Podcasts about great texts

In this episode David Chao sits down with Jonathan Tran, Associate Dean for Faculty and Associate Professor of Theology and Great Texts at the Honors College, Baylor University, to explore themes from his book, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Together, they dive into the complexities of racial capitalism, Asian American identity, and the role of faith in navigating these systemic realities. Dr. Tran shares insights on how racial and economic systems intersect, the challenges of Christian discipleship in capitalist structures, and how communities can imagine and live out alternative paths rooted in justice and mercy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com

Today, our guest is Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray, professor of Great Texts and Creative Writing at Baylor University. Dr. Murray is scholar of Medieval and Renaissance texts. In addition to her doctorate in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton, Sarah-Jane completed a professional program in screenwriting at UCLA. Heavily involved in digital humanities and storytelling projects, she is an EMMY-nominated writer and producer who also teaches screenwriting and documentary filmmaking in the Baylor's Department of Film and Digital Media. Her body of collaborative work has played at major international film festivals and has been distributed by PBS, LinkTV, Amazon, and Netflix. At present, she is in post-production on her feature-length directorial debut (currently in post-production). Sarah-Jane's writing, producing, and directing for short formats has also been recognized with over twenty international creative awards. Most recently, Sarah-Jane's quest to break down barriers of access to engaging with the Great Texts while inspiring awe, wonder, and critical thinking led to the founding of her edumedia™ project, The Greats Story Lab™. We are delighted to have Dr. Murray on the show to discuss the well-formed (rather than well-filled) mind, film in education, and why we need stories. Resources: https://www.thegreats.org/ https://rtalbert.org/the-12-week-plan-for-building-courses/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjmurray/

In this episode, Zen speaks with Barry Harvey about the story that led to the Barmen declaration, how Dietrich Bonhoeffer factors into that story, and how Barmen remains relevant today, even after 90 years. Barry Harvey is professor of theology in the Religion Department as well as in the Great Texts program of the Honors College here at Baylor University. Among other specialties, Barry is a Bonhoeffer scholar, exploring Bonhoeffer's thought in classes, articles, and a book titled Taking Hold of the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Profound Worldliness of Christianity. Other Episodes You Might Like: Carr and Helmer on ordinary faith in polarized times: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theology-ethics-and-a-church-in-conflict/id1648052085?i=1000631232401 Malcolm Foley on James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree-malcolm-foley-on/id1648052085?i=1000607851160 Amanda Tyler on Christian nationalism: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amanda-tyler-on-religious-liberty-and-christian/id1648052085?i=1000592862958

What are the economic forces that underly racist thinking? What are the theological dimensions of racism? How does the “political economic distortion of the divine economy” impacts the contemporary experience of and response to racism?In this episode, Jonathan Tran (Baylor University) joins Matt Croasmun to discuss his book, Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism, focusing on the unique experience of Asian Americans, and Jonathan's own experience growing up as a war refugee in southern California; where race and racialized thinking really comes from and how we can understand its history and its impact today; Christian moral psychology; meritocracy and capitalism; and they discuss a unique Christian community—Redeemer Community Church in San Francisco that offers a unique experiment in bearing witness to the economic and racial realities of life today, but through the theological framing of the Gospel.About Jonathan TranJonathan Tran is a theologian and ethicist, and is Associate Dean for Faculty in the Honors College and Professor of Theology in Great Texts at Baylor University. His research focuses on the human life in language, and what that life reveals about God and God's world. Lately, that research has focused on race and racism, and his book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism attempts to present racism as a theological problem, a political economic distortion of the divine economy, and a problem given to the usual redress, the church laying claim to God's original revolution.Show NotesThe roots of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial CapitalismAre we thinking about racism backwards?Race as a self-interpreting categoryIs race just obvious? Is it just about the racialized relationships we have with each other?“Rather than thinking of race as basic, we want to ask the question, when and where and how did race come to capture our imaginations, such that we just now assume it as basic?”What is political economy?Connecting an understanding of economy to God's essence and existence“The structure of creation is in a sense hardwired as gift.”“One of the first ways we talked about the gospel in the early church was as the divine economy, an economy of gratuity and grace over and against the world's privation and predation.”Gift economyPope Francis's “Our Common Home”“What is the material political economy out of which the concept and category of race began?”“Race was utilized in Europe and America to create a kind of ideological justification for relationships of property and labor.”Race and unjust labor practicesIs capitalism coextensive with racism?Marxism vs theological answers to the problem of capitalism and racismUnderstanding Marxism with an example: Waco, TexasBlack Marxism as a corrective to White MarxismChristianity and Moral PsychologyAnti-racism, post-racialism, identitarianismReverse engineering racism to produce Black dignity, Black power, or Black politicsGiving race explanatory power“I'm not essentially Asian, but I've been racialized as an Asian person.”Does racism against Asian Americans count?Double marginalization: first by racism, then by anti-racismFoucault's “history of the present”“[Race] is necessarily binary thinking.”Meritocracy and capitalismCase Study: Redeemer Community Church in San Francisco (https://www.redeemersf.org/)The Joy–Dispossession Elipse: “Joy without dispossession is escapist. Dispossession without joy is sadist.”The Gospel as proclamation instead of resistance“Marxists in our sense are waiting for the revolution to start. Christians are leaning into a revolution that's a few thousand years old.”Production NotesThis podcast featured Jonathan Tran & Matt CroasmunEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, & Tim BergelandA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

