Decolonizing faith and the liberating gospel of Jesus are the themes of Fr. Joash p. Thomas' wonderful book The Justice of Jesus. Fr. Thomas sat down with us on the God Squad Pod to talk about his book and how we can enact the justice of Jesus by decolonizing Christianity. His book is thought provoking …
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Breaking news and broken theology: highlights from the God Squad Pod
We just recorded our 100th episode of the God Squad Pod last Thursday night. Topics include: Graham Platner, Trump's gaffes, Doug Wilson's NPR interview, Dale Partridge's vile racism, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and Nolan Wells. Full Episode https://youtu.be/XT1C1YvYLyY?si=FcOzvQxk7dGVl46O https://youtu.be/5l2x242aTP8?si=e0ug-kToUGAssWW3 https://youtu.be/ZjKy_THwUPs?si=Qgc1UtssZ4pKRMqz https://youtu.be/Ny5HME754iA?si=5ui89NT2gWqY_CpD https://youtu.be/gP4p_R2tjws?si=92QpQVOHPkrVjAFr
Major league irony and cognitive dissonance
I always find it interesting when professional athletes who are also Christian start talking about their faith. Sometimes they dedicate a win or offer praise to God for a victory for their team as if God has a vested interest in the outcome. I’m pretty sure God has better things to do than rooting for …
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Surfing the apocalypse
Several years ago someone asked my how I was doing and without a beat I replied, “oh you, just surfing the apocalypse,” without really thinking about it. Since then, this phrase that came to me seemingly from thin air, has become part of my lexicon for when people ask me how things are going in …
Celebrate love like Heated Rivalry does
People who know me know that I am a completely hopeless romantic. My favorite movie is Love Actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the Collin Firth - Jennifer Ehle version of Pride and Prejudice, but I cry every single time I watch it when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett finally get together. …
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the God Squad Pod
I started following Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Twitter years ago and immediately became an enthusiastic reader of her tweets. Later, in an essay entitled “Crimes Against Humanity” in Theological Musings: Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian Volume 1, I quoted a piece Rabbi Ruttenberg wrote about reproductive freedom from a Jewish theological perspective in my …
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Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday
It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …
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Dr. Kevin M. Young on the God Squad Pod
Dr. Kevin M. Young was a pastor in distress as doubts plagued him. A spiritual retreat at a Cistercian monastery in in New York helped change all that as he engaged ancient faith practices from The Way. That experience is detailed in Dr. Young's fantastic book Reconstruct Your Faith: Ancient Ways to Make Your Relationship …
Jesus or I.C.E.?
Stephen Miller’s rabid hatred of immigrants who aren’t “white” is playing out on America’s streets with devastating effect. DHS goon squads from I.C.E. and the Border Patrol have been given license to racially profile people as they wreak havoc in cities across the country. Regardless of the legal status of many immigrants, they have been …
Highlights from the God Squad Pod
On this week's episode the Fundamentalist F*ckwittery is brought to you by Sheriff Chad Bianco. He's running for California Governor as a Republican. Bianco is a Christofascist Trump supporting election denier. We also talk about breaking news stories. Full audio episode: GSP Episode 71 https://youtu.be/lhx23AdLlXA https://youtu.be/gGHqpj56GVo https://youtu.be/LkXf64-dkm8 https://youtu.be/02rxVxWMx4A https://youtu.be/cNgZAe8QmIc
The Tattooed Theologian 