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Nomad Podcast

Michael Frost - Deconstructing the Christian Narrative of Power (N302)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

Host of the In the Shift podcast Michael Frost is a researcher, writer and theologian. In this episode he shares from his own experience of faith and church, as he unpicks the language that has so often been co-opted in Christian spaces to enforce power and perpetuate unhealthy systems of control.

Afterwards Nick Thorley and Joy Brooks consider the impact of this misuse of power on their own lives and reflect on how they have found healthier ways of engaging with their own faith.

Interview starts at 15m 34s

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome back to Nomad podcast. My name is Nick Thorley. And this is Joy. Hi. Hi, Joy. I didn't say a surname. Would you like full name check? No, it makes you feel a bit like Beyonce or someone like that. Oh, really? Just my first name. Do you know what? I'm starting to get this thing

0:55.2

as well, because your name is Joy Brooks, right? But the England cricketer Harry Brooke. I've just

1:02.4

started getting this thing where I just can't remember whether people who could have an S on the

1:06.8

end of their name do or don't. Do you know I mean oh it's a bit of a problem isn't it

1:12.0

is that like getting old where you just get names mixed up probably yeah or it doesn't really

1:17.8

matter so your brain isn't really retaining the detail no you just sound a bit ignorant when

1:22.7

you're talking about sport there and you mispronounce names or you sound rude when you can't

1:26.6

remember like someone's surname true or you sound rude when you can't remember like someone's

1:28.4

surname. True. Or you sound ignorant when you can't remember the name of a nomad co-host. I could

1:34.7

remember your name though, Joey. You could. I was giving you the Beyonce treatment. Joy, how are you?

1:41.3

I'm pretty well. I do have a bit of a cold, so I felt indignant about that this week.

1:46.5

But other than that, I'm pretty good. How about you?

1:49.2

I'm all right. Is there, does Tai Chi help with the cold?

1:52.0

Oh, I love Tai Chi.

1:53.8

Do you?

1:54.7

I really do.

1:56.9

Yesterday I was feeling quite running down and ropy with it and I thought, do you know what,

2:01.9

let's just do some really gentle Tai Chi because I haven't done it yet and I'm missing it.

2:06.2

And it's just, I don't know what it does to me, but it's really soothing.

2:11.1

Oh, that's very cool.

2:12.3

Yeah.

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