Best Duke Theology Podcasts (2025)

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"Many Are Called…-’ Medicine As Ministry to Poor and Marginalized Communities" with Daisey Dowell, MD 57:25

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"Many Are Called…-’ Medicine As Ministry to Poor and Marginalized Communities" with Daisey Dowell, MD by Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture InitiativeBy Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

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TMC Seminar Series Health Equity Is Not a Spectator Sport- A Radical Rerooting Using a Three Trees Analogy- 56:05

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TMC Seminar Series Health Equity Is Not a Spectator Sport- A Radical Rerooting Using a Three Trees Analogy- by Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture InitiativeBy Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

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"Islamic Bioethics What is it What is it Not & Its Place in Academic Bioethics Discourse" with Aasim Padela MD 56:37

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Dr. Aasim Padela discusses the foundations of Islamic bioethical discourse based on the various moral sciences of the Islamic tradition. He touches upon aspects of the discourse in orienting the audience to its siloed nature. The talk will conclude with a discussion on how an Islamic bioethics may intersect with academic bioethics as a field. Dr. P…

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"Christian Flourishing and Reimagining Healthcare: An End to Magical Thinking" with Susan Eastman M.Div., Ph.D. 57:21

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Susan Eastman, M.Div., Ph.D., is Associate Research Professor Emerita of New Testament, Duke Divinity School. She presented "Christian Flourishing and Reimagining Healthcare: An End to Magical Thinking" for the TMC Virtual Seminar Series on January 24, 2025. "Magical thinking" is "if-then" thinking, which plays an important role in medical research…

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"Wilderness and Wayfaring- Navigating Faith Amidst Depression" with Jessica Coblentz, PhD and Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD 55:13

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On September 27, 2024, Dr. Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD was in conversation with Jessica Coblentz, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. Dr. Coblentz's research and teaching focus on Catholic systematic theology, feminist theologies, and mental health in theologic…

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"Flourishing in the Cracks- Cultivating Moral Resilience in the Midst of Moral Distress" with Annie Friedrich, PHD, HEC-C 57:31

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Dr. Annie Friedrich joined TMC for a virtual seminar on Friday, October 11th, 2024. Dr. Friedrich is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Institute for Health & Equity at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She received her PhD in Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University with a focus on clinical ethics, pediatric et…

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"The Uncanny Valley Remaining Human in Healthcare" with Joshua Briscoe, MD 57:52

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A problem plagues modern healthcare: machines are setting the standard of care, and human clinicians are struggling to keep up. Artificial intelligence will only make this worse. The technical mindset fragments patient care and draws us further from shalom even as pursue surrogate markers that are meant to restore health. How can we, as Christian c…

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Deeper Formation for Worship (w/ Dr. Laura Benjamins) 38:48

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In this conversation, we continue our series on Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation with Dr. Laura Benjamins, discussing her research on the processes by which contemporary worship music forms us. Coming from music education and church music, she highlights the Bourdieuian concept of _habitus_, the formation of new worship le…

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"Colonialism, Global Health, and Catholic Social Teaching- Notes from a Decade at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre" and Matthew Rubach, MD 1:00:34

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Dr. Matthew Rubach, Associate Professor in the School of Medicine & Associate Research Professor in the Global Health Institute at Duke, offered a TMC seminar in March, 2024.Dr. Rubach is a specialist in clinical infectious diseases with medical specialty training in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology. Since November 2015, he ha…

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"Whose Body is This- A Theological Anthropology for the Care of the Sick and Dying" with Esther Acolatse M.T.S. Ph.D 58:14

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School hosted this TMC seminar, "Whose Body is This: A Theological Anthropology for the Care of the Sick and Dying" on March 1, 2024. The Reverend Dr. Esther E. Acolatse is a professor of pastoral theology and world Christianity at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She ha…

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"-Vive Jésus!- Toward a Neo-salesian Spirituality for Students of Medicine" with Andrew Michel, MD 59:04

