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The Table Audio w/ Evan Rosa Podcast

Seeking Christian wisdom for life's biggest questions. Interviews, narrative storytelling, and reflections featuring scholars, pastors, and public intellectuals. Hosted by Evan Rosa. Produced by Biola University's Center for Christian Thought. Sponsored by the Templeton Religion Trust, John Templeton Foundation, and The Blankemeyer Foundation.

  1. Radical Un-Selfing: Kent Dunnington on Christian Humility and Dependence on God

    03/06/2019

    Radical Un-Selfing: Kent Dunnington on Christian Humility and Dependence on God

    In this conversation, philosopher Kent Dunnington discusses humility—in its ancient, scriptural, monastic, and Medieval Christian contexts; some damning criticisms of Christian virtue; Jesus' radical vision of flourishing and eternal life, which includes self sacrifice; the temptation toward ego building and self improvement; and Dunnington's own view of humility as “radical un-selfing.”

    42 min
  2. Unshackling the Imagination: J. Kameron Carter on Structural Injustice, Misery and Melancholy, and the Theology of Race

    27/05/2019

    Unshackling the Imagination: J. Kameron Carter on Structural Injustice, Misery and Melancholy, and the Theology of Race

    In this conversation, theologian J. Kameron Carter discusses the black experience of a structurally anti-black world; the meaning of belonging and communion; how race factors in America's struggle for belonging to each other; the difference between black misery and white melancholy; and the presumption of comfort and alleviation of suffering that whiteness assumes. He also covers atonement theology; the erroneous logic of false ownership; and the unkillable, vibrant life of Jesus the slave.

    47 min
  3. Defiant Hope: Kelly Kapic on Lament, Finitude, Community, and the Cross

    20/05/2019

    Defiant Hope: Kelly Kapic on Lament, Finitude, Community, and the Cross

    In this episode, theologian Kelly Kapic reflects on the linkage between theology and biography, the need for lament, the finitude and goodness of the human body, and the meaning of hope in the context of pain and suffering.

    38 min
  4. Standing in the Fissures: Miroslav Volf on Theology, Memory, Reconciliation, and the Self

    14/05/2019

    Standing in the Fissures: Miroslav Volf on Theology, Memory, Reconciliation, and the Self

    Theologian Miroslav Volf on the challenge of living a theology in the fissures of life; the often irreducible complexity of human experience; how Volf's own biography and personal experience with oppression during the Cold War impacted his theology; the centrality of memory to forgiveness; and the importance of living as a porous, open self—open to encountering and embracing the other.

    44 min
  5. We're All Monsters: Ralph Wood on the Good, the Bad, and the Human

    06/05/2019

    We're All Monsters: Ralph Wood on the Good, the Bad, and the Human

    Baylor University's Ralph Wood on the monstrosity of humanity, the goodness of God, finding grace and hope along the dark terrain of human history, all through the lens of literature and faith.

    43 min
  6. Surfing on God: Peter Kreeft on Surfing, Science, Sanctification, and C.S. Lewis

    29/04/2019

    Surfing on God: Peter Kreeft on Surfing, Science, Sanctification, and C.S. Lewis

    Peter Kreeft’s reflections on theology, psychology, and spiritual formation, spanning from surfing, science, and sanctification—to C.S. Lewis, faith, and mythology.

    37 min
  7. Patchwork Redemption: Suffering and Joy in Racial Perspective

    22/04/2019

    Patchwork Redemption: Suffering and Joy in Racial Perspective

    In this episode, we cover problems of consumerism, pop culture, how we can cure the loss of cultural memory, and a deeper dive into black and womanist perspectives on flourishing, suffering, and theodicy.

    53 min
  8. Wandering In Darkness: Eleonore Stump on Suffering, Evil, and Personal Encounter

    15/04/2019

    Wandering In Darkness: Eleonore Stump on Suffering, Evil, and Personal Encounter

    Philosopher Eleanore Stump on the core of what a Christian ought to care about most, the phenomenology and experience of suffering, her take on the question of whether God suffers and dies, and finally, how interpersonal union is intimately connected to finding meaning in suffering.

    38 min
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Seeking Christian wisdom for life's biggest questions. Interviews, narrative storytelling, and reflections featuring scholars, pastors, and public intellectuals. Hosted by Evan Rosa. Produced by Biola University's Center for Christian Thought. Sponsored by the Templeton Religion Trust, John Templeton Foundation, and The Blankemeyer Foundation.

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  • Creator
    Evan Rosa
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2019
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2013-2021 The Table / Biola University Center for Christian Thought
  • Show Website
    The Table Audio w/ Evan Rosa

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