Podcasts by The Peoples Theology

Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus pt. 2 with Reggie Williams from 2020-08-20T14:49

What Jesus do we worship? And how does our picture of Jesus shape the faith we live?

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Reggie Williams, but now exploring "white Jesus...

Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus pt. 1 with Reggie Williams from 2020-08-06T04:00

If you’re new to the podcast, or forgot what we do, in each episode we explore culture and theology like they matter, because they do. Maybe that sound strange, but often it the way we learn and...

Season 3 - Coming Soon from 2020-08-03T14:09

Brand new episodes of The Peoples Theology are coming soon!

S3:E1 - Counting Backwards from 2020-01-29T23:07:58

The People’s Theology is a show exploring theology and culture. In each episode, we explore a question, theme, or topic in dialogue with our faith. Today that question is, “how do we count?” Mayb...

A Conversation with Luke Goodrich from 2020-01-02T19:36:33

S2:E10 – Good Trouble w/ Leonce Crump from 2019-02-28T04:10:27

If you’ve been listening to the people’s theology recently, you are familiar (probably exhaustingly so) with the themes and questions we’re wrestling with: Mainly, why is the world the way that ...

S2:E9 – Beloved Community from 2019-01-31T20:13:23

Our history is full of saints and radicals who have asked the question, “is this how it has to be” and then revealed to us that it doesn’t. If the only image of the “Church” we have is the moder...

S2:E8 - There is No Hurry Here from 2018-12-27T01:52:59

What do we do about our world? How do we change it for the better? In our final episode of 2018, we look at one of our primary tools of defiance and protest. Something we desperately need, especia...

S2:E7 – From Bolivia with Hope from 2018-11-29T23:02:52

In this season of The Peoples Theology we’ve been asking two questions: why is the world the way that it is? And what can we do about it? But the truth is, we haven’t really been asking the first q...

S2:E6 – Ordinary Power from 2018-10-26T02:38:56

In this episode of The Peoples Theology we interview Dan Stanford author of the book, Losing the Cape, and ask what kind of person does it take to impact the world? Do we need to be powerful, we...

S2:E5 – The Good&Beautiful from 2018-09-26T22:30:06

On this episode of The Peoples Theology, we continue exploring the role of the church in engaging our cultural moment. In this episode, we have a conversation with Charles Kiser about living out...

S2:E4 – Locating Presence w/ David Fitch from 2018-08-30T20:06:30

The Peoples Theology is back after our long summer break. In the first part of season two we looked at the question, why is the world the way that it is? In the second part of our season we want...

Season 2 Trailer from 2018-08-15T17:16:27

The People’s Theology is returning.

S2:E3 – What is Water from 2018-04-23T23:59:30

David Foster Wallace, in his now very famous commencement speech, tells a story about two fish and in it, he asks a question, "what is water?" Meaning, what are the pieces of our world we don't rec...

S2:E2 - The History of Now from 2018-04-04T16:38:20

In this episode, we continue exploring the feelings of our current cultural moment but to best understand our feelings we need to understand how we got here. We need a history of the now.

S2:E1 – Fear&Loathing from 2018-03-06T00:25:11

How do we explain and make sense of our world today? Author Pankaj Mishra says we live in, an "age of rage" but the real question is why.

Episode 14 - Witness&Weinstein from 2017-12-04T19:52:45

In our final episode of 2017, we have a conversation about sexual assault and the role of friends, family, and the church with Pastor Heather Thomas. Historically, the Church hasn't been a place th...

Episode 13 - Holy War pt. 2 from 2017-11-13T21:56

How do we make sense of the violence in the Old Testament and the person of Jesus in the New? In part 2 of our conversation about holy war we look at the "drastic marching" orders Israel recievs.

Episode 12 - Holy War pt 1 from 2017-10-10T22:50:28

How do we reconcile the goodness of Jesus and the violence of the Old Testament that is seemingly attributed to God? In this episode we begin a 2 part series exploring Holy War with pastor and auth...

Episode 11 - Technotheology from 2017-09-27T21:36:16

It's been said that AI is the single greatest threat to theology since Darwin. Is that true? Does it really threaten so much of what we believe and hold dear? How should we think about AI?

Episode 10 - Dislocated from 2017-09-11T21:10:55

Right now in SLC, UT state officials are conducting a large scale operation to close and open new homeless shelters and relocate the homeless population to new areas around the state. Regardless of...

Episode 9 - Building Babel from 2017-07-11T02:47:33

We live in tension. We wake up and breathe the air tension every day and the question most of us will ask is, “what do we do in the tension?” Can we fix it? Make it better? Resolve it? These are qu...

Episode 8 - Stranger Days from 2017-05-08T22:07:14

We live in strange days. It's not hard to see because the reality can be felt in nearly every domain of life and culture, but it can be hard to name why things seem so strange. For many of us we fe...

Episode 7 - Of Heroes and Men from 2017-04-19T17:11:06

Today in the podcast we explore three questions that, whether we realize it or not, tend to shape the way we see and understand the world and our role within it. At first glance, you might be think...

Episode 6 - Weird Uncles&Cool Stories from 2017-03-22T23:25:05

Most of us, if we’re honest, have a weird relationship with the bible. The Chief question underneath all of it, is can it be trusted? Does it have some kind of authority and if so,  where does it c...

Episode 5.2 - Bonus Content from 2017-03-15T17:45:09

The last two episodes have revolves around a conversation about hell with author and pastor Josh Butler. We were hoping to make it to three episodes with him but realized, we just don't have enough...

Episode 5 - Get The Hell Out from 2017-03-07T17:32:29

How do we deal with the tension between the goodness of God and the presence of hell in the Biblical narrative? For so many of us, this is one of our biggest obstacles to trusting the God of the Bi...

Episode 4 - Hell Bound from 2017-02-21T20:40:34

When we talk about God there are certain questions that, for many of us, come to mind. One of the most important questions is, is God good? It's an important question, and it exist and presses in o...

Episode 3 - Hail The Guiding Star from 2017-02-06T20:54:41

Ability is the power to make something of the world, the power to steward God’s gifts, and seek the flourishing of the world around you. Ability may be power to image God and fulfill the culture ma...

Episode 2 - Chaos Stories from 2017-01-25T23:22:15

On this episode of The Peoples Theology, we continue exploring Genesis' creation narratives with Dr. Tim Mackie. In order to understand Genesis, we need to understand it's context. Which means unpa...

Episode 1 - Mind The Gap from 2017-01-23T02:21:30

Exploring the Bibles creation narratives with Dr. Tim Mackie. How should we read this narratives? Are they in conflict with modern science? And, is that the right question to ask?