Ep. 176 - Dr. Greg Garrett ”The Gospel According to James Baldwin” pt. 2

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio:This week’s guest is Dr. Greg Garrett! Greg is a writer, speaker, musician, and professor. He’s the critically acclaimed author of over two dozen books of fiction and nonfiction including his latest, “The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity.” Greg studied at Oklahoma State University where he received his PhD in English. He then continued his education with post-doctoral studies in Holocaust Studies at the University of Oregon and later received his Masters in Divinity from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. Guest (select) publications: My Church is NOT Dying: Episopalians in the 21st Century; Crossing Myself: A Story of Spiritual Rebirth; We Get To Carry Each Other: The Gospel According to U2; Holy Superheroes; The Gospel According to Hollywood; The Other Jesus: Rejecting a Religion of Fear for the God of Love; Stories From The Edge: A Theology of Grief; Living With The Living Dead: The Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse; Entertaining Judgement: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination; The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity James Baldwin (select) publications: The Fire Next Time; Giovanni’s Room; Go Tell It on the Mountain; Notes of a Native Son; Another Country; If Beale Street Could Talk; Nobody Knows My NameGuest Website/Social Media: Twitter: @Greg1Garrett Special Theme Music by: Forrest ClayInstagram: @forrestclaymusic Twitter: @clay_kYouTube: www.youtube.com/claykmusic Songs featured on this episode were from the Recover EPYou can find Clay’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is found!Check out Factor 75 and use my code deconstruct50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited, mixed, and produced by John Williamson Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, or follow us on social media. We have a brand new webstore with faster shipping, new products, new designs, and international shipping! Join our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionists Website 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. Starting your own podcast? Try Riverside! https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-williamsonSupport 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	Welcome to the deconstructionist podcast.
0:13.9	I'm your host, John Williamson.
0:15.5	And we're back with part two of my conversation with Greg Garrett.
0:19.1	Hopefully you enjoyed the first part.
0:21.6	We continue our conversation surrounding his brand new book,
0:25.6	The Gospel, according to James Baldwin, one of my favorite authors of all time.
0:30.0	And we'll be back next week with an all-new guest,
0:32.5	but hopefully you enjoy part two in the meanwhile.
0:34.8	So before we get to that, if you're new, welcome. We appreciate
0:39.1	you listening and supporting the podcast. Check out our website, www.ddeconstructionist.com for all
0:46.6	things deconstructionists. It's got our blog on there, our entire back catalog of over 170
0:51.6	episodes that you can stream directly from the site for free, links to our social
0:56.2	media, and links to our brand new direct-to-print merch store. So solve the couple issues with this.
1:02.6	The shipping is much, much faster because it's coming directly from the warehouse or directly from
1:07.8	the printer. That allows us to offer a lot more designs and
1:11.7	options and colors and all sorts of good stuff. We've got some new designs on there as well.
1:19.0	And, oh, international printing or international shipping, rather. That's the big thing that I was
1:24.3	excited about. We have not been able to ship internationally up until this point.
1:28.8	So if you've always wanted a deconstructionist t-shirt or a mug or pine glass or whatever,
1:34.7	we've got all sorts of stuff on there that you're welcome to check out.
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1:40.6	We tried to keep the prices as low as possible too. to while we went through a couple different versions of the t-shirt one that we thought was going to be
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