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A podcast exploring the religious and theological worlds from an Anglican perspective. Hosted by Gerald McDermott of The Institute of Anglican Studies at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University.

The Institute of Anglican Studies at Beeson Divinity School

  • Apr 23, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 33m AVG DURATION
  • 43 EPISODES


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Race and Covenant: Racial Supremacy and Covenantal Reconciliation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 34:58


Carol Swain joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about her chapter in the forthcoming book, "Race and Covenant: Recovering the Religious Roots for American Reconciliation." They discuss white nationalism, the new racism and identity politics.

Race and Covenant: The Black Churches and the National Covenant

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 45:19


Derryck Green joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about his chapter in the forthcoming book "Race and Covenant: Recovering the Religious Roots for American Reconciliation." They talk about the idea of the national covenant and the Black Church's role in reconciliation, past and present.

The Future of Orthodox Anglicanism: Neo-Pagan Anglicanism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 34:20


Archbishop Foley Beach joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about his chapter in the new Future of Orthodox Anglicanism book. They discuss what neo-pagan Anglicanism is, where it comes from, and the challenges it poses for the church today.

The Future of Orthodox Anglicanism: Reformed Catholicism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 35:51


Barbara Gauthier joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about her chapter in the newly-released Future of Orthodox Anglicanism book.

God, Liturgy, and the Coronavirus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 37:36


Ben Jefferies joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about the current coronavirus situation.

Eschatology: Purgatory

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 32:17


Jerry Walls joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about purgatory. They discuss a Protestant understanding of purgatory, whether there is any scriptural warrant for the idea, and what C.S. Lewis had to say about it in his writings.

Eschatology: Hell

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 36:00


Michael McClymond joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about hell. They talk about his recent book The Devil's Redemption, touching on universalism and the strong biblical evidence for hell.

Eschatology: Heaven

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 21:56


Alister McGrath joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about heaven. They discuss its pastoral significance and the ways that western literature has depicted it.

Creation: Natural Theology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 22:33


Alister McGrath joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about Natural Theology. They discuss his book, The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology, how natural theology has been downplayed and even outright rejected in the 20th century, and why it needs to be recovered for the 21st century.

Creation in God's Crosshairs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 36:38


Mark DeVine sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss the created world. They talk about Devine's new book, Shalom: Yesterday, Today, and Forever, in which the Baptist theologian discusses the importance of the material world, the prosperity gospel, and economics.

Creation: Natural Law

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 32:07


Adam MacLeod joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about Natural Law.

Anglican Basics: Summary With a Veteran Priest

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 38:48


Chip Edgar joins Gerald McDermott for a final summary conversation on the Anglican Basics series.

Anglican Basics: Liturgy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 30:21


Ben Jefferies sits down with Gerald McDermott for a conversation about liturgy. They discuss its history, the ACNA's new 2019 prayer book and how the liturgy is helpful for the Christian.

Anglican Basics: Catechesis

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 28:02


Lee Nelson joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation on catechesis, including the history of catechesis and why it is important for the church today.

Anglican Basics: The Church Sacraments

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 33:03


Beeson alumnus Myles Hixson joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation on the Church Sacraments. They highlight confirmation and its relation to baptism plus the importance of understanding marriage sacramentally.

Anglican Basics: The Dominical Sacraments

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 40:55


Beeson alumnus Steven Breedlove joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation about the Dominical Sacraments, including discussion on infant baptism and the Real Presence in the Eucharist.

Anglican Basics: The Priest

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 28:39


Sean McDermott joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation on the Priesthood, including discussion of the life of a priest, pastoral direction, and the significance of ordination.

Anglican Basics: The Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 29:54


Stephen Gauthier joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation on the Church, including discussion of apostolic succession, the role of the bishop, and the church as a sacramental reality.

The Anglicanism of N.T. Wright

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 28:25


N.T. Wright sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss Anglicanism, his life as a bishop, and current challenges for global Anglicanism.

The Biblical Scholarship of N.T. Wright

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 28:25


N.T. Wright sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss his challenge of Rudolf Bultmann, the biblical doctrine of justification, natural theology, and his latest book on Paul.

Do Christians, Jews, and Muslims Worship the Same God?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 33:38


Gerald McDermott sits down with guest-host Rabbi Rob Willis to discuss whether Christians, Muslims, and Jews worship the same God.

Sola Scriptura and the Church

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 41:35


Carl Beckwith sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss sola scriptura and the role of the church in biblical interpretation.

