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Episode 22: Sacred Seminary Symposium: Un poquito de justicia

We're back, six months later (!) with episode 7 of Sacred Seminary Symposium. Lauren R.E. Larkin and Sabrina discuss Mujerista Theology chapter 6, Un poquito de justicia, A Little Bit of Justice. We go over the five faces of oppression, and eight answers from mujerista justice, according to Isasi-Diaz. Along the way, we discuss the value of contextualizing oppression, belonging v diversity, if progress is a real thing leading to utopia, and more. Find the quotes discussed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eOUKY4i-reTptajsdIrU1YY0TxRWZfxmlKL5p-MIJEc/edit?usp=sharing

Seminary for the Rest of Us, a tiny podcast where everyone is welcome to God-talk, is produced by Sabrina Reyes-Peters. The theme music is by Matthew Scott. Support: https://ko-fi.com/sdrp_Find us on Twitter and Instagram @seminaryshow Email: seminary.show@gmail.com

Elizabeth Hagan is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and has been a pastor for 15 years. She saw - and personally experienced - the isolation, loneliness, and shame that remains unspoken when Christians shy away from difficult conversations. She knew that the church could do better to foster a sense of acceptance and belonging. So she wrote Brave Church to open the door to the presence of God in difficult conversations.

Listen in as I chat with Elizabeth about her new book, Brave Church and her vision about a place where people don't have to check out their issues at the church door, because the community can talk through tough topics in a context of respect, vulnerability, and kindness, learning and exercising love for neighbor.

Learn more: https://elizabethhagan.com/bravechurch/.

Talk to Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethagan



Seminary for the Rest of Us, a tiny podcast where everyone is welcome to God-talk, is produced by Sabrina Reyes-Peters. The theme music is by Matthew Scott. Support: https://ko-fi.com/sdrp_Find us on Twitter and Instagram @seminaryshow Email: seminary.show@gmail.com

Currently in our USA context, our so-called justice system is heavily punitive, and uses people, particularly black and brown folks, as its scapegoats. Might penal substitutionary atonement theology have something to do with this? In our conversation, Hannah explains how we can rethink substitutionary atonement theology in a non-punitive sense, and use Jesus' solidarity with victims and perpetrators of harm in the crucifixion to anchor abolition theology and thus the transformative and restorative justice from which it flows. Let's also think about how the resurrection plays into this.

https://christiansforabolition.org

https://christiansforabolition.org/resources/

Hannah Bowman is a graduate student in Religious Studies at Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, a literary agent, and a prison abolitionist. The founder and director of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons, she writes and teaches on the Christian theology supporting abolition; she is also a circle coordinator for the Los Angeles pilot Circles of Support and Accountability restorative-justice prison re-entry program, in collaboration with the Fresno Community Justice Center.

Seminary for the Rest of Us, a tiny podcast where everyone is welcome to God-talk, is produced by Sabrina Reyes-Peters, was occasionally sound engineered by Mason Mennenga, and is web engineered by Charlie Peters.

The theme music is by Matthew Scott. Support: https://ko-fi.com/sdrp_Find us on Twitter and Instagram @seminaryshow Email: seminary.show@gmail.com

Episode 19: Sacred Seminary Symposium: A Challenge to Traditional Theology

*Find episode 3 at the link below to Sancta Colloquia.*

Read the excerpts referenced here: https://tinyurl.com/MT-Chapter-4

Sancta Colloquia on the web: https://laurenrelarkin.com/category/sancta-colloquia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanctacolloquia/

Seminary for the Rest of Us, a tiny podcast where everyone is welcome to God-talk, is produced by Sabrina Reyes-Peters, occasionally sound engineered by Mason Mennenga, web engineered by Charlie Peters, and the theme music is by Matthew Scott. Support: https://ko-fi.com/sdrp_Find us on Twitter and Instagram @seminaryshow Email: seminary.show@gmail.com

Episode 18: Intro to Patristic Universalism, with Ambrose Andreano

Origen, among some other Early Church Fathers, saw the fires of hell as purification and restoration, not as eternal torment. Listen in on this conversation with Ambrose Andreano as he answers some of my questions on patristic universalism.

Ambrose Andreano is an Eastern Orthodox mystic and aspiring lay theologian who specializes in the writings of Origen of Alexandria. He co-hosted The Patristics Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio and created the website Black Lion Academy, where he published biblical commentary, as well as philosophical and theological meditations.

Note: Black Lion Academy website is not accessible, but you can get a look at Ambrose's essays here: https://liberty.academia.edu/AmbroseAndreano

Resources:

https://www.academia.edu/45079912/Patristic_Universalism

Get started with Origen: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/origen.html

Seminary for the Rest of Us, a tiny podcast where everyone is welcome to God-talk, is produced by Sabrina Reyes-Peters, occasionally sound engineered by Mason Mennenga, web engineered by Charlie Peters, and the theme music is by Matthew Scott. Support: https://ko-fi.com/sdrp_Find us on Twitter and Instagram @seminaryshow Email: seminary.show@gmail.com

Resources in the order of appearance:

Dorothee Solle: The Window of Vulnerability

On Christofascism, take a look at Blake Chastain Chrissy Stroop's work.

Helmut Gollwitzer: Our God Loves Justice, by W. Travis McMaken

More info: episode of Sancta Colloquia discussing W. Travis McMaken's work, Our God Loves Justice, and a past episode of Seminary for the Rest of Us on dialectical theology.

A couple of podcast episodes  in which Dr. McMaken gives some background on Helmut Gollwitzer and discusses Our God Love Justice: Theology and Socialism, The Magnificast

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