Episode 16: Laura Fabrycky and Chris Smith on political theology, Bonhoeffer, and reading widely in a contentious political season

Jen is joined by first-time podcast guest Laura Fabrycky and ERB editor Chris Smith for a rich and impassioned conversation about the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, political theology, and the role of reading in a contentious political culture.Laura Fabrycky is an American writer, diplomatic spouse, and mother of three, currently residing in Brussels, Belgium. Her book, Keys to Bonhoeffer’s Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is a historically grounded memoir of her experience as a volunteer guide at the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin. Laura has also published a book of poetry called Give Me the Word, and she has recently been accepted as a PhD student at the Evangelical Seminary of Leuven.Books & Articles Mentioned:Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Laura FabryckyThe Early Church Saw Itself as a Political Body. We Can Too. by Tish Harrison WarrenSlow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus by C. Christopher Smith and John PattisonChrist and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy by Luke BrethertonPatient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan KreiderThe Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology by Oliver O'DonovanPlaying God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy CrouchThe Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar TisbyHow to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the JourneyToward Racial Justice by Jemar TisbyThe Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace by John Paul LederachReading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish by C. Christopher SmithReading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulleyPsalms: The Prayerbook of the Bible by Dietrich BonhoefferCultural Liturgies Series by James K.A. SmithAcedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life by Kathleen NorrisThe Cloister Walk by Kathleen NorrisNot the Way It's Suppose to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.The Sin of Sloth: Acedia in Medieval Thought and Literature by Siegfried WenzelPolitical Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice by Martha NussbaumPolitical Affections: Civic Participation and Moral Theology by Joshua HordernDeacon King Kong: A Novel by James McBrideThe Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBrideThe Good Lord Bird: A Novel by James McBrideFeeling for Books: The Book of the Month Club, Literary Taste and Middle-Class Desire by Janice Radway