PODCAST · religion
Speakeasy Theology
by Chris EW Green
ministry, theology, and the life of faith cewgreen.substack.com
Episodes
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Jesus is the Sweetest Name I Know
Fr Kenneth and I discuss his lovely and lively new book, Vulnerable God, which you can pre-order here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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Leave the House, Go Down to the Sea
David+ and I discuss what it means to read Scripture as a whole—and the parables in particular—as the Word of the Lord, not like any other book. For those interested, here’s a link to the article we discuss at the beginning: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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What Does It Mean, Really?
David+ and I, with more than a little help from Rahner and his idea of the unprinted catechism of the heart, discuss the Ascension and how it completely reframes what we think we know about what it mean to be human. You can order David’s new book of homilies here. This is a public episode. If…
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God Blossoms Humanly
Andrew and I talk about his early work on the Christian mystical tradition, as well as basic problems with much historical theology. We also discuss the relation of the divine and human in Cyril, Gregory Nazianzen, Dionysius, Maximus, and Rowan Williams’ Christ, the Heart of Creation. I recorded...
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Imagination and Incarnation are One Seamless Action
David+ and I talk with Mark about imagination and incarnation in Owen Barfield and William Blake. We also rove through a whole wide range of themes, including patron saints, the difference between good and bad interiority, and what it means to put ourselves in “the zone of divine outpouring.”…
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Apostolic Memory and the Memory of the Heart
Jane and I discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of belonging to the church of the saints and the apostles, and wonder how to teach the faith without making God seem small or the gospel boring. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Life is for Interaction
Rupert and I discuss his Lenten practices, his time with Fr Bede Griffiths in India, the power of dialog, the theological and liturgical significance of morphic resonance, the need for habit and creativity, and the possibility of sanctifying digital spaces. Be sure to sign up for his Substack.…
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Tolkien's Tower Allegory and the Allegorical Reading of Scripture
If you’re interested, this is the conversation I heard that led me to the lecture, which you can read here. More to come… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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How Stringfellow Learned to Listen
David+ and I talk with Myles about Stringfellow’s uncategorizable approach to theology, why he has been neglected, and what his understanding of death and the demonic teaches us about telling the truth, resisting evil, and discerning the will of God. If you don’t already follow Myles, you can...
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The Spirit, the Church, and the Politics of the Charismatic Gifts
David+ and I do a close reading of William Stringfellow’s understanding of the political significance of the spiritual gifts and the charismatic life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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The God of Hope Does Not Disappoint
David+ and I do the third of a series of close readings of Karl Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for the upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Only Jesus Has Been Resurrected
David+ and I do the second of a series of close readings of Karl Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for an upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This conversation focuses on one of his Good Friday sermons.You can sign up here for the SAI...
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Hail, Cross, Our Only Hope
David+ and I do the first of a series of close readings of Rahner’s sermons and prayers in preparation for an upcoming St Anthony Institute class. This conversation focuses on one of his Good Friday sermons. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Dead Image, Living Likeness
David+ and I discuss reviews of and responses to The Fire and the Cloud (you can see a couple of them here and here). We also branch out to a broader discussion about interpreting difficult texts, especially texts that seem to speak blasphemously or nonsensically of God, and consider what…
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Mapping the Heart
Jeremy and I discuss his last book on spiritual direction, his new (as-yet unpublished) book on spiritual granularity, and the power of finding words for the fine lines of God’s work in the heart. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to…
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Stand There and Tell Us What You See
Christopher+ and I discuss a talk by Rowan Williams on what it means to be a minister and how that relates to the call to become Christ. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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The Father Moves toward Us
Cherith, David, Christopher, and I discuss the readings for today’s Feast, asking why it is so hard for us to make good sense of the Ascension. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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This is the Hour for Love
David+ and I discuss Pope Leo XIV’s remarkable homily given at his inaugural Mass. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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Resurrection People
Cherith+ and I talk with Preston+ about the ministry of preaching and the wisdom of the lectionary. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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Do You Love Me More Than These?
As a footnote to our ongoing conversation about Bonhoeffer’s theology of pastoral ministry, David+ and I discuss a sermon by Joseph Ratzinger and what it teaches us about the vision of the good shepherd in the Gospel of John. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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God Save Us from Our View of God
Christopher+ and Bill+ and I discuss how our views of God interfere with beholding and how the way Jesus met his death tells us the truth we most need to know. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Evening Knowledge, Morning Knowledge
Dr Hart and I discuss the relationship between poetry and theology, and how good work becomes prayer, a form of stretching into the kingdom. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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The Spirit and the Song
Paul repeatedly exhorts his churches to sing—but why? David+, Cherith+, and I discuss music, worship, and the Spirit’s work in song, considering how singing in Paul’s letters is not a form of expression but a means of participation in the Gospel itself. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
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I Must Turn Aside
Mark and I discuss his research on the prophetic in the broader Pentecostal tradition, especially Latter Rain movement, the intimate relationship between consciousness and the conscience, and the devastating effects of power struggles on prophetic integrity and prophetic legitimacy. You can find...
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The Need for Rules
David+ and I continue our reading of Bonhoeffer, exploring the grace of ordination, the need for rules and holding all good things in tension, and the dangers of false comfort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The Annunciation is the True Beginning of Creation
Jordan and I discuss his forthcoming translation of Maximus’ Christological letters and a chapter he recently finished on trauma and theology. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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God is on the Child's Side
David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 sermon on the Holy Innocents, weighing what he says about the use/abuse of power and considering how his work, thanks to his careful restraint, helps to free us both from the abstractions and hasty generalizations that distort what we think of God and the...
