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Homebrewed Christianity

Paul Capetz: Recovering Protestantism’s Original Insight

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

How do liberal Protestant Christian theologians think? Few people are as capable as our guest, Dr. Paul Capetz, at articulating the heart of liberal Protestantism. Paul has been a friend for a long time. We first met at Claremont School of Theology when he was on sabbatical and we quickly realized how much we enjoy getting nerdy together. In this episode, we discuss his new book, Recovering Protestantism’s Original Insight and how liberal Protestantism inherited Luther’s critical theology. In the conversation, we discuss… how to engage historical criticism of the Bible as a modern Christian the role and function of tradition for theologizing the contrast between Calvin and Luther when it comes to Biblical authority can the Bible help us think about ethics today? the need to free the Bible from an ancient worldview the existentialist impact of Gospel proclamation the priority of education within liberal Protestantism how to be honest in wrestling with and discerning our history America’s anti-intellectualism and its deep desire to repress its history Paul tells the story of the Presbyterian church wrestling with same-sex marriage the relationship between liberal and liberation theologies Paul E. Capetz is professor of historical theology emeritus at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and is currently minister at Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach, California. He is the author of God: A Brief History and co-editor of James Gustafson’s Moral Discernment in the Christian Life. Previous Episodes w/ Paul Capetz Existentialist Philosophy, Politics, & Theology Calvin’s 500th Birthday The Big Theological Throw Down with John Cobb & Paul Capetz 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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0:00.0

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

0:12.3

And today, returning to the podcast, is historical theologian. And he's recently become emeritus in the academy as he returned to congregational service at Christchurch by the sea in Newport, California.

0:27.2

My friend Paul Capitz, he's here to help us understand how liberal Protestants think theologically.

0:35.7

This is part of our series right now exploring a host of

0:39.9

different schools of thought you could say within the church and in the way they think.

0:45.3

Also, I want to just lift up his newest book. It came out earlier this year. It's called

0:51.4

Recovering Protestantism's original insight. It's not, not super long,

0:57.6

but in it, in it, he really gets at how Luther's theological heritage has been passed over

1:04.0

for Calvin's more biblicalist one. Anyway, you'll hear him talk about it in it, but it's an amazing

1:08.9

book. You definitely want to check it out. There'll be links and such. If you dig this, if you hear him talk about it in it, but it's an amazing book. You definitely want to check it out.

1:12.4

There'll be links and such.

1:17.2

If you dig this, if you dig this conversation about how Paul thinks theologically, then you should come over to theology for normal people.com,

1:21.6

and you'll not only have access to a bunch of theologians having a similar conversation,

1:26.6

but you'll be able to get them answering

1:28.4

the eight big God questions and interact with a couple thousand people and me and Pete ends as we

1:36.2

dig into them. It's our current open online class. It's a fun one. So you can head there. And,

1:41.8

you know, you know, and if you're thinking about your finitude, if you're thinking about your finitude,

1:46.9

like, why are we born to suffer and die?

1:49.0

Things like that.

1:50.5

Then next month, Dan Koch, my buddy from the U.S. Permission podcast, who's also, you know,

1:56.6

a therapist.

1:57.9

He's joining me for a class called Living Before You Die, Exploring Psychological

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