Thinking Religion
A podcast about faith and the Bible
We found 8 episodes of Thinking Religion with the tag “canon”.
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Episode 135: A Republic, If You Can Keep It
January 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
bible, canon, new testament, old testament, trump
Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss the Bomb Cyclone, The Myth of Progress, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, Lectionaries and conflating Gospels, and the need for a new political dialogue in our country.
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Episode 131: Pushing Against the Public Transcript
November 28th, 2017 | 59 mins 3 secs
bible, canon, new testament, old testament, trump
Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss Black Friday, gaming, moral questions, Evangelical strawmen, and complicity.
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Episode 130: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
November 16th, 2017 | 47 mins 41 secs
bible, canon, jesus, joseph, mary, new testament, old testament
Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined by Prof. Chris Frilingos to discuss his book "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Family Trouble in the Infancy Gospels" and why the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and Proto-Gospel of James are so important for contemporary audiences.
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Episode 125: Conceptions of Hell
October 10th, 2017 | 54 mins 52 secs
bible, canon, new testament, old testament
Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss the rental economy and answer listener questions.
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Episode 117: Hey Jude
August 16th, 2017 | 1 hr 57 mins
bible, canon, new testament, old testament
Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss the benefit of doubting Trump's America, Evangelicals carrying water for Trump, whether Joshua is a good book to include in the Bible, and why Jude deserves some reconsideration.
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Episode 116: No One WANTS to Vote Against Romans
July 27th, 2017 | 48 mins 29 secs
bible, canon, new testament, old testament
Gospel of Mary? Bel and the Dragon? The Apocryphon of John? Two Corinthians? Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined again by David Ray Allen to cover the second round of the Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge and give a great overview of biblical books you might not have read in a while.
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Episode 113: Your Grandmother’s Favorite Book in the Bible
July 5th, 2017 | 1 hr 8 mins
bible, canon, new testament, old testament
Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined by David Allen Jr., a Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina, to cover the first few matches of the Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge. David brings his own unique understanding of sports to help Thomas and Sam make the tough calls that must be made.
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Episode 107: Words Are Hard
May 12th, 2017 | 45 mins 38 secs
bible, canon, old testament, rob bell
Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss the death of the Old Testament and whether biblical literacy matters to contemporary Christians and cultures.