The Apostle’s Creed – Ben Myers and Natasha Kennedy

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Judaism, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode we go back to theological basics. What is a creed? What is a creed for? Co-host Amy Hughes talks with Ben Myers about his book on the Apostles' Creed and it's companion children's book. We discuss what it was like to write theology for an adult audience and for children. This episode also features a short interview with the illustrator, Natasha Kennedy. The post The Apostle’s Creed – Ben Myers and Natasha Kennedy first appeared on OnScript.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Onscript podcast, your home for world-class conversations on scripture and theology,
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0:19.6	Hello, friends. Welcome to OnScript.
0:21.9	This is Amy Brownhughes, a co-host for the podcast with Matt Lynch, Matt Bates, Aaron
0:26.7	Heim, Drew Johnson, Chris Tilling, and Jules Martinez, Olivieri.
0:30.9	Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Ben Myers, Associate Professor of Theology, in the Graduate
0:35.9	Research School at Alpha Cruces College in Brisbane.
0:39.7	He is a research fellow of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Center at Charles Sturt
0:45.6	University and an honorary senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the
0:50.6	Humanities at the University of Queensland. Today we will be talking about two of his many books, the Apostles Creed, a Guide to the Ancient
0:58.7	Catechism, part of the Christian Essential series with Lexham Press, published in 2018, and the brand
1:05.2	new children's book, the Apostles Creed for all God's children, illustrated by Natasha Kennedy,
1:10.4	very recently published by Lexham.
1:12.4	Welcome, Ben.
1:13.7	Thanks, Amy.
1:14.3	Great to be here.
1:15.6	Could you start us off talking about what your journey into theology looked like?
1:21.0	Is there a moment or two that stands out as being particularly formative for you?
1:27.3	Yeah, sure. Weirdly, although I now
1:29.3	am an academic theologian, and I work in the area of theology, I've never actually
1:36.3	studied theology. I've never taken classes in theology. I studied literature, and as a literature
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