John Thatamanil: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Friend of the podcast and theological super-star John Thatamanil is back on the podcast to talk about his ohhh sooo good new book Circling the Elephant. We had a bunch of nerdy fun and discussed... the task of comparative theology and its relation to constructive theology why the category of religion is problematic the patronizing skills of Radical Orthodoxy the story of the blind elephant JT throws shade at those Process peeps with multiple ultimates moving beyond the mono-logics of Barthian revelation and Rahner's Trinity a fun excurses into Paul Tillich on Pluralism "If God can speak through a dead dog, then God can surely speak through a Hindu" pre-validating the mystery of the other "There is no way of moving towards the mystery of God without moving towards the mystery of your Neighbor" the Father Bracken book I mention The Divine Matrix: Creativity as Link Between East and West "You cannot know what you do not love." How the market is dreaming its dreams within us and tutoring our desire. the possibility of a comparative theology of culture the Judith Butler we both mentioned: The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind religions may have the possibility of making us heretics to economism... good news. the Joseph Henrich I am a bit obsessed with The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous our conversation ends up on one of my favorite books How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human... not sure how many episodes this book has come up, but if John, Willie Jennings, and Jacob Erickson bring it up it must be good. I tell a story about the religious agenda of the World Bank If Christian theology has conformed itself to University modes of knowing, as a kind of academic discipline, but theology within Hinduism and Buddhism remain a practice Previous Visits of John on the podcast Theology Without Walls with John Thatamanil John Thatamanil on Non-duality, Polydoxy, and Christian Identity Check out these books by John Circling the Elephant: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity The Immanent Divine: God, Creation And the Human Predicament: God, Creation, and the Human Predicament Theology Without Walls: The Transreligious Imperative 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	What is up theology nerds? This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:17.7	That's right. This is the number one theological source of audiological goodness on the
0:24.1	interwebs since the year 2008. I've been bringing you interviews with theologians, philosophers,
0:30.2	biblical scholars, extraordinary thinkers. And today on the podcast, we have a return visit.
0:37.4	Return visit from the one and only John
0:40.1	to Tominal. That's right. He is professor of theology and world religions at Union
0:46.3	Theological Seminary in New York. And he is the author of a new book Circling the Elephant,
0:53.3	a comparative theology of religious diversity.
0:56.8	And I love talking to John. This conversation is so much fun. He not only wants to challenge us to
1:05.8	think about the nature of religious diversity, but wants us to think theologically in that diversity.
1:13.5	In what ways as religious diversity change the way we think as theologians?
1:19.3	We had so much fun in this conversation, and I can't wait for you to hear it.
1:25.5	Now, before we hop in, I want to let you all know that we're doing
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2:07.6	you'll get an introductory lecture, and then we'll have a short reading, a chapter, or an article by the thinker,
2:14.6	for you to dig in and read and then engage in a conversation
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