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Homebrewed Christianity

What's the deal with Deconstruction?

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

I am excited to share this conversation with Thomas Jay Oord. In it, we discuss what we've learned from surveying thousands of people in faith transition - the reasons, the process, and the possibilities after faith deconstruction. WATCH the video of the conversation here. JOIN our next class, GOD AFTER DECONSTRUCTION with Thomas Jay Oord Are you navigating the challenging landscape of faith deconstruction, seeking a path that affirms your deepest intuitions and values?  Join theologians Dr. Thomas Jay Oord and Dr. Tripp Fuller for a transformative online class, "God After Deconstruction." This six-week journey is designed to embrace the uncertainty, explore profound topics, and offer a constructive, hope-filled vision of God grounded in open and relational theology. In this course, we aim to foster a thoughtful and inclusive space where participants can explore a variety of topics crucial to the journey of reconstructing their spiritual beliefs. Come to THEOLOGY BEER CAMP. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions 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

What is up theology nerds? This is Tripp. And today, you're going to get a little preview of a project

0:06.7

Tom Ward and I've been working on. It's called God After Deconstruction. We surveyed thousands of people

0:12.4

and tried to find out what was the big question that generated their faith transition, their

0:17.3

deconstruction. Was it the problem of evil, ruralism? Was it the rise of Christian

0:22.8

nationalism? There are so many different reasons that have generated the kind of pressure that

0:29.1

forces faith transition that we wanted to explore it. And then we've been working on this project,

0:34.6

gone after deconstruction, to really introduce an attempt to

0:40.7

wrestle with the word, concept, reality of God that doesn't say repress, deny, ignore

0:46.6

legitimate challenges to faith. So if you're interested in that, check out this. This is the

0:53.7

first of 10 videos Tom and I have produced tackling the different issues. This is kind of an introduction, but if you dig it, go to godafterdeconstruction.com. You can donate anything between zero and a million dollars. You'll immediately get access to all 10 videos. You can use them in a group and watch them by yourself,

1:13.3

and then you'll be invited to a series of live streams throughout the month of April

1:17.3

where you can ask questions, dig in, and get deeper, nerdyer,

1:21.6

and all that kind of good stuff.

1:23.3

But yeah, thank you for checking this out.

1:27.0

For the thousands of you that responded to filled out the survey,

1:30.8

I deeply appreciate it.

1:32.6

And I hope you enjoy this, Godafterdeconfliction.com.

1:36.5

And if you're digging it later this month in April,

1:40.6

Tom and I are doing a live event in Denver,

1:44.1

which you can find out at the website,

1:45.3

God Afterdeconstruction.com, and we'll be digging into it even more at Theology Beer Camp

1:50.2

this October. So, there you go. Hello, everyone. This is Tripp, and I'm here with Tom, and we're

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