Religium Podcast

Amanda Mathew discusses her journey as a Master student in theology, her time as one of the only matriculating women in a Marthoma seminary in India, and her recent year at a seminary in Berkeley—chapters of religious exploration that have provided new avenues to question continuity and change, orthodoxy and multivocality, and her experience of God.

Veteran and seminary graduate Randall Sparling discusses his experience as a soldier who first encountered the immediacy of God in the midst of a war zone. We talk about how this impacted his drive to do justice, to work and seek belonging in churches even amid frustrations, and to serve, in great humility, as a so-called religious authority. Featuring music by J. Wong.

Latishia James, a recent seminary grad who identifies as a dreamer, a healer, and a bridge-builder, talks about her upbringing in the Pentecostal church, about violence and trauma in the midst of religious spaces, and about what forgiveness, compassion, and healing might require as she moves toward a theology of radical love. Music on today's episode is "Oh, To Float" by CTRO.