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Theopoetics Podcast

by ARC & T.D. Burnette

An interview-based show focused on conversation with people whose work is about art, experience, and the body as a source of religious reflection.

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Episodes

  1. A Poetics of Becoming Coztōtōtl - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 21

    In this episode, Carolina and Tim discuss her ancestral rootedness as an author and poet. They explore her theopoetic lens as a frame for the creative task and thinking about God, the ways in which embodiment and decolonization play a role in her language and academic work, and her wisdom about...

  2. A Poetics of Underground Rap Religion - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 20

    In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss underground rap as a process-aesthetic religion. They talk about how Jon creatively entangles his hip-hop experience with his philosophical and theological lenses, the ways in which the underground hip-hop scene operates as a creative communal expression of...

  3. A Poetics of Enjoying Art - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 19

    In this episode, Michael and Tim discuss a poetics of enjoying art by allowing theology to be revealed through art. They talk about how to bring a deep awareness to the engagement with art, how his own process of transformation comes through exploring poetics and curation, and we explore what...

  4. A Poetics of Going Naked - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 18

    In this episode, Teresa and Tim discuss Teresa's journey of inner transformation and healing through the image of the Camino and her new book, Going Naked. They talk about her understanding of liberation through the process of letting go, her practical wisdom around the spiritual dimensions of...

  5. A Poetics of Wholeness - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 17

    In this episode, Anna and Tim discuss her creative work and its connection with activism as a form of engaged spirituality. They talk about Anna’s peace building work in Palestine, her care for words within the importance of storying and listening, and how art and the sacred intersect to create...

  6. A Poetics of the Larval - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 16

    In this episode, Anuj and Tim discuss the ecological impact of the cinematic medium. They talk about scope as a lens for filmmaking, creating conversational settings to reflect upon cinema and the environment, and we dialogue about some of his projects and how they invite a process-relational...

  7. A Poetics of the Unruly Body - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 15

    In this episode, KJ and Tim discuss the body as a location for disrupting Christian hegemony through the practice of dance. They talk about the role that unruliness has played in liberating KJ’s own experience of their body, a queer phenomenology of the body of Christ, and the role that...

  8. A Poetics of Millennial Theology - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 14

    In this episode, Ash and Tim discuss what formed her passion for faith and justice and her work in faith-based organizing in the South. They talk about LGBTQ activism in faith spaces, her experience of and working out what she calls “millennial theology,” and how she sees the theopoetic idea of...

  9. A Poetics of Translation - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 13

    In this episode, Bo and Tim discuss Bo’s recent public exit from evangelicalism and how he is adapting church for the 21st century. They talk about how critical theory has widened and transformed his own theological perspective, what this new approach means for those who are in spiritual…

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  10. A Poetics of Wonder - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 12

    In this episode, José and Tim discuss a phenomenology of wonder and its relationship to generosity. They talk about how this wild form of wonder opens us to the world, the self, and God, its connection with a life of liturgy and liberation, and how attuning to the ground and practice of…

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  11. A Poetics of Making America Great Again - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 11

    In this episode, David and Tim discuss how coming to know his own story through writing a book has grounded him in his work and led him to engage with the work of other scholars of color. We talk about how to stay grounded in the work of nonviolent peacemaking, the challenge of carrying grief and...

  12. A Poetics of Beings - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 10

    In this episode, Jason and Tim discuss how Jason’s Buddhist and Sufi philosophical perspectives inform his work as a theosemiotician. They cover all kinds of ground, from the influence of theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on contemporary cosmology, to the difference between Eastern and Western...

  13. A Poetics of Beauty and Justice - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 09

    In this episode, Dr. Guerra and Tim discuss how she she approaches the theological task with the complexities of race, class, and gender in mind. They also dialogue about the liberative elements of storytelling as truthtelling, how her emphasis on theological aesthetics helps her connect beauty…

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  14. A Poetics of Healing the Body - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 08

    In this episode, Emily Joy and Tim discuss art as a force of healing from religious trauma. They converse about coming home to their bodies, poetics as a primary location for religious reflection, and how Emily Joy’s spoken word poetry has created a path for growth and connection in her own...

  15. A Poetics of Post-Hypostatic Christological Awesomeness - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 07

    In this episode, Tripp and Tim discuss Christology from a number of different angles. They dive into a poetics of JC by chatting about the Cosmic Christ, historical critical biblical scholarship around the person of Jesus, the early church’s Christological confessions, and things get nerdy and...

  16. A Poetics of Awakening - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 06

    In this episode, Micky and Tim discuss how to encourage continual awakening in communities whoa are taking action for justice. Our conversation reflects on the important work of Dr. King, the role of the table in bridging and creating connection, and how her perspective as an indigenous and...

  17. A Poetics of Re-Wilding - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 05

    In this episode, Tevyn and Tim discuss the process of re-wilding the Christian spiritual heritage. The conversation revolves around bridging worlds through creative experiments, as well as how Tevyn’s work as an artist and director has given her a unique platform to play with the themes of...

  18. A Poetics of the Absurd - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 04

    In this episode, Pete and Tim discuss progressive Christianity and Pyrotheology. Their conversation visits the notion of the absurd as it functions in Pyrotheology, the roles that parable, liturgy, and transformance art play in forming communities, and the ethics and evolution of his work over…

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  19. A Poetics of Survival - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 03

    In this episode, Dr. Patrick B. Reyes and Tim discuss his theopoetic lens as an author and educator working to create opportunities for scholars of color to flourish. They also discuss his story of surviving to adulthood, and how using narrative to share the call to life can help liberate us from...

  20. A Poetics of Precarity - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 02

    In this episode, Dr. Robyn and Tim discuss everyday activism and how to resist the dominant forms of commodification in our society. The conversation revolves around how to find truth, beauty, and goodness in the instability of our times, what it means to live the questions of faith, and Robyn’s...

  21. A Poetics of Theopoetics - Theopoetics Podcast Ep. 01

    In this first episode, Kisha, Callid, and Tim discuss an introduction to the topic of theopoetics. The conversation ranges from history, to liberation theology and the various streams of theopoetics, to how to integrate aesthetics and embodiment into practical expressions of the faith in both...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

An interview-based show focused on conversation with people whose work is about art, experience, and the body as a source of religious reflection.

HOSTED BY

ARC & T.D. Burnette

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