This Is Not Church Podcast

This Is Not Church
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This Is Not Church podcast offers a compelling and thought-provoking exploration of the intersections between deconstruction, activism, spirituality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as vital issues like Black Lives Matter and First Nations' rights. Hosted by passionate individuals who are dedicated to fostering open and inclusive conversations, this podcast delves into the complex journey of deconstructing one's faith, while simultaneously embracing and advocating for the rights and stories of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the fight for racial justice within the Black Lives Matter movement and the preservation of First Nations' cultures and rights. With a focus on examining the evolving landscapes of faith and identity, "This Is Not Church" provides a safe and informative space for listeners to engage with narratives of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation, ultimately encouraging a more empathetic and understanding society.

  1. 1d ago

    July Rebroadcast: A Conversation With Arundhathi Subramaniam

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by The Heretic Happy Hour Podcast In This episode we chat with Arundhathi Subramaniam Arundhathi Subramaniam is a leading Indian poet, described as “one of the finest poets writing in India today” (The Hindu, 2010) and “a unique poet of our times... in a league all by herself” (Indian Literature, 2021). Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Poetry 2020 (awarded by India’s national academy of letters), her fourteen books include Love Without a Story (Bloodaxe Books, 2020)and most recently, the Penguin anthology of Indian female sacred poetry, Wild Women (2024). Shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2015, her various poetry awards include the Il Ceppo Prize in Italy, the Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award, the inaugural Khushwant Singh Prize, the Zee Women’s Award for Literature, the Raza Award for Poetry, the Mystic Kalinga Award, the Trinity Arts Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, the Homi Bhabha and Charles Wallace fellowships, among others. She has worked over the years as curator, critic and poetry editor, and divides her time between New York, Mumbai, and Chennai. You can connect with Arundhathi on: Facebook     Instagram You can find all things Arundhathi Subramaniam related on her website You can purchase Women Who Wear Only Themselves: Four Travelers on Their Sacred Journeys on Amazon.com You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    58 min

  2. Jun 29

    Pride Month Rebroadcast: A Conversation With Matthew Vines

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Peelakiiyankwi: Processing Liberation Through an Indigenous American Lens  Published by Quoir and is available now. In this episode we chat with Matthew Vines Matthew Vines is the founder of The Reformation Project, a Bible-based, Christian nonprofit that works to advance an orthodox and affirming vision for the church. Vines’s work has been featured in media worldwide, including Time, the Associated Press, and The New York Times. Vines lives in Dallas, Texas. You can connect with Matthew on: Facebook     Instagram     YouTube You can find all things Matthew Vines related on his website You can find more info about the Reformation Project on their website You can purchase God And The Gay Christian on Amazon.com You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 14m

  3. Jun 22

    Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Safe Space w/ Jaxon podcast In this episode we chat with Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez spent nearly a decade in gay conversion therapy—all while working behind the scenes at some of the most influential evangelical megachurches. After embracing his identity as a gay Christian and leaving church work, he co-founded Church Clarity, an organization that helps queer people find affirming faith communities. His writing and work have been featured in TIME, The Advocate, NBC, VICE, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Religion News Service, and Newsweek. Born in the Midwest, he now calls New York City home, where he continues his work as a writer, digital strategist, and advocate for queer people of faith. You can connect with Timothy on: Facebook     Instagram     TikTok     SubStack     Threads     Goodreads You can find all things Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez related on his website You can purchase Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging at Bookshop.org You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 6m

  4. Jun 15

    Pride Rebroadcast: A Conversation With Jeremy Steele

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Epilogue by K.D. McCrite. Published by Quoir and available now. In this episode we chat with Jeremy Steele. Jeremy Steele is a pastor and writer. He also sucks as a Christian. Jeremy helps people find spiritual beliefs that help them be the best version of themselves and help them find a purpose greater than themselves. His progressive and engaging approach to spirituality has attracted a loyal following of over 100K on social media and a thriving community of members in the Discord group affectionately dubbed 'Not Church.' You can connect with Jeremy on: Facebook     Instagram     TikTok     YouTube You can find all things Jeremy Steele related on his website You can buy How to Not Suck as a Christian on Amazon.com You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 2m