How to Read the Bible

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 37:34


Alastair Roberts joins Gerald McDermott to discuss the public reading of Scripture, interconnections between diverse parts of Scripture, and reading Christologically.

Scripture and the Church Fathers

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 36:23


Stefana Dan Laing sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss how the Church Fathers read Scripture and what they thought of doctrines such as inspiration and illumination.

The Limits of Biblical Criticism

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 35:49


Beeson Professor Osvaldo Padilla sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss the presuppositions of higher biblical criticism, the role of doctrine in biblical interpretation, and the impact of Anglicanism on his reading of the Bible.

What Can Anglicans Learn from Jonathan Edwards?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 32:10


Gerald McDermott discusses what Anglicans can learn from Jonathan Edwards: beauty, the work of the Holy Spirit, and more. He also explains why so many different kinds of Christians find Edwards so intriguing.

Jonathan Edwards on the World Religions

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 35:58


Gerald McDermott discusses insights from Jonathan Edwards on difficult issues concerning the world religions such as the fate of the unevangelized, the justice of God, and degrees of truth found in non-Judeo-Christian religions.

A Typological Vision of the Cosmos

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 35:25


Guest host Mark DeVine sits down with Via Media podcast host Gerald McDermott to talk about God's glory, natural revelation, and typology in all of reality as they discuss McDermott's latest book, Everyday Glory: The Revelation of God in All of Reality.

Preaching in the Anglican Tradition

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 37:46


Michael Pasquarello sits down with Gerald McDermott to survey different styles of preaching in the Anglican tradition.

The 2019 Book of Common Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 46:52


Ben Jefferies joins Gerald McDermott to consider the place of the 2019 Prayer Book within the Prayer Book tradition and to suggest how parishes might best use the book.

The Spiritual Life of C.S. Lewis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 28:40


Lyle Dorsett sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss C. S. Lewis' views of prayer, the Eucharist, and spiritual direction, and to share how Lewis' writings have shaped Dorsett's own faith.

Sacrifice and Christian Worship

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 36:28


Matthew Olver joins Gerald McDermott to discuss worship, sacrifice, and the new ACNA Eucharistic liturgies.

Jewish Law and Jewish People in the New Testament

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 34:31


Darrell Bock joins Gerald McDermott for a conversation on the significance of the Law and the Jewish people in the Gospels and Paul.

Mutual Blessings in All of Creation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 39:38


Messianic Jewish theologian Daniel Juster joins Gerald McDermott to discuss a variety of topics including mutual blessing between Israel and the nations, the power of words, and the Jewish roots of sacraments.

The Monkhood of All Believers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 34:42


Greg Peters sits down with Gerald McDermott to discuss the monkhood of all believers and to give some practical guidance on how Christians can practice asceticism in the modern world.

Theology of the Sexes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 38:49


Alastair Roberts joins Gerald McDermott to discuss how the study of Scripture and nature should shape our views on masculinity and femininity.

Redeeming the Feminine Soul

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 32:07


Julie Roys joins Gerald McDermott to discuss feminism, motherhood, and her journey of discovering what it means to be a woman.

Julian of Norwich and Suffering

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 22:06


Nathan White joins Gerald McDermott to discuss how Julian of Norwich can help us to deepen our faith in the midst of our suffering.

How Should Anglicans Make Big Decisions?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 29:57


Phil Ashey joins Gerald McDermott to discuss the significance of conciliarism in the history of the Church, its important role in Anglican ecclesiology, and how the movement away from conciliarism has led to departure from orthodox doctrine.

How to Plant an Anglican Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 31:37


Dan Alger talks with Gerald McDermott about how Anglicans plant churches and offers practical advice for discerning a call to church planting and getting started.

Anglicans in Egypt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2019 26:38


Bishop Mouneer Anis talks to Gerald McDermott about his Coptic upbringing, the Anglican church in Egypt, and the relationship between GAFCON and the Global South.

Will All Be Saved?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 29:35


Dr. Michael McClymond joins Dr. Gerald McDermott to discuss his book, The Devil's Redemption. The conversation centers on the biblical teaching on hell, the growing popularity of the doctrine of universalism, and the influence of Reformed theologian Karl Barth.

What Can Anglicans and Baptists Learn from One Another?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 24:40


Dr. Gerald McDermott sits down with Dean Timothy George to discuss what Anglicans and Baptists can learn from one another. Dean George also talks about his appreciation for Anglicanism and details a new movement called Baptist Catholicity.

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