Ep. 132 - Diana Butler Bass ”Freeing Jesus”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Guest Bio:This week we welcome back one of our favorite guests Dr. Diana Butler Bass! Diana is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University. Diana regularly speaks at conferences, consults with religious organizations, leads educational events for religious leaders, and teaches and preaches in a variety of venues. She writes at The Huffington Post and The Washington Post and comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, CBS, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR.(Selected) Published Works: Grounded: Finding God in the World - A Spiritual Revolution; Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening; A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story; Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith; and Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks; Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence.Guest Website/Social Media:www.dianabutlerbass.comFacebook: @d.butlerbassTwitter: @dianbutlerbassTheme Music Provide by: Forrest ClayTwitter: @clay_kFacebook: @ForrestClayInstagram: @ForrestClayEnjoy the songs? Songs featured on this episode were: “Does God" and "Recover"Forrest Clay's music is available on: iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, and anywhere good music is found!Donate/Patreon: Check out our website www.thedeconstructionists.com to become part of our Patreon family, listen to all of our past episodes, subscribe for future episodes, connect with us on social media, read our blog, or get your hands on one of our many cool t-shirts or pint glasses!The Deconstructionists Podcast is produced by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information. www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com www.facebook.com/nationalaudiopreservationsociety Twitter: @napsrecordingWebsite by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen PfluigT-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	In effect, the Gospels are the gospel writers telling a story about them and Jesus.
0:08.3	They're telling their interpretive experience of who Jesus is.
0:13.8	And so you have from Mark, you know, this sort of immediate, very sort of teacherly Jesus, who also, you know, heals people,
0:25.1	and then there's the, you know, the passion narrative.
0:28.3	And you get Luke, you know, who's very concerned about issues of the poor and women and folks who are marginalized.
0:35.4	You get Matthew, who's telling an experience of a very, very,
0:39.0	very Jewish Jesus. And then you get John, the story of the sort of the mystical poetic Jesus.
0:47.0	And so you get these four portraits of Jesus, these four different pictures that are in the canonical
0:51.7	gospels, and that doesn't even count all the other ones that were running around in the ancient world gospel mary magdalen the gospel of peter a gospel thomas
0:58.9	all those things and so um but they're all accounts they're all personal accounts of who this person
1:06.3	who this jesus is and it's really interesting because they all claim that personal, you know, thing,
1:12.1	is that, oh, this was written by Luke, this was written by Mark, this was written by Matthew.
1:16.9	And so it's like the credibility of the whole story is based around the idea that some individual actually knew Jesus.
1:28.1	It's just kind of fascinating.
1:29.5	You know, to think of these as memoir theology.
1:33.8	That's what the Gospels are, memoir theology.
1:36.4	And so if you go to them, this idea of Savior is not really present.
1:43.5	You get talk of Christ being the anointed one, or you get the idea which is not quite Savior.
1:53.9	That's the Messiah.
1:55.8	And so you get this idea of Jesus being the Messiah.
1:58.9	And what's fascinating about that is at least in a couple places, Jesus, like the gospel
2:05.1	Mark, Jesus doesn't want anybody to know.
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