BRIDGING THEOLOGY Beth Stovell, Candace Smith, Claudia Herrera-Montero, Jon Stovell, Kevin Hill, Ryan Reed

Co-hosts Claudia Herrera-Montero and Kevin Hill speak with Christopher M. Hays about his new book,  Eight Million Exiles: Missional Action Research and the Crisis of Forced Migration (Eerdmans, 2024). 
Christopher joined Scholar Leaders as President in 2022 after serving as a missionary and professor of New Testament at the Biblical Seminary of Colombia in Medellín. A Biblical scholar committed to the transformation of theological knowledge into missional practice, he has worked in projects ranging from authoring scholarly volumes to establishing church-based ministries to victims of forced migration. He holds degrees from Wheaton and Oxford. His most recent book in English is Eight Million Exiles. He and his wife Michelle have three children and live in North Carolina.

Co-host Kevin Hill and guest co-host Ross Von Hausen speak with Alan J. Torrance and Andrew B. Torrance about their new book,  Beyond Immanence: The Theological Vision of Kierkegaard and Barth (Eerdmans, 2023). 
Alan J. Torrance is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Persons in Communion: Trinitarian Description and Human Participation. He has also edited The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics (with Michael Banner) and Scripture's Doctrine: Studies on the New Testament's Normativity for Christian Dogmatics (with Markus Bockmuehl).
Andrew B. Torrance is a senior lecturer in theology at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of The Freedom to Become a Christian: A Kierkegaardian Account of Human Transformation in Relationship with God. He has also edited several volumes, including Knowing Creation and Christ and the Created Order: Perspectives from Theology, Philosophy, and Science (with Thomas H. McCall) and Soren Kierkegaard: Theologian of the Gospel (with Greg Marcar and Todd Speidell).

Co-hosts Beth Stovell and Ryan Reed join Michael F. Bird to discuss his new book, Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies, co-authored with N. T. Wright (Zondervan, 2024). 
Michael F. Bird is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College, Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including, with N. T. Wright, The New Testament in Its World (2019). 

Co-hosts Claudia Herrera-Montero and Candace Smith speak with Elizabeth Conde-Frazier about her new book Atando Cabos, Latinx Contributions to Theological Education, published by Eerdmans in 2021. 
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier is the author of the book Atando Cabos, Latinx Contributions to Theological Education, published by Eerdmans in 2021. Her fields of study are Christian Education and Practical Theology. She is the coordinator of relationships for theological entities at Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH). Before this role, she served as dean and vice president of education at Esperanza College of Eastern University in Philadelphia, PA. Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier was previously tenured associate professor of religious education at Claremont School of Theology and taught Hispanic Latino/a theology at the Latin American Bible Institute. She has over ten years of experience as an ordained pastor and formerly served as a bilingual teacher in the New York City school system. The Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier holds a Ph.D. from Boston College and a Master of Divinity degree from Palmer Seminary. 

Co-hosts Kevin Hill and Claudia Herrera-Montero speak with Stefana Dan Laing about her new book, Retrieving History - Memory and Identity Formation in the Early Church (Baker 2017). Stefana Dan Laing is Associate Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. 
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Season 3 of the Bridging Theology Podcast is sponsored by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. With a history spanning over 100 years, Eerdmans publishes the finest literature in theology, biblical studies, and religious history, and popular titles in spirituality, ministry, and cultural criticism. Upcoming releases in 2024 include works from scholars such as Amy Peeler, Clifton Black, Helen Bond, Michael Horton, James Nogalski and many more. Visit Eerdmans.com to order a copy today.  

Co-hosts Beth Stovell and Ryan Reed speak with Andrew J. Brown about his new book, Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate (Eerdmans 2023). Andrew J. Brown is Old Testament Lecturer at the Melbourne School of Theology. He is also the author of The Days of Creation: A History of Christian Interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2:3.
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Season 3 of the Bridging Theology Podcast is sponsored by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. With a history spanning over 100 years, Eerdmans publishes the finest literature in theology, biblical studies, and religious history, and popular titles in spirituality, ministry, and cultural criticism. Upcoming releases in 2024 include works from scholars such as Amy Peeler, Clifton Black, Helen Bond, Michael Horton, James Nogalski and many more. Visit Eerdmans.com to order a copy today.