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02/27/17 • 52 min
In our second podcast episode, Faith and Reason's Debo Dykes has a spirited conversation with Dr. Keri Day about Black women's modern and historical efforts for human rights and equality.
Dr. Day is an Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics & Director of the Black Church Studies Program at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. She is a published author of several books, including "Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America."
Intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, racial injustice, reproductive justice, and how the lives of Black women profoundly affect justice for everyone—come to light in an impactful conversation serving as a perfect bridge between Black History Month and Women's History Month.
##In This Episode:
Dear White Christians by Jennifer Harvey
A Christian scholar and writer, Jennifer dives into the history of "whiteness" and how White Christians committed to justice must radically shift their thinking about race.
Sister Song: Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
A Southern-based organization dedicated to building a network that improves the policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities.
Houston - Confronting Poverty through the Heart of Faith
In this transformative 3-day seminar, faith leaders, activists, and scholars from across the nation, including Dr. Keri Day, converged to promote and discuss economic justice in Houston, TX.
##From Faith And Reason:
The Human Spirit & the Times We Live In
Ft. Joan Chittister and Richard Rohr
The spiritual life is not lead in isolation. We are all connected to one another in the human experience: deeply connected to all life and people. When we realize this, we can no longer turn our backs on the suffering or injustices suffered by our brothers and sisters.
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02/18/22 • 44 min
Justice-seekers, church leaders, and religious scholars will learn more about how younger generations are perceiving the church, how to support local advocacy and activism, and how the future of Christianity is changing. Marcus Borg’s lectures, drawn from Faith and Reason seminars like “Does Christianity Have a Future?” and “The Heart of Christianity,” provide the perfect foundation for an engaging and thoughtful discussion on these topics.
Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson is a University Chaplain and Director of the Office of Chaplains and Religious Life and Faculty Member at Brown University. Janet leads a multi-faith team of associate chaplains and oversees the university’s broad circle of religious life affiliates who advise student religious organizations. Together they ensure that a diversity of belief has voice and vitality throughout the university’s community and that Brown’s largest educational program is infused with opportunity to enrich religious literacy and experience with a practice in religion.
Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister who served as senior minister of New York's Judson Memorial Church and then as executive director of LA's Progressive Christians Uniting before retiring in 2014. He remains deeply involved in national and regional social justice projects touching on race, class, and religion. A lifelong activist, Peter focuses on the intersection of religion, race, and class and on how centuries of white supremacy shape the multiple crises we face today.
02/15/24 • 25 min
This podcast series is about perhaps the most challenging and controversial book in the New Testament, The Book Of Revelation. Some Christians love it, and some hate it. Some Christians never talk about it; some never stop talking about it.
Some people are using it as a predictor of current events or as part of their impetus for violence and fervor for hatred and political gain. Others apply Revelation as a sort of war against good and evil to almost any situation one might be involved.
John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University and widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time, says, "The heartbeat of the Christian Bible is a recurrent cardiac cycle in which the asserted radicality of God’s nonviolent distributive justice is subverted by the normalcy of civilization's violent retributive justice. And, of course, the most profound annulment is that both assertion and subversion are attributed to the same God or the same Christ."
This FRONT ROW podcast features special guests Dr. Charlene Sinclair and Rev. Peter Laarman.
Dr. Charlene Sinclair is an organizer, thinker, and writer whose work centers on the intersection of race, gender, economy, and democracy. Strongly influenced by the pathbreaking thought of the late James Cone, founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dr. Sinclair is committed to fashioning strategies that embrace a liberationist approach to faith and spirituality in the context of popular struggles for racial, economic, and gender justice.
Rev. Peter Laarman is a retired United Church of Christ minister and activist who led Judson Memorial Church in New York and Progressive Christians Uniting in California. He is currently involved with the King & Breaking Silence webinar project of the National Council of Elders and with the development of a new formation called Social Ethics Energizing Democracy.
Listen as Charlene’s and Peter’s different perspectives confront and challenge the ascending violence of “the war in heaven,” where Jesus judges the whole world; all who worship other gods, who commit murder, perform magic, or illicit sexual acts are thrown down to be forever tormented in a lake of fire, while those who claim to be God’s faithful are invited to enter the new city of Jerusalem that descends from heaven and reigns in triumph for 1,000 years.
02/14/19 • 24 min
In this special episode, hear the Intro of "The Last Week," a new audio series from Faith And Reason. This series features new dialogue with John Dominic Crossan based on material from his book with Marcus Borg, "The Last Week." Part meditation, part historical exploration, and part theology — our new audio series with Dr. Crossan, David Dykes, and Ann Phelps is perfect for individual study, especially during the Lenten season. "The Last Week" is available now at faithandreason.org!
06/19/18 • 25 min
“What characterizes a spiritually mature person?”
Part one of our four-part series features audio from Father Richard Rohr in his lecture “The Human Spirit,” available from Faith And Reason as a two-disc set also featuring Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB.
Ann and Debo discuss insights from Father Richard Rohr’s lecture on faith and self-awareness, aptly titled “The Human Spirit.” Join Ann and Debo for commentary on clips form Rohr on rejecting dualism, the narcissism of certainty, and faith as an act of making peace with life’s mysteries.
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Grab “The Human Spirit and The Times We Live In”, a Faith And Reason seminar series resource featuring contemplatives Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB, and Father Richard Rohr.
