Theology and Socialism

In this episode, writer M. K. Anderson talks about her piece Moral Injury, Marxist Organizing, and Christian Grace in The Bias Magazine. Check out her website here, and subscribe to her excellent newsletter.

This episode is an interview with Dr. W. Travis McMaken, who talks about his book Our God Loves Justice: An Introduction to Helmut Gollwitzer. We talk about Gollwitzer's views on social institutions, the doctrine of justification, Karl Barth's socialist politics, Marxism and transcendence, dialectical theology, the kingdom of God, and more!

If wealth is so bad, then why does the Bible feature good rich people like Abraham, Job, and Joseph of Arimathea? Or were they so good after all? In this episode, we gently rake them over the coals and join Job's taunting friends. Music is adapted from the song Inside by Lee Rosevere under a Creative Commons license.

This episode is an interview with Hannah Bowman, the founder of Christians for Prison Abolition on the theology and practice of Christian prison abolitionism.   Music is adapted from the song "Daytona" by Meavy Boy under a Creative Commons license.

A lot of people assume that socialism and religious orthodoxy don't go well together. But what if they actually do go well together after all? The Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral (mentioned by Ben during this episode) can be read here: http://anglicansonline.org/basics/Chicago_Lambeth.html Music in this episode is adapted from the track Fryeri by Kai Engel under a Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Do rich people go to hell? What's the temperature like there? Does it eat their flesh? Lots of questions, and we get some answers.     Music is adapted from the song "Canyon"  by A. A. Aalto under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Check out music by A. A. Aalto here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/A_A_Aalto/The_West/

This episode is about the Year of Jubilee in Leviticus. We talk about wealth distribution, wage labor, and even Jesus of Nazareth. And we even disagree a bit about something. Music is adapted from the song "Going Home" by Lee Rosevere under a Creative Commons license. Check out the album here: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-podcasts

This is episode 1 of Theology and Socialism, part of a series on the Bible and socialism. We talk about the Exodus story as a lens (or part of a pair of glasses?) for reading the Bible.   Music is adapted from the song "Let's Start From the Beginning" by Lee Rosevere under a Creative Commons license. Check out the album here: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-podcasts