Donald Grey Barnhouse was - for half a century - one of the most widely acclaimed American preachers. Scholarly exposition and a popular approach marked his teaching as well as a passion for Making God's Word Plain. Listen and find out why an unyielding faith, devotion to Christ, innovation, and great energy marked his ministry. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/791/29

This week we discuss recent laws blurring the lines between church and state, and a little sports. #EndChristianNationalism  Question of the WeekWhat does success and legacy mean in the church and faith context?Special Guest: (23:00)Dr. Jonathan Tran, Associate Dean for Faculty in the Honors College and Professor of Theology in Great Texts, Baylor UniversityGuest Question:You have talked a lot about racialized capitalism. How do you see technology as a potential tool to help change systems and overcome barriers racialized capitalism creates? Of course, technology can also perpetuate inequality through things like lack of access. Further, we see communities that have been locked out of traditional finance systems like banks turning to alternative finance options such as cryptocurrency, which while accessible is also risky. What are your thoughts on this and how do you see the church playing a role in all of this, if any? Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial CapitalismFor Listening Guides, click here!Got a question for us? Send them to faithpodcast@pcusa.org! A Matter of Faith website

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr. Michael P. Foley is a professor of patristics in the Great Texts program at Baylor University, a professor of theology at the Aquinas Institute, and the author of over 400 articles and fourteen books, including Drinking with the Saints, Drinking with Saint Nick, Drinking with Your Patron Saints, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Christianity. Mike and his wife Alexandra live in their adopted hometown of Waco, Texas, where they enjoy spending the Christmas holidays with their six children, twelve chickens, two turtles, one dog and 12,000 bees.

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This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat, features a conversation with distinguished translator and scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. Donald is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the department of Asian languages and cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the […] The post Donald Lopez: Encounters with Great Texts and Great Lamas (#117) appeared first on The Wisdom Experience.

How does a Christian Worldview influence engaging with Great Texts in the Honors College? Kyana speaks on how incorporating a Christian Worldview into Socratic Dialogues has led to personal growth as a disciple. Let's take an inside look at how asking purposeful questions can contribute to a larger understanding of Great Texts.

How do personal experiences and mentalities frame our interactions with various Great Texts in our community? Eliana's international experience and growth mindset empowers her positive engagement with various ideas with an artistic lens. Join us as we discover the strength and influence behind a “why not” attitude and shift in perspective by engaging Great Texts. Learn more about the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University at apu.edu/honors.