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Being in Communion with Sinners
David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1940 Epiphany meditation, considering what he says about the birth and baptism of the Lord and his understanding of Christ’s solidarity with sinners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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And Say it with a Steady, Even Voice
Kevin Hart (Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School) and I discuss his recently-published memoir, Dark-Land, the theological merits of autobiography, and the graces of contemplative prayer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
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Reading Luke-Acts with a Mennocostal
David+ and I talk with Marty about his decades-long love affair with Luke-Acts, the benefits of studying with believers formed in other traditions, and marvel together at Luke’s originality, the intricate complexity of his work, and the sheer expansiveness of his vision. This is a public episode....
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The Scandal is the Point
David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer’s 1935 Finkenwalde lecture on “contemporizing” the New Testament, weighing what it has to teach us now about preaching and handling the Scriptures in good faith. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Law is Grace
In this episode, Holly Taylor Coolman, professor of theology at Providence College, talks with me about Aquinas’ view of the Law, New and Old, his reading of Romans 9-11, and her own perspective on what it means to argue with the great teachers of the church. This is a public episode. If you'd…
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Grace and Participation
Geordie and I talk about TF Torrance and the work of teaching theology, exploring ways TFT helps us live with and speak of the triune God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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The Bible is a Book without Heroes
In this episode, Dr Davis and I discuss her career as a theologian and Old Testament scholar, what she has learned in inter-religious dialog about how to receive the wisdom of Israel’s Scriptures, and the need for the practice of slow, humble reading of these texts. This is a public episode. If...
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The Difference is Doxological
Fr David and I talk with Richard about the brokenness of the church, anxiety and the fear of death, the psychology of Jesus, the gift of tears, and how we come clean with God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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God is More Exciting than Anything
Dr Williams and I talk about loving theology and loving God, learning to pray, and how to serve the church without losing your soul. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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I Fear the Lord is Passing Me By
David and I discuss the legend and rare-bird genius of Ivan Illich as well as his trials and tears, weighing out a few of Illich’s key notions, including anti-Christ and the corruption of Christianity, counter-productivity, the ethics of the gaze, and the prayerful awareness that arises from and...
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He is Our Peace
Bill, David, and I talk about the wisdom of the liturgy, our experiences as Pentecostals who come every week to the Lord’s Table, and the difference between revival and revivalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes…
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Women and the Gender of God
“I have to be here as my full self, or I really can’t be here at all.” —Amy Peeler— Dr Peeler and I talk about her ministry as a scholar and a priest, the challenge of interpreting Scripture, what it means to honor Mary, and how to speak of gender in relation to God. This is a public episode. If...
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The Scandal of Theology
Brad East (Assistant Professor of Theology at Abilene Christian University) and I discuss Israel, church, and world; restorationism and the sacraments; the origins of evil and sin; Scripture and the formation of a political imagination; as well of course as Robert Jenson and his influence on us....
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I'm Glad the Church Has Said That
Dr Hauerwas and I talk about the influence of Robert Jenson, the craft of writing theology, the problem with tent revivals, and how he has—and has not—changed his mind. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Theology: What Is It Good For?
“I do theology because I think God is real and God is beautiful…”—Kirsten Sanders Dr Sanders and I talk together over a wide range of subjects, including Pent/Char spirituality, the particularities of gender, Mary’s obedience, supersessionism, LOTR, the joys of good disagreements, and the need…
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This is a Great Mystery
Fr David and I talk with Melissa Archer about the household codes in Ephesians 5-6 and Colossians 3, and the history of their interpretation. We also discuss how these instructions fit within the framework of Paul’s apocalyptic vision and consider what it means to sit together in the dust,...
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The Point is to Have the Music Play You
The conversation with David Goa continues, turning to questions of sacramental theology and the matter of so-called closed Communion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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Christ Communicates Nothing
Bradley and I talk with David Goa about the priesthood of all believers, the history of mission movements, confusions about hierarchy, the need for the strictures of liturgy and ordained ministry, Ivan Illich, and the crucial difference between communion and communication. Here are David’s...
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In the Future Your Children Will Ask You
Julie and I are joined by her daughters, Madeleine and Amie Kate, and their friends, Francesca and Katie, to begin a discussion on teaching our children the faith by learning it with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Falling into the Mind of Christ
Martin and I discuss the outrageous Jesus of the Gospels, the sanctifying plainness of Scripture, the difference between stone-stories and bread-stories, preaching and speechifying, the shift form lyric to epic Christianity, bone memory and our need for oak. This is a public episode. If you'd…
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The Spirit Travels the Distance Between the Father and the Son
David and I talk with Bradley about Weil and what she says in her last notebooks about suffering, conscience, personhood, human rights/obligations, mystery, and—especially—the doctrine of the Trinity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
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The Spirit is the Method
David+ and I talk with +Ed about his book, Spirit and Method, the pneumatological imagination, the limits of our understanding, and the need for playfulness in our relation to the truth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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Not As You Suppose
Christopher+, Bill+, and I discuss the texts for Sunday, delving into the ways that the Spirit leads us out where our trust is without borders. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe
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