Christ & Hospitality

In this week's episode, students will hear a conversation between Dr. Sawyer and Dr. Dwight Friesen about the role of the Church enacting Jesus’ commandment to love your enemies, through “holding the line” and acting as “islands of sanity,” in the midst of the institution’s many failures. The episode ends with a broad overview of the First Council of Nicaea and the Council of Chalcedon (“a tale of two councils”).Note: The audio quality in this episode is a little rough, due to a bad mic setup and a nasty cold![00:15] The Post-Evangelical Collective.[04:54] Please excuse my ambivalence. It is an honor and a privilege to teach this course![06:01] Matthew 5:44.[08:01] He’s referring to Jürgen Habermas here.[15:36] John 18.[16:03] Audre Lorde: “The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.”[17:18] Margaret Wheatley: Leadership and the New Science[18:54] “Islands of sanity in a world of chaos.”[23:37] Find a simple timeline here. [28:20] Find a simple chart overviewing the Christological Debates here.Music from Epidemic Sound.

In this episode of Christ & Hospitality, Dr. Sawyer walks through the history of the Second Temple Period, the context for Jesus' life and the early church. She ends the episode talking about Jewish-Christian relations in light of hospitality.[01:21] This quote comes from Catherine Keller, God and Power: Counter-Apocalyptic Journeys (Fortress Press, 2005), 115.[02:56] Here is a timeline of the Second Temple Period.[04:14] Here is a map of Palestine from the time of Jesus (created in the 19th century, so don't take it as 100% accurate and unbiased!). Here is a zoomed in version of that map. [22:30] This definition of supersessionism comes from Theopedia.The research for this episode is primarily from Justo González, The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, Vol. 1 (HarperCollins, 2010), 13-30.Music from Epidemic Sound and this rendition of "The Dreidel Song." Cheesy sound effects from Epidemic Sound.

In this season premiere of Christ & Hospitality, Dr. Sawyer shares a bit of her relationship with the Church, to the term hospitality, and her struggle in the creation of this course. Consider it a welcome and foundation for our work ahead.Music is from Epidemic Sound.Cover art is from the iconographer Kelly Latimore.[01:04] That book being The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical.[02:59] Isaiah 29:13.[04:07] Amos 5:23-24[04:23] See a version of this note in the syllabus.[05:23] Matthew 26:52.[06:57] Russell, Just Hospitality, p. 116.[09:35] Russell, Just Hospitality, p. 17.[12:05] See Revelation 17:5, Hosea 1, Ephesians 5.