The big questions in life - who am I? what am I? why am I here? Every human throughout history has grappled with these questions. Get the answers right and you can live a virtuous, flourishing life. Yet today, too many students, and adults for that matter, are fumbling through life trying to find meaning and purpose. Knowing the right questions is a critical first step to finding lasting and sustaining life answers. Classical Christian schools are uniquely positioned to guide students along an educational journey to answer these life questions. Our guest, Dr. Joshua Farris, has written a compelling new book exploring these essential questions and offering a comprehensive vision of how our beliefs inform our understanding of what it means to be human. He points to several specific techniques used in upper school classical Christian classrooms that equip students to answer these questions confidently, helping us all form a comprehensive vision of the human person as an embodied soul.BIOGRAPHY Prior to being named Executive Director of Alpine Christian School in Alpine, TX, Dr. Farris was the Chester and Margaret Paluch Professor at Mundelein Seminary, University of Saint Mary of the Lake; a part-time Lecturer at Auburn University Montgomery; and an Assistant Professor of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He was at Houston Baptist University from 2014-2019. There, he served in the Theology department, Great Texts department, the Honors College, the Philosophy department, and the Academy, where he developed over 14 courses as part of the Great Texts program. A prolific writer, Dr. Farris' most recent work is An Introduction to Theological Anthropology. He is also the author of The Soul of Theological Anthropology and the coeditor of several volumes, including Being Saved: Explorations in Human Salvation, New England Dogmatics: A Systematic Collection of Questions and Answers in Divinity by Maltby Gelston (1766-1865), Christian Physicalism?, and The Routledge Companion to Theological Anthropology.Buy An Introduction to Theological Anthropology, here.

A new MP3 sermon from Red Rocks Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God's Law Of Sowing And Reaping Subtitle: Great Texts Speaker: Dr. Les Heinze Broadcaster: Red Rocks Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 2/7/2021 Bible: Galatians 6:7-9 Length: 41 min.

This talk was given at Texas A&M University on November 9, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Ralph C. Wood has served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. He holds the B.A. and M.A. from East Texas State College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) as well as the A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1971-1997 he taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was the John Allen Easley Professor of Religion from 1990. At Baylor, he has a graduate appointment in Religion, though he teaches entirely in the Great Texts program. He serves as an editorial board member for both the Flannery O’Connor Review and Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review. He has also taught at Providence College in Rhode Island, at Samford University in Birmingham, and at Regent College in Vancouver.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/791/29 Donald Grey Barnhouse was - for half a century - one of the most widely acclaimed American preachers. Scholarly exposition and a popular approach marked his teaching as well as a passion for Making God's Word Plain. Listen and find out why an unyielding faith, devotion to Christ, innovation, and great energy marked his ministry.

We live in a point-and-click society where labor is seen as something to overcome. But what if we’ve got it wrong? Philosopher turned farmer Dr. Scott H. Moore contends that entertainment doesn’t have to be passive. In fact, activities like reading Dante, growing tomatoes or fixing our own plumbing can bring us a lot of joy and satisfaction—and maybe even transform the way we see the world. Dr. Moore is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Great Texts at Baylor University and the author of How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the Philosophers. Today, Dr. Moore joins Ross to discuss the connections among philosophy, the Classics, theology and farming, explaining how Wendell Berry inspired his decision to become a farmer, and exploring how great works like Dante’s Divine Comedy remain relevant in modern life. Dr. Moore challenges us to rethink our notion of labor, describing the rewards of problem-solving with our hands and engaging in activities like gardening or woodworking—as opposed to just buying the things we want. Listen in for Dr. Moore’s insight on making leisure more intentional and learn how Christian thought and the Classics can help us cultivate a sense of gratitude and initiate meaningful conversations about what really matters. Resources: Dr. Moore at Baylor University How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the Philosophers by Scott H. Moore Books by Wendell Berry The Divine Comedy Volume I: Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by Mark Musa The Great Courses: Dante’s Divine Comedy The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis Nick Offerman Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry, narrated by Nick Offerman Joel Salatin on Reversing Climate Change EP072 Quill Robinson on Reversing Climate Change S2EP18 Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper Books by Gregory A. Boyd Books by David Bentley Hart G.K. Chesterton Sorry, ran out of space! Will update these notes with the full list when room is expanded. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: From Grief to Glory Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/21/2020 Bible: Romans 8:18-30 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Everlasting Compassion Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 5/31/2020 Bible: Isaiah 54:1-10 Length: 34 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: No Holiness, No Heaven Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 5/24/2020 Bible: Philippians 2:12-13 Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: No Holiness, No Heaven Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 5/24/2020 Bible: Philippians 2:12-13 Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: No Holiness, No Heaven Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 5/24/2020 Bible: Philippians 2:12-13 Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Heritage Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: No Holiness, No Heaven Subtitle: Great Texts of the Bible Speaker: Michael Myers Broadcaster: Heritage Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 5/24/2020 Bible: Philippians 2:12-13 Length: 42 min.

