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Episode 52 - Today is a conversation with Chase Tibbs from the Faith and Capital podcast, talking about his journey into ministry, being fired, getting his pride checked in college, discovering critiques of capitalism, and reading the Bible with a new lens. Here are the books mentioned at the end of the episode:Jesus vs. Caesar: For People Tired of Serving the Wrong God by Joerg RiegerandDemocracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism by Richard Wolff   Check out the Faith and Capital podcast at faithandcapital.buzzsprout.comAnd follow him on Instagram and Twitter @faithandcapital Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 51 - My good friend, Jimmy Santiago visits the podcast as we sit down in his hometown in LA to talk about our spiritual journeys in and out of church and ministry, as as well as the endless connections between God, culture, movies, music, and everything else. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 50 - We're at the end of this series, A Theology of Camp. We're wrapping it up by talking about RuPaul's description of Camp, the mystical wisdom we get from the marginalized, postcritical naivete, and imagination. Thank you to everyone who listened the whole way through! Appreciate you!! Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 49 - In Part 4 of this series, A Theology of Camp, we're talking about A Holy Duplicity throughout cinema history, art history, and of course religious history. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 48 - If you haven't listened to the first two parts, do so now! In Part 3 of this series we're talking about how the Camp sensibility is part of an older pattern that has always existed, including in the origins of religion. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com  

Episode 47 - This is Part 2 in our series on "A Theology of Camp"! Today we're talking about the historical origins of Camp as an aesthetic and sensibility, from Louis XIV, to Oscar Wilde, to Pride Parades, to Jesus and the Buddha. And we're just getting started.   Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 46 - The theme of this year's Met Gala was "Camp: Notes on Fashion", based on Susan Sontag's 1964 essay, "Notes on Camp". Beyond the debate about if the celebrities understood the theme Camp is a lot older and deeper than you may realize. And our theology needs Camp. Here is Part 1, introducing the word "Camp", then talking about glam rock, youth ministry, and why celebrities dressing Camp is confusing. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 45 - Today we talk about learning, growing, and evolving our faith through life, and we also remember Rachel Held Evans, an amazing writer and leader who is an example for all of us of a constantly evolving faith. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 44 - Damon sits down with friends, Collin, Carlyle, and Courtney to talk about sex, growing up in Evangelical purity culture, bad virginity metaphors, if God is angry, and the beauty of uncertainty in the life of faith. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 43 - Damon sits down with friends, Collin and Carlyle, on Collin's porch in Santa Barbara, CA to talk about Evangelical baggage, triggers, problematic worship music, depression, and what happened during the 7 month hiatus. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 42 - Today is the final episode in our series of interviews about God After Sovereignty, and we're talking about how these ideas work practically in churches with pastor, Tim Burnette. We talk about his journey into Process Theology, his changing beliefs after being diagnosed with cancer, and leading an experimental Christian community called Way Collective in Santa Barbara, CA. Follow Tim at tdburnette.com and on twitter @tdburnette Check out The Way Collective at waycollective.org And check out The Theopoetics Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/theopoetics-podcast/id1395495823 Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 41 - Today is the third interview of our series about God After Sovereignty, with the one who inspired the title, and Damon's favorite theologian, John Caputo! Caputo is a hybrid philosopher/theologian who works in the area of radical theology. Prof. Caputo has spearheaded a notion he calls “weak theology,” by which he means a “poetics” of the “event” that is harbored in the name (of) God, or that “insists” in the name (of) “God,” a notion that depends upon a reworking of the notions of event in Derrida to theological ends. Check out Caputo on facebook at facebook.com/John.D.Caputo Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 40 - Today is Part 2 of our interviews about God After Sovereignty. And Tad Delay is back on the podcast to talk about it from a psychoanalytic perspective. Tad Delay is interested in the intersections of continental philosophy, theology, psychoanalysis, critical theory, and politics. He holds a PhD Religion as well as an MA Philosophy and MA Theology. He serves on the faculty of Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Colorado Community Colleges, where he teaches philosophy and religion. Check Tad out at taddelay.com and follow him on twitter @taddelay Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com  

Episode 39 - Today we begin a series of interviews on God After Sovereignty. Our first interview is with Clayton Crockett, Professor and Director of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Arkansas. His area of expertise is modern and contemporary religious thought, including Continental Philosophy of Religion, Political Theology, and Psychoanalytic Theory. We talk about Radical Political Theology and the problem of sovereignty. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

A mathematics teacher working in South East London, Kester Brewin has also become one of the leading thinkers on the philosophy of religion and technology. He is also one of Damon's favorite writers! Damon gets into his own life story and how Kester Brewin has influenced his journey as they also talk about Kester's journey into Radical Theology. And don't forget, we might be wrong!  Check out Kester's work at kesterbrewin.com Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 37 - Today we're talking to Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre. He is a professor of social ethics and Latinx Studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. A modern Amos-like prophet who speaks out against myopic American Christianity, he has published over thirty books, including Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians and Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins. We talk about his book, Embracing Hopelessness, being raised following both Christianity and Santeria, and the unique Latinx perspective of God. Check out his work at http://drmigueldelatorre.com/ Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

We're finally back! In light of the recent decision at the United Methodist Church Conference against LGBTQ marriage and clergy we talk about the kind of God affirmed when we affirm LGBTQ people. We also talk about the journey of discovering this God through wrestling with the Bible and being influenced by Queer Theology. Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod godtalkpod.com

Episode 35 - Today we have writer, producer, and director, David Trotter, along with theology nerd and host of the Homebrewed Christianity podcast, Tripp Fuller. And we're talking about their new movie, The Road to Edmond! This movie is beautiful combination of buddy road trip comedy and spiritual drama that follows Cleo (played by Nathaniel Welch) and Larry (played by Tripp Fuller) on a wild road trip as they ask the big questions about spirituality, sexuality, salvation, and more. We also talk about the importance of having people in your life to have these life changing conversations with. This one is for all of you who love talking late into the night about the big questions we all wrestle with! Check out theroadtoedmond.com for more information on the film and upcoming screenings! Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod Support us by visiting patreon.com/godtalkpod and getting wonderful exclusives. godtalkpod.com

Episode 34 - Host of the #millenneagram podcast, Hannah Paasch (Garbage Oprah herself!), is on the show today! We talk about problematic purity culture, #churchtoo, the Enneagram, and how to help people be their full selves after trauma. Check out Hannah Paasch at www.hannahpaasch.com and on twitter and instagram @hannahpaasch #millenneagram podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/millenneagram/id1397269650 Here is the Enneagram test Damon mentioned: https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/dotest Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod Support us by visiting patreon.com/godtalkpod and getting wonderful exclusives. godtalkpod.com

Episode 33 - Austen Hartke joins us today to talk about the unique gifts Transgender Christians bring to the Church. As a transgender person of faith, Austen's greatest passion is helping other trans and gender-non-conforming people see themselves in scripture. Austen does an amazing job at making these topics accesible to people from every background with his youtube series Transgender and Christian, and his 2018 book Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transforming Christians. Follow Austen at austenhartke.com on twitter @AustenLionheart and youtube Follow us on Instragram and Twitter @godtalkpod Support us by visiting patreon.com/godtalkpod and getting wonderful exclusives. godtalkpod.com