From the scribes of the first centuries, to the committees deciding what writings were included in the Bible, to the motivations behind the 1611 KJV, the 1909 Scofield Study Bible, the 1946 RSV, to the present moment, the people behind the Bible have been motivated by trends in culture, politics, and personal theologies. This has led to the marginalization, rather than the inclusion of many of God’s children. We are reminded that our faith should not be placed in a book. Our faith is in G-d.

Resources used in the making of this episode:

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman

A General Introduction to the Bible by David Ewert

The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning by Harry Y. Gamble

Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism by Elijah Hixson & Peter J. Gurry

Christ and Culture in the New Testament by James W. Thompson

A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results by Paul D. Wegner

The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible by Paul D. Wegner

https://www.1946themovie.com/

What’s more important: Knowing about G-d, or knowing G-d? We discuss some of the many ways we can foster an intimate relationship with G-d, and a few practices that have been life changing for us. The marvelous and mysterious truth is that G-d will always meet us right where we are when we seek encounter with G-d.

Resources used in the making of this podcast:

Pablo d’Ors: Biography of Silence

Thomas Keating: Intimacy With God

What exactly is the Bible, really? Kevin and I discuss how our understanding of the Bible has changed throughout our lives, and how that has impacted our relationships with God.

Resources used in the making of this podcast:

Systematic Philosophical Theology, Volume 1: Prolegomena, On Scripture, On Faith by William Lane Craig

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart. D. Ehrman

The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning by Harry Y. Gamble

Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism by Ejijah Hixson and Peter J. Gurry (Eds)

A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results by Paul D. Wegner

The tension of living vegan in a non-vegan world can be most acute at church. Today we discuss ways to help ourselves navigate this phenomenon with as much grace as possible. And we talk through the most vegan sermon we’ve ever heard!

The legendary Carol J. Adams shared an hour with us to talk about her life’s work within Christianity, feminism, veganism, and her activism for marginalized beings. We had a chance to discuss her Prayers For Animals; and The Sexual Politics of Meat, as well as a few other books she’s written.

Here are a few of the feminist theological works she recommended to us in this interview: In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins, by Elisabeth Fiorenza; The books of Rosemary Radford Ruether, including Women Healing Earth: Third World Women on Ecology, Feminism, and Religion; Womananist Texts, such as If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes; and The Women’s Bible, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

We had the honor of interviewing Dr. Kemmerer! Author of Animals and World Religions, Dr. Lisa Kemmerer joins us to discuss her life and work as an activist for anymals. She shares how her amazing life experiences motivate her to give back, and to leave the world a better place than she found it.

Dr. Lisa Kemmerer masterfully draws her book to its conclusion: All the world’s major religions are radically anymal friendly! Then the appendix serves to dispel any myths that anymal-exploiting industries are in any way humane, or acceptable within compassionate religions.

Perhaps most surprising of all the chapters in this book, (to us), Islamic sacred texts are brimming with explicit, specific, beautiful admonitions about how to treat animals with kindness and compassion. Allahu akbar!