2019 LECTURESHIPAs a part of this year’s Bear Valley Lectures, We Can Know There is TRUTH, Scott Balbin brought a lesson entitled "Great Texts On The Truth: Ezekiel 34". The Bear Valley Lectures is a work of the Bear Valley Bible Institute International, under the oversight of the elders of the Bear Valley church of Christ in Denver, Colorado. The Bible Institute has been training preachers for work in the Lord’s church since 1965 with our graduates working all over the world. For more information about our programs of study visit our website at WeTrainPreachers.com.

2019 LECTURESHIPAs a part of this year’s Bear Valley Lectures, We Can Know There is TRUTH, Kim Higginbotham brought a women’s session lesson entitled "Great Texts On Truth--John 8". The Bear Valley Lectures is a work of the Bear Valley Bible Institute International, under the oversight of the elders of the Bear Valley church of Christ in Denver, Colorado. The Bible Institute has been training preachers for work in the Lord’s church since 1965 with our graduates working all over the world. For more information about our programs of study visit our website at WeTrainPreachers.com.

2019 LECTURESHIPAs a part of this year’s Bear Valley Lectures, We Can Know There is TRUTH, Eli Schnell brought a lesson entitled "Great Texts On The Truth: 3 John". The Bear Valley Lectures is a work of the Bear Valley Bible Institute International, under the oversight of the elders of the Bear Valley church of Christ in Denver, Colorado. The Bible Institute has been training preachers for work in the Lord’s church since 1965 with our graduates working all over the world. For more information about our programs of study visit our website at WeTrainPreachers.com.

2019 LECTURESHIPAs a part of this year’s Bear Valley Lectures, We Can Know There is TRUTH, Mike Vestal brought a lesson entitled "Great Texts On The Truth--2 Thessalonians 2". The Bear Valley Lectures is a work of the Bear Valley Bible Institute International, under the oversight of the elders of the Bear Valley church of Christ in Denver, Colorado. The Bible Institute has been training preachers for work in the Lord’s church since 1965 with our graduates working all over the world. For more information about our programs of study visit our website at WeTrainPreachers.com.

"Many have lost the favourable presence of God and are not aware of it; they have provoked God to withdraw from them, but are not sensible of their loss, nor ever complain of it. Their souls languish and grow weak, their gifts wither, every thing goes cross with them; and yet they impute not this to the right cause: they are not aware that God has departed from them, nor are they in any care to reconcile themselves to Him or recover His favor. When God has departed, we cannot do as at other times." (Matthew Henry) "The degredation of character may go on quite unconsciously, and it is only when some crisis arises in a man's life that he becomes aware that his moral strength has departed from him." (Great Texts of the Bible)

Dr. Wood served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. At Baylor, his main appointment is in the Religion Department, but he also teaches in the Great Texts program as well as the Department of English.

Dr. Wood served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. At Baylor, his main appointment is in the Religion Department, but he also teaches in the Great Texts program as well as the Department of English.

Dr. Wood served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. At Baylor, his main appointment is in the Religion Department, but he also teaches in the Great Texts program as well as the Department of English.

In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible interpretations. Margaret Kean chooses John Milton, who used his Paradise Lost to position himself in the canon of great writers during his lifetime. Peter McDonald talks about who decides who is considered to be a great writer, suggesting literary agents, prize judges, editors, reviewers, critics, librarians, and ordinary readers. Finally, Ankhi Mukherjee discusses the greatness of V S Naipul, who was critical of the existing literary canon and so set out to create his own kind of great literature.

In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible interpretations. Margaret Kean chooses John Milton, who used his Paradise Lost to position himself in the canon of great writers during his lifetime. Peter McDonald talks about who decides who is considered to be a great writer, suggesting literary agents, prize judges, editors, reviewers, critics, librarians, and ordinary readers. Finally, Ankhi Mukherjee discusses the greatness of V S Naipul, who was critical of the existing literary canon and so set out to create his own kind of great literature.

A philosophical film produced for a Great Texts course by Jordan Bellamy. Played at the 2010 Black Glasses Film Festival.