Adversaria Videos and Podcasts
Scripture, Theology, Liturgy, and Culture
Crawford Gribben, author of the book Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest, joins me for a discussion of movements downstream of Christian Reconstruction and the attraction and impact of Moscow, Idaho. He is also the author of the book The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland, released earlier this week.
Those interested in learning more about this subject might also appreciate Michael McVicar’s appearance on my podcast.
Ralph Roberts of the YouTube channel The Hungry Theologian joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about food, cooking, meals, and eating and their relationship to Christian faith. Make sure to check out and follow his channel!
This week Matt Anderson and I are joined by Dr Jennifer Rosner, to discuss her recent book about Jewish-Christian mutual understanding, Healing the Schism: Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig, and the New Jewish-Christian Encounter.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
If you would like to support the production of the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon.
Followers of Mere Fidelity may also be excited to discover that
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I recently had a far-reaching conversation with the Talking Freely podcast, run by the Freedom for Faith organization, getting into matters of public Christian concern such as sexual ethics and contemporary discourse about racial issues. Take a listen here.
This week’s Mere Fidelity discussion is on the subject of gossip, partly inspired by Kate Shellnutt’s recent Christianity Today article on the subject.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
If you would like to support the production of the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon.
Mike Cosper, the creator of a new podcast on the history of Mars Hill and Mark Driscoll, joined Derek, Matt, and me for a discussion of Mars Hill and its fall.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
If you would like to support the production of the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon.
Matt, Derek, Andrew, and I were joined by Rabbi Dr Ari Lamm for a discussion of the timely issue of antisemitism.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
If you would like to support the production of the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon.
Matthew Kaemingk joins me to discuss the relationship between work and Christian worship, the subject of the book he recently co-wrote with Cory Wilson, Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy.
The whole cast joins together for a discussion of a recent piece by Ross Douthat, ‘The Cul-De-Sacs of the Christian Intellectual’.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
If you would like to support the production of the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon.
The moral character of empathy has recently been a subject of contentious online debate among Christians. Joe Rigney and Hannah Anderson, who have both engaged in these disputes with their different concerns, join me for an extended discussion of the question, hoping to clear up some misunderstandings on both sides, and to break some differences down to size.
Within the conversation we mention various articles and other material.
Joe Rigney
The Enticing Sin of Empathy
Dangerous Compassion
Do You Feel My Pain?
Man Rampant Interview
Abigail Dodds
The Beauty and Abuse of Empathy
Paul Bloom
The Case Against Empathy
Against Empathy
Edwin Friedman
A Failure of Nerve
My summary of A Failure of Nerve
Brené Brown
On Empathy
Daring Greatly
Shame and Empathy
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