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Homebrewed Christianity

John Thatamanil: God – the Ground, the Between, the Personal

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Everyone doesn’t have to be a theology nerd, but if you want to know what it sounds like when we have fun, this conversation with John Thatamanil is exhibit A. Over the years, John and I have had multiple conversations on and off the podcast, and everyone is a complete joy. I am always wholly hyped when it is over and have a stack of ideas brewing in my head for weeks. This episode is no exception! Not only do we go deep into an adequate ontology for the breadth of religious experience, explore some Tillichian connections with Whitehead, and transformative explorations across religious pluralism, but we get personal about how the activity of thinking theologically is an intimate form of engagement with God. Relistening to this episode made me excited about my next conversation with John. Dr. Thatamanil is Professor of Theology & World Religions at Union Theological Seminary in NYC. 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  Previous Podcast visits from John What we do when we do theology A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity Theology Without Walls Non-duality, Polydoxy, and Christian Identity Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3

Oh yeah. What is up, theology nerds?

0:38.4

This is Tripp.

0:39.9

You're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.

0:42.6

And returning to the podcast is the Reverend Dr. John Totominal,

0:48.1

theologian and professor at Union, theological seminary.

0:52.9

And every time, every time he is on the podcast, we have ourselves an amazing time.

1:01.3

I absolutely love talking to John Totominole.

1:04.4

And he's been on a number of times, so you should go check out the past episodes if you dig this.

1:09.8

Because the fun thing of when

1:12.1

when you get a repeat guest like John is hopefully the listeners have gotten to know him and we've

1:19.6

talked about some of the big ideas and his big books and such and then as we get more comfortable

1:24.9

talking to look to each other then episodes turn into like tag team

1:29.0

theologizing. And if you took the Venn diagram of the things I am into and love and the ones

1:36.5

that John are, there's so, there's so much overlap. We kind of intuit where each other one's

1:41.6

going. But then there's different tonalities and experiences, and we just, like, have lots of fun.

1:46.9

This is what nerds sound like when they're having fun.

1:49.8

Like, the kind of conversation, when it's over with, and I go upstairs and I'm, you know, going to go to bed or whatever, and Alicia's like, why are you smiling like that?

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