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On February 17, 2024 Dr. Andrew Michel, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Belmont University, presented "Toward a Neo-Salesian Spirituality for Students of Medicine." In it, he hopes that DeSales, the doctor of divine love, might inflame a Neo-Saleisan Pentecost in contemporary medicine. He invites healers to take a posture of humility and other…

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"To Change the World of Medicine- Lawndale Health Center as a Model of Christian Presence" with Wayne Detmer, MD 59:30

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke co-sponsored this seminar entitled "To Change the World of Medicine: Lawndale Christian Health Center as a Model of Faithful Presence" with Dr. Wayne Detmer. In this webinar, Dr. Detmer shares a v…

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"Stewarding Sacred Stories: A Shared Vocation" with David Finnegan-Hosey 58:13

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On Friday, February 2, 2024, TMC hosted Finnegan-Hosey for this virtual seminar titled, "Stewarding Sacred Stories: A Shared Vocation."David is the author of "Christ on the Psych Ward" and "Grace is a Pre-Existing Condition: Faith, Systems, and Mental Healthcare." He currently serves as the minister of Bon Air Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)…

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A Child-Sized Liberation Theology (w/ Kelsey McGinnis) 53:03

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In this episode, I welcome back Dr. Kelsey Kramer McGinnis to discuss her article, "To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice" as part of our series on Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation. The conversation focuses on Christian parenting literature, and the …

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"Recovering a Christian Sense of Time for Healthcare" with John Hardt, PhD 57:07

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In this TMC Seminar from November 10, 2023, Dr. John Hardt, Vice Dean of Professional Formation and Associate Professor of Bioethics in Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine offers reflections on how Christians in healthcare might understand the construct of time differently in their daily lives and work.…

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"Pauline Theology, Spiritual Gifts, and the Contemporary Christian Heal" with Dr. Elaine Eng 40:08

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) welcomed Dr. Elaine Eng for this virtual seminar on October 27, 2023. Elaine Eng, M.D., is a graduate of Princeton University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a professor of mental health counseling who integrates faith, medicine, and psychology in her international and local w…

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"Infusing Hope Amid the Mental Health Crisis" with Dr. Tonya Armstrong 47:52

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) welcomed Dr. Tonya Armstrong for this virtual seminar on September 22, 2023. Dr. Tonya Armstrong is an international speaker, health and wellness entrepreneur, psychology expert and consultant, author, and singer/songwriter. After seven years in academia and solo, part-time practice, Dr. Armstron…

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"Beauty Will Heal the World" with Brewer Eberly, MD, MACS 57:53

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) welcomed Dr. Brewer Eberly for this virtual seminar on September 8, 2023. He is a third-generation family physician at Fischer Clinic in Raleigh, NC, and a McDonald Agape Fellow in the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School. He completed his family medicine residency a…

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"Living Out an Intentional Theology of Faithful Presence In Medicine" with Dr. James Rusthoven 57:30

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Dr. James Rusthoven is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oncology at McMaster University, and Research Fellow in the Kirby Lang Center for Public Theology in Cambridge. He is known for his contributions to the field of medical oncology and bioethics. Dr. Rusthoven joined the Theology, Medicine, and Culture in Spring of 2023 for this virtual s…

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"'Many Are Called… Medicine As Ministry to Poor and Marginalized Communities" with Dr. Daisey Dowell 57:25

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Dr. Daisey Dowell specializes in Pediatrics for Lawndale Christian Health Center on Chicago's Westside. In addition to serving as a domestic medical missionary at Lawndale, she also serves as a foreign medical missionary to Haiti as part of El Shaddai Ministry’s, “Haiti Orphan Project” -- where she serves along with other medical and nonmedical per…

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"TMC Seminar Series Can We Live Together- The Crisis of Journalism In America" with Emma Green 56:55

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar entitled "Can We Live Together: The Crisis of Journalism In America" on February 17th, 2023 with Emma Green. Emma Green is an American journalist and writer for The New Yorker. In N…

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"Racism: Driver of Health Disparities, Outlier in Our Theology Of Illness" with Jason Ashe, PhD, ThM, MDiv 58:27

