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Homebrewed Christianity

Scott MacDougall: Faith Seeking Wisdom

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

I am thrilled to have Dr. Scott MacDougall back on the podcast. He recently published The Shape of Anglican Theology Faith Seeking Wisdom, which explores the distinctiveness of Anglican theology. The book describes its boundaries and names its particular characteristics, finally concluding that Anglican theology is a wisdom theology that seeks to build the capacity for faithful Christian discernment in belief and practice. You will hear a brilliant theologian reflecting on his tradition and the deep joy of his faith. Talking with Scott is always a pleasure, and I hope you enjoy it. Scott MacDougall was born and raised in Central New York. He attended college in the greater New York City area, receiving his B.A. from Hofstra University. Following a career in the not-for-profit sector, he undertook the formal study of theology. MacDougall received his M.A. in theology from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in 2007 and his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Fordham University in 2014. At the American Academy of Religion, he co-chairs the Anglican Studies Seminar and serves on the steering committee of the Ecclesiological Investigations Unit. MacDougall has served as Co-Editor in Chief of the? Anglican Theological Review and was the inaugural Theologian to the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church. Previous Episodes with Scott More Than Communion The Infinite Mystery & Diverse Doxology of God w/ Elizabeth Johnson Christian Feminist Theology with Elizabeth Johnson, Monica Coleman, and Cindy Rigby 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.

0:13.2

Since the year of 2008, we've been bringing you audiological goodness, interviews with scholars across the disciplines to help you think, reflect, wrestle, and brew your own faith.

0:25.1

And today, returning to the podcast is the associate professor of theology at Church, Divinity School of the Pacific.

0:34.4

Scott McDougal.

0:35.8

That's right.

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He's back on the podcast. and we're talking about his most

0:39.7

recent book, The Shape of Anglican Theology, Faith Seeking Wisdom. I always have fun talking

0:47.2

to Scott. If you haven't heard his previous time on the podcast, go check it out. But this was part

0:54.0

of a series that's been going on

0:56.0

the last few months looking at the way different parts of the church wrestle and think

1:01.4

theologically. And we try to kind of dig in to his own process in writing, in writing the shape of Anglican theology to focus in on just what

1:13.9

Anglican theologians do when they theologize. You'll hear that it both inherits and

1:20.6

transforms a kind of Catholic thinking that we previously heard Ryan Dunst talk about in this

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theology for normal people series. And it's,

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it's distinctively Protestant, but not in the way other parts of the Protestant theology think.

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And the odd thing is, Anglicans, until recently, didn't write systematic theologies. They have a prayer book, they have practices and

1:46.6

such. So one of the things that's happened of late on top of other Anglican theologians

1:51.5

writing systematic theologies is someone like Scott who's attentive to that tradition

1:57.7

and is a brilliant theologian trying to capture the energy of how the Anglican

2:04.6

tradition thinks. So it's a wonderful book. I love talking to Scott, and I'm sure you're going to

2:10.5

enjoy it. If you want to hear him answer the 10 big questions about God that we got from a survey,

2:17.4

then head over to Theology for

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