Holy Heretics: Losing Religion & Finding Jesus
The EXvangelical podcast that addresses your questions about faith, politics, how we got here, and how to move forward. No topic is off-limits as we have conversations with scholars, spiritual seekers, and activists in our quest to uncover the heart of faith.
Ep. 61: We Resist: The Power of Nonviolent Resistance w/ Gary Alan Taylor
How do you resist evil without resorting to evil? How do you stand with those who are oppressed without becoming an oppressor?
Ep. 60 (Part Two): Transgender and Christian? w/ Natalie Drew
In Part Two of our conversation, we discuss what it means to be both transgender and Christian, and why individuals who transcend the gender binary are often spiritual leaders and healers.
Ep. 60: Transgender and Christian? w/ Natalie Drew
Natalie Drew's personal story of how her gender transition not only saved her life, but her faith as well.
Ep. 59: Queer Jesus w/ Maki Ashe Van Steenwyk
What if what they call profane is really holiness in disguise?
Ep. 58: Becoming Fully Human w/ Barbara Brown Taylor
In this intimate conversation, Barbara Brown Taylor takes us on the long circuitous journey of becoming fully human.
Ep. 57: Meeting Jewish Jesus For the First Time w/ Dr. Amy Jill Levine
One of the great ironies of the Christian religion is that the person Christians worship isn’t a Christian. Jesus was born, raised, and died a Jew. He might even find it odd that an entire new religion grew up out of his short life and painful death.
Ep. 56: Being Transgender in a Binary World w/ Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza
Everything we put in a neat and tidy package must eventually come undone, including our understanding of our bodies, gender, and sexuality."
Ep. 55: God is a Black Woman w/ Dr. Christena Cleveland
It’s scary to see how whitemalegod has poisoned so much of global Christianity.
Ep. 54: Finding God in the Margins w/ Gary Alan Taylor
Welcome to Season Three! We are dedicated this year to marginalized voices in search of the marginalized God. In this first episode, we go on a quest into the periphery to uncover the God who stands in solidarity with the least of these.
Ep. 53 Do I Stay Christian? w/Brian McLaren
At this point in your deconstruction journey, the real question many of us are asking is, do I even stay Christian since my faith has been so hijacked by evangelical fundamentalists?
Ep. 52 White God, Brown Jesus: Decolonizing Christianity w/ Dr. Miguel De La Torre
For white people to get saved, they have to learn how to worship the black Jesus.
Ep. 51 Abortion: Beyond Pro-Life or Pro-Choice w/ Gary Alan Taylor
Deconstructing Abortion: An exvangelical conversation about abortion, women’s rights, and the hypocrisy of the Religious Right.
Ep. 50: The Making of a Mystic with Kevin Sweeney
In the 1960's, Jesuit priest Karl Rahner stated, "The Christian of the future will either be a mystic, or nothing at all." Sixty years later the deconstruction community is turning his statement into reality.
Ep. 49: ReWilding And Refugia: Healing Our Sacred Earth w/ Dr. Debra Rienstra
Refugia (reh-FU-jee-ah) is a biological term describing places of shelter where life endures in times of crisis, such as a volcanic eruption, fire, or stressed climate. Ideally, these refugia endure, expand, and connect so that new life emerges.
Ep. 48: Why I Deconstructed Evangelicalism w/ Dr. David Gushee
Dr. David Gushee describes his own journey out of evangelicalism while providing language for the myriad of faithful reasons to leave this toxic movement behind. Including Trumpism, white supremacy, LGBTQIA+ exclusion, and biblical literalism.
Ep. 47: Saving Jesus From Evangelicals w/ Dr. Robin Meyers
Christianity isn’t an orthodox belief system. It is rather a very unorthodox way of being in the world. Orthodoxy may be the greatest heresy of them all.
Ep. 46 God is Not in Control: Open Theism w/ Dr. Thomas Jay Oord
God has no clue what the future holds. That is both comforting and incredibly terrifying!
Ep. 45: Rethinking Biblical Womanhood w/ Dr. Beth Allison Barr
Scripture is clear right? Men are pastors, women are better off in the nursery. But what if all of those “facts” are just lies created by a dominator agenda and a misunderstanding of the Apostle Paul?
Ep. 44: Black Liberation: My Journey out of White Evangelicalism w/ Dante Stewart
It’s one thing to deconstruct white evangelicalism. It’s quite another to leave white spaces, white theology, and white privilege. Dante Stewart shows us the Way out of slaveholder religion in this epistle about his life’s journey.
Ep. 43: Inventing Whiteness: How Race Broke My Family & The World w/ Lisa Sharon Harper
Deconstructing your faith from white privilege, white supremacy, and white spaces might be some of the most important work you do on your spiritual journey. Lisa Sharon Harper points the way toward racial equality and restoration by sharing how race broke her family and our world.
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