, author, speaker, and downright fun person.
0:46.4	Diana Butler Bass, yes, that's right.
0:48.6	She is on the pod.
0:49.6	And in this episode, we are tackling a whole bunch of questions from, you know, a lot of the just-released
0:57.7	this week data on the changing nature of American religion and evangelical connections to politics,
1:04.0	all the way to what is life like in your relationship to Jesus, the life of faith.
1:10.4	When you cultivate a second naivete, we discuss the legacy of John Shelby Spong, who passed
1:18.6	away this week, a kind of historic figure in liberal, mainline Protestant Christianity,
1:24.8	the ultimate failure of progressive investment in converting individuals
1:29.7	away from the geopolitical vision of the religious right. We talk about the connection
1:37.2	between John Shelby Spong and Tammy Faye, because I was really pumped about the new movie
1:41.3	of the eyes of Tammy Faye, which you should all go check out this great movie. But we had so much fun. And these were just kind of questions,
1:49.8	members of the current online learning group from Homebrewed Christianity. Oh God, what now? Christianity
1:56.2	20 years after 9-11. These are questions they sent in. If it sounds fun, you too can join this group.
2:03.4	We're in the middle of six weeks.
2:04.8	Diana, myself, and Brian McLaren are all part of this.
2:08.5	If you go to oh now what, oh, god, what now.net?
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