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EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 18 MIN

Talking back to the Pulpit

from Subversive Spiritualities: Dalit Theology Month · host Raj Bharat Patta

Who gets to stand in the pulpit, and who gets silenced? Who speaks in the name of God, and what happens when we dare to push back?In this episode, I take us on a journey through the politics of proclamation: from a revival poster in India that erased the human preacher, to Jesus preaching himself to the edge of a cliff, to the troubling arrival of the AI sermon generator.Drawing on Francis of Assisi, John Wesley, the Apostle Paul, and the wisdom of Dalit Christian communities, I offer five marks of a preaching from below, and close with a question that might just stay with you longer than any sermon you've ever heard.This one is for anyone who has ever sat in a pew, or stood at the margins, and thought: something is missing here. And it's an invitation to listen differently, to who and what might already be preaching around you, without a pulpit in sight.#SubversiveSpiritualities#TalkingBackToThePulpit#Podcast#LiberationTheology#PublicTheology#DalitTheology#DecolonialTheology#PropheticVoices#FaithThatQuestions#VoicesFromTheMargins#TheologyFromBelow#PreachWithYourLife#SpiritualityThatLiberates#JusticeAndFaith#ChurchAndPower#ReimaginingChurch#QuestionReflectAct#RajPatta#SpotifyPodcast#ChristianPodcast

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Who gets to stand in the pulpit, and who gets silenced? Who speaks in the name of God, and what happens when we dare to push back?In this episode, I take us on a journey through the politics of proclamation: from a revival poster in India that erased the human preacher, to Jesus preaching himself to the edge of a cliff, to the troubling arrival of the AI sermon generator.Drawing on Francis of Assisi, John Wesley, the Apostle Paul, and the wisdom of Dalit Christian communities, I offer five marks of a preaching from below, and close with a question that might just stay with you longer than any sermon you've ever heard.This one is for anyone who has ever sat in a pew, or stood at the margins, and thought: something is missing here. And it's an invitation to listen differently, to who and what might already be preaching around you, without a pulpit in sight.#SubversiveSpiritualities#TalkingBackToThePulpit#Podcast#LiberationTheology#PublicTheology#DalitTheology#DecolonialTheology#PropheticVoices#FaithThatQuestions#VoicesFromTheMargins#TheologyFromBelow#PreachWithYourLife#SpiritualityThatLiberates#JusticeAndFaith#ChurchAndPower#ReimaginingChurch#QuestionReflectAct#RajPatta#SpotifyPodcast#ChristianPodcast

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