  5. Jun 8

    Wired For Wonder: A Conversation With Aaron Hanbury

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by Safe Space W/ Jaxon Podcast In this episode we chat with Aaron Hanbury Aaron Cline Hanbury is a writer and editor. He's the editor of Common Good magazine, which he helped found in 2019, and the previous editor of RELEVANT magazine. Aaron lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and daughters. You can connect with Aaron on: Instagram     Substack You can find all things Aaron Hanbury related on his website You can purchase Wired for Wonder: Dispatches on Technology, Culture, God, and Self on Bookshop.org You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 4m

  6. Jun 1

    The Conspiracists: A Conversation With Noelle Cook

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by The Jonathan_Foster podcast. In this episode we chat with Noelle Cook Noelle Cook is an author, filmmaker, and researcher who explores how identity, belief, and belonging shape extremist communities—especially among women. Her book, The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (2026), draws on five years of immersive fieldwork to trace the gendered and cultural roots of conspiratorial thinking. She is also Associate Producer of The Conspiracists, a feature documentary by Page75 Productions. Cook’s work bridges academia and media, offering a grounded, human look at how ordinary people come to believe extraordinary things. You can connect with Noelle Cook on: Facebook     Instagram     Threads     Bluesky You can find all things Noelle Cook related on her website You can buy The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging on Bookshop.org You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    58 min

  7. May 25

    Racial Justice For The Long Haul: A Conversation With Christine Jeske

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by How to Not Suck as a Christian by Jeremy Steele. Published by Quoir and available now In this episode we chat with Christine Jeske As an Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Wheaton College (PhD, University of Wisconsin, MBA, Eastern University), Christine Jeske joins with others to consider how to live good and just lives in this multicultural world. She worked for a decade in microfinance, refugee resettlement, community development, and education while living in Nicaragua, China, and South Africa. She currently shares an old farm named the Sanctuary with an ever-shifting combination of chickens, sheep, pigs, raspberries, weeds, guests, two grown children, and one wonderful husband. In The Laziness Myth, she explores what goes wrong with work and what people do about it. In Racial Justice for the Long Haul, she offers practical research on how people pursue a more just world. You can connect with Christine on: Facebook     Instagram You can find all thing Christine Jeske related on her website You can purchase Racial Justice for the Long Haul: How White Christian Advocates Persevere (and Why) on Bookshop.org You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 hr

  8. May 18

    The Tribulation Survival Guide: A Conversation With Stuart Delony

    This Quoircast Podcast episode is brought to you by The Tribulation Survival Guide: How to Stay Alive When Everything Else Is Dead by Stuart Delony. Published by Quoir and available now. In this episode we chat with Stuart Delony Stuart Delony is a former pastor, current cynic, and future resident of the New Jerusalem HOA complaints committee (pending appeal). He hosts the Snarky Faith podcast and writes weekly columns interrogating faith and culture with equal parts wit and fire. He’s survived megachurches, mission trips, and multiple theological detoxes. His book, The Tribulation Survival Guide, is his field manual. You can connect with Stuart on: Facebook     Instagram     TikTok     YouTube Check out Stuart's podcast Snarky Faith You can purchase The Tribulation Survival Guide: How to Stay Alive When Everything Else Is Dead on Amazon.com You can connect with This Is Not Church on: Facebook     Instagram      TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Biolink for all things This Is Not Church related Please like and follow our Quoircast Partners: Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with Keith     The Church Needs Therapy Ideas Digest      Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly Faith     Spirituality Brew Pub     Faith For The Rest Of Us Jonathan_Foster     Sacred Thoughts     Holy Heretics     Reframing Our Stories     Bros Bibles & Beer      Liminal Living Love Covered Life     The Social Jesus Project     I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist     Radical Love Live     The God Squad Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you’re thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    52 min
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This Is Not Church podcast offers a compelling and thought-provoking exploration of the intersections between deconstruction, activism, spirituality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as vital issues like Black Lives Matter and First Nations' rights. Hosted by passionate individuals who are dedicated to fostering open and inclusive conversations, this podcast delves into the complex journey of deconstructing one's faith, while simultaneously embracing and advocating for the rights and stories of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the fight for racial justice within the Black Lives Matter movement and the preservation of First Nations' cultures and rights. With a focus on examining the evolving landscapes of faith and identity, "This Is Not Church" provides a safe and informative space for listeners to engage with narratives of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation, ultimately encouraging a more empathetic and understanding society.

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  • Creator
    This Is Not Church
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    310
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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