Oh, yeah, what is up theology nerds? This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.

And today we're doing what we do here at this podcast, bringing you audiological ingredients.

That's right from the ivory towers to drop it right in your earbuds so you can think, reflect, and brew your own faith. There's no need for that light, be a religion when you can get it zesty. And my, my, my friends, this is a zesty episode. This is the first visit to the podcast after many, many requests from the one and only Marianne Grau, who is the professor of systematic

theology, ecumenism, miscellology at the Norwegian School of Theology.

She is the author of a host of books, including reconfiguring theological hermeneutics,

Pilgrimage Landscape and Identity, Rethinking Mission, Interpreting the Postmodern and of divine economy, and more and more.

We're going to talk about her own story, her trajectory as a theologian, and this is all done

in context of our conversation was recorded live. At the European Society for the Study of

Science and Theology, the focus was on the impending ecological

crisis that is before us. And this conversation, way wide-ranging one, but it weaves through

a number of themes that are quite a bit of fun. Different ways of reflecting and wrestling with the

concept of salvation. The figure of the trickster and what happens when it shows up.

And, and guess what?

What about the desire to avoid the don't look up Eucharist?

Mm-hmm.

Reference to the movie.

Anyway, you're going to hear all that and more.

I hope you enjoy it.

I am looking for it now that Marianne and I have had quite a bit of fun together, having her come back on.

And here's my dream. And I'm just putting it out here on the intro in hopes that this lure lays the call you could say.

I want to have a conversation with Marian Grau and our mutual friend, Jacob Erickson, have him return to the podcast.

Marianne Grau returned to the podcast, a three-way process party wrestling with all sorts

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