Jacob Erickson: a Theopoetics of the Earth

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Jacob J. Erickson is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Trinity College Dublin. He previously taught Religion and Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. There is no good reason not to follow him on twitter. This conversation came after a Jacob gave a lecture in the Theology and Ethics seminar at New College, University of Edinburgh and then we got lost trying to find Brew Dog & their super legit cauliflower buffalo wings. Things that came up... a theopoetics of the earth relearning religion and spirituality in light of the planetary crisis coming to process thought through a theology of the cross the problems of logocentrism "salvation is not carbon neutral" the gospel without eternal conscious torment grief and the ecological crisis we both loved this book by Thomas Attig, How We Grieve: Relearning the World the practical relativism of climate denial Marjorie Suchocki is awesome and we both dig this text - A Fall to Violence youth ministry and the anxiety of climate change is it ethical to have children? is that even the best way to ask the question? 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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1:19.0	This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
1:22.6	Since 2008, we've been bringing you audiological ingredients, the podcast, for you to brew your own faith, bringing you voices from the academy.
1:33.7	Be they theologians, philosophers, scientists, and all sorts of things in between.
1:38.5	And today on the podcast, you're going to get to hear from a theological ethics professor at Trinity College Dublin, Dr. Jacob Erickson.
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1:49.8	We're going to talk about a theopoetics of the earth.
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