Slow Theology: Drs. Nijay Gupta and A.J. Swoboda
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🗓️ 25 September 2025
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Join the Theology in the Raw community for as little as $5/month to get access to premium content! A. J. Swoboda (PhD, University of Birmingham) is an assistant professor of Bible, theology, and world Christianity at Bushnell University. He also leads a doctor of ministry program around Christian formation and soul care at Friends University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning Subversive Sabbath and After Doubt. Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, Durham University) is Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. Gupta is an award-winning author of numerous books, including Tell Her Story, Strange Religion, and commentaries on Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He is also a senior translator for the New Living Translation. A.J. and Nijay cohost the Slow Theology podcast and co-authored the recent book Slow Theology, which is the topic of our conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology. |
| 0:02.0 | My two guests today are A.J. Sawoda and Nijay Gupta, who have been on the podcast many times as individuals, and they come on the podcast together to talk about this new book, Slow Theology, Eight Practices for Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World, which they wrote together. |
| 0:18.6 | It is an incredible book. It's not easy for scholars to write in |
| 0:24.1 | an academic way and yet make it so accessible, and they do it so well. And we talk all about |
| 0:31.9 | the content of the book. So, AJ, if you don't know, has a PhD from University to Birmingham, |
| 0:36.9 | is Associate Professor of Bible and Theology at Bushnell University in Eugene, Oregon, if you don't know, has a PhD from University of Birmingham, as Associate Professor of Bible and Theology at Bushnell University and Eugene Oregon, |
| 0:41.4 | and E.J. Gupta has a PhD from the University of Durham and is Julius Aramantee Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. |
| 0:48.0 | We also engage in an extra Indians conversation. You'll want to stick around for that. |
| 0:53.2 | We talk about where, I asked them, |
| 0:56.2 | where have you guys changed your mind on a significant theological issue? And that ended up |
| 1:01.4 | getting into a lengthy conversation about some thoughts around women and leadership that |
| 1:07.1 | weren't planned out. So anyway, if you want to listen to that extra Indians episode, |
| 1:11.6 | you have to go to Theology in the raw, |
| 1:13.5 | or sorry, patreon.com forward slash Theology in the raw |
| 1:16.4 | or click on the link in the show notes |
| 1:17.8 | to get access to our extra innings episode. |
| 1:20.8 | Okay, without further ado, |
| 1:22.0 | please welcome back to the show, |
| 1:23.0 | the one and only, A.J. Suboda and E.J. Gupta. |
| 1:35.5 | Yeah. only, A.J. Subboda and D.J. Gupta. All right. I am here with two awesome theologians. Good friends. |
| 1:39.6 | DJ Gupta. Hey J. Subboda. How are you guys doing this morning? |
| 1:42.2 | Doing great. |
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