Music of the Movement
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05/30/17 • 68 min
Hosts Debo Dykes and Ann Phelps speak with composer and worship leader Mark Miller about how spiritual music brings people together, empowers communities, and inspires all of us to lives of justice and mercy.
Hear the inspiration for and performances of Mark's worship music compositions like "Draw the Circle Wide," "We Resist," and more. Mark also delves into the history of spirituals and their role during slavery and through the Civil Rights movement.
Mark serves is Assistant Professor of Church Music at Drew Theological School and is a Lecturer in the Practice of Sacred Music at Yale University. He also is the Minister of Music of Christ Church in Summit, New Jersey. Since 1999 Mark has led music for United Methodists and others around the country, including directing music for the 2008 General Conference. His choral anthems are best sellers for Abingdon Press andChoristers Guild and his hymns are published in "Worship & Song", "Sing! Prayer and Praise", "Zion Still Sings", "Amazing Abundance", "The Faith We Sing", and others. Mark received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Yale University and his Master of Music in Organ Performance from Juilliard.
Learn more about Mark Miller: http://markamillermusic.com/
Theme by Theodicy: http://theodicyjazz.com/
Reclaiming Resurrection
Front Row
04/26/17 • 53 min
Hosts Ann Phelps and Debo Dykes have a deep discussion with renowned historical Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan about the history of the concept of Resurrection. While Dr. Crossan raises provocative questions about our common understanding, there can be deeper meanings that are even more profoundly relevant today.
Dr. Crossan illuminates how the Resurrection story was originally told in early Christianity's context within the Roman Empire. Rather than getting lost in the literalism or metaphor of the Resurrection, today's Christians can understand themselves as the resurrected body of Christ. We are charged with feeding, healing, and taking care of one another. While Empires can kill a human body creating revolutionary change, Resurrection's promise is that spirit of justice will always rise again.
This podcast includes clips of John Dominic Crossan's "The Challenge of Jesus," perfect for church small groups, universities, or individual study. Learn more here: https://faithandreason.org/index.php/store/product/the-challenge-of-jesus
Music by Theodicy: http://theodicyjazz.com/
03/29/17 • 57 min
In honor of International Women's Month, we welcome:
Ann Phelps, Interim Director of Religious Life at Millsaps College
Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief of the Jackson Free Press in Jackson, Mississippi
Kate McNeel, Chief of Staff, Telecommunications Industry Business at SAP and the founder of LeanIn Mississippi
Together, the panel shares their perspective on women making their voices heard across different sectors of society including the Church, newsmedia, and the corporate workplace.
Included clips:
• Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB, from "American Women and Women of the World," available soon on Amazon Video Direct.
• Music by Theodicy Jazz Collective. Learn more at theodicyjazz.com.
06/24/20 • 52 min
Debo and Catherine Young sit down with Dr. Wilma E. Mosely Clopton, a writer, producer, director, and author. In this episode, Dr. Clopton talks about her experience growing up with her parents, and how she didn’t experience the direct impact of racism until her junior year of college, when she was away from the insulated world outside of her home. Dr. Clopton believes that those experiences gave her strength, and she uses that strength to make change.
Dr. Clopton goes into detail about several NMHS Unlimited documentaries, like “Did Johnny Come Marching Home” and “Elport Chess and the Lanier High School Bus Boycott of 1947.” Dr. Clopton references these films in regard to the miseducation of people, specifically when it comes to African Americans’ role in history and how systematic misinformation has been put into place to divide people.
Dr. Clopton is a graduate of St. Louis University, and she is the owner of the NMHS (The Negro in Mississippi Historical Society) Unlimited Film Productions that was originally founded by her mother in the 1940s. She is dedicated to highlighting the significant untold stories of Mississippi. She has written 4 books, 14 short films, 1 play, and a children’s coloring book. Visit the NMHS Unlimited website https://blackhistoryplus.com for more information and to buy their products.
10/17/24 • 30 min
This is the 3rd episode in our season on Christians Against Christianity.
This FRONT ROW podcast features Dr. Obery Hendricks, Dr. Charlene Sinclair and Peter Laarman.
Dr. Obery Hendricks is a lifelong social activist, and one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar writing today. His recent book, Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith (Beacon Press, 2021) has gathered wide acclaim.
Dr. Charlene Sinclair is an organizer, thinker, and writer whose work centers on the intersection of race, gender, economy, and democracy. Strongly influenced by the pathbreaking thought of the late James Cone, founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dr. Sinclair is committed to fashioning strategies that embrace a liberationist approach to faith and spirituality in the context of popular struggles for racial, economic, and gender justice.
The Reverend Peter Laarman is a retired United Church of Christ minister and activist who led Judson Memorial Church in New York and Progressive Christians Uniting in California. He is currently involved with the King & Breaking Silence webinar project of the National Council of Elders and with the development of a new formation called Social Ethics Energizing Democracy.
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How many episodes does Front Row have?
Front Row currently has 59 episodes available.
What topics does Front Row cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Spirituality, Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts and Religion.
What is the most popular episode on Front Row?
The episode title 'Thinking of Health as a Justice Issue, with Dr. Stephen Farrow' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Front Row?
The average episode length on Front Row is 46 minutes.
How often are episodes of Front Row released?
Episodes of Front Row are typically released every 27 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Front Row?
The first episode of Front Row was released on Jan 19, 2017.
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