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Jason Ashe, PhD, ThM, MDiv is a Community Health Psychologist & Research Scientist, whose work explores religion and racism as psychosocial determinants of health. He focuses specifically on cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disorder risk and health inequities among Black Americans. Dr. Ashe is a former Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fell…

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"Health Equity Is Not a Spectator Sport- A Radical Rerooting Using a Three Trees Analogy" with Abraham Nussbaum M.D., M.T.S 56:05

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar entitled "Health Equity Is Not a Spectator Sport: A Radical Rerooting Using a Three Trees Analogy" on January 19th, 2023 with Abraham Nussbaum, MD. Dr. Nussbaum is Chief Education O…

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“You Have Made Your People Hear Hard Things”: Jazz and Medicine as Moral Practice 1:00:33

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In Auden’s poem “The Art of Healing,” he writes that “every sickness is a musical problem and every cure a musical solution.” Jazz and health care are two things we normally don’t think about together, let alone in the context of mental health. This conversation was recorded at the 2024 Practice & Presence gathering between theological ethicist Pat…

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"The Science of the Good Samaritan" with Emily R. Smith, PhD 55:49

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Dr. Emily Smith, Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Global Health at Duke University, explores the intersection of faith, science, and global health through the lens of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Dr. Smith reflects on her experience during the COVID-19 pandemic as the voice behind 'Friendly Neighbo…

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"The Art of Living as Creatures" with Brian Volck, MD 1:13:46

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) live-streamed this seminar from the annual Practice & Presence gathering at Duke Divinity School on September 23rd, 2022. Brian Volck was interviewed by TMC Faculty member Dr. Martha Carlough for this conversation, entitled "The Art of Living as Creatures." Dr. Volck is a pediatrician and writer …

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A Spirit-Shaped Vision for Worship (that includes children) 49:02

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We continue our series on the recent academic journal issue "Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation" with authors Revs. Drs. Angela and Jeremy Perigo. In this episode, we explore what it might mean to take our Pneumatology more seriously when it comes to including children in the musical worship leadership of the congregation. O…

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Babies, Theology, and True Praise Beyond Words 53:36

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In this episode with Debbie Wong, we explore the theological question of babies praising God through the sounds they make -- the _jubilus_, as in the work of Augustine. This leads us to the practical question of how to understand the role the "woahs" and "ohs" in contemporary worship more broadly. Is it good and right to have these kinds of phrases…

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Young People and Liturgical Flexibility (w/ Dr. Nelson Cowan and Dr. Emily Andrews) 54:38

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In this episode with Dr. Nelson Cowan and Dr. Emily Andrews, we discuss their recently co-authored article "Liturgical Gift or Theological Burden? Teenagers and Ecumenical Liturgical Exchange Events" (Religions, 2024). We explore how the worship preferences of young people might surprise those who have long styled worship to "attract the youth" in …

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WOW! Worship (ft. Joshua Busman and Debbie Wong) 48:25

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Which color was your favorite?? In this episode, we take a walk down memory lane to discuss the WOW! Worship discs and their place in the growth of CWM in the late 1990s and 2000s. Dr. Joshua Busman and doctoral candidate Debbie Wong explore with me the marketing of the this series and the "portable affect" of CWM.…

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CPW is Ecumenical? (w/ Sarah Kathleen Johnson) 44:28

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In this episode with Dr. Sarah Kathleen Johnson, we discuss her recently co-authored article "Contemporary Worship Music as an Ecumenical Liturgical Movement" (Worship Journal, 2023). We explore how contemporary praise and worship music has found its way into the hearts and hymnals of a wide variety of Christian traditions as it connects Christians…

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Music as "Small Talk" (w/ Dr. Anna Nekola) 59:06

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In this episode with Dr. Anna Nekola, we discuss her recent article "Congregational Music as 'Phatic Communication': Affect, Atmosphere, and Relational Ways ofListening" (Yale Journal of Music & Religion, 2022). We explore some of the social functions of music and how it does more than open of spiritual pathways between us and God but also social p…

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Kelsey McGinnis: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, pt. 4! 41:15

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For the past few years, Dr. Kelsey Kramer McGinnis has been covering worship music as a journalist for Christianity Today. Her articles have been stirring up really important conversations among worship leaders! She joins me on the podcast to talk about how the Worship Leader Research project fits into her broader view of whats going on in the wors…

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Worship Music for Others? (w/ Dr. Nathan Myrick) 55:40

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In this episode with Dr. Nathan Myrick (Mercer University), we discuss his recent book _Music for Others: Care, Justice, and Relational Ethics in Christian Music (Oxford University Press, 2021). We explore what we are after in making music together -- and perhaps what we should be after in church music in particular. Namely, what kinds of relations…

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Marc Jolicoeur: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, pt. 3! 37:07

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I chat with my Worship Leader Research teammate Marc Jolicoeur about his role on the research team and how the project is impacting his work as a local church worship leader. He's an avid learner who brings his joy and hope to this important pastoral work.

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Elias Dummer: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, Pt 2! 40:11

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I chat with my Worship Leader Research teammate Elias Dummer to talk about his contributions to the project, his hopes for the future of worship, and his experience in the worship music industry.

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Song Stories and Songwriter Inspiration (w/ Dr. Jonathan Welch) 38:29

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In this episode with Dr. Jonathan Welch (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), we discuss the legacy of the song story column in Worship Leader Magazine and what it can tell us about how worship songwriters imagine God's participation in the creative act. Welch encourages worship songwriters to know that God is present in the process, even if…

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Dr. Shannan Baker: Worship Leader Research Miniseries pt. 1! 31:15

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My fellow Worship Leader Research teammate Dr. Shannan Baker takes a minute to chat about the WLR project, her hopes as a researcher, and what animates her ongoing care for the contemporary worship phenomenon as a researcher.

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Steven Furtick and Musical Preaching (w/ Dr. Noel Snyder) 42:54

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Noel Snyder, author of the book _Sermons that Sing: Music and the Practice of Preaching_ (IVP Academic, 2021). Dr. Snyder explores the musicality of the preaching moment as we discuss the preaching of Elevation Church Pastor and songwriter Steven Furtick.

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John Swinton, BD, PhD, RMN, RMND: “Can a Pill Do What the Holy Spirit Could Not?” 56:16

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on October 21, 2022 with John Swinton, BD, PhD, RMN, RMND titled “Can a Pill Do What the Holy Spirit Could Not?: Psychiatric Medication, Personhood, and Living Faithfully with Menta…

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Kristin Collier, MD: "Reimagining a Theology of Medicine" 59:25

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on October 7, 2022 with Kristin Collier, MD titled "Reimagining a Theology of Medicine." Dr. Collier is an Associate Professor and Associate Residency Program Director of Internal M…

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Brett McCarty, ThD: "Churches Promoting Recovery: Faith-Based Responses to Substance Use Issues" 55:01

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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on September 9, 2022 with Brett McCarty, ThD titled “Churches Promoting Recovery: Faith-Based Responses to Substance Use Issues.” Dr. McCarty is an Assistant Research Professor of T…

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Is the Bible History: Rethinking the Chronology of the Ancient World 1:00:22

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Jonathan Pageau Interview on Theology, Universal History, and Symbolism 1:04:20

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Worship is Performance -- and that's good! (w/ Dr. Marcell Silva Steuernagel) 55:54

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Marcell Silva Steuernagel (Dallas, TX), author of the book _Church Music Through the Lens of Performance_ (Routledge, 2021). Dr. Silva Steuernagel discusses the negative baggage of the language of "performance" in worship and helps us reimagine its usefulness. Instead of shying away, he encourages us to re-embrace …

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Worship Culture at Mars Hill (w/ Dr. Maren Haynes Marchesini) 1:02:15

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Maren Haynes Marchesini (Helena, MO). Dr. Haynes Marchesini talks with us about the music and worship culture at the infamous Mars Hill Church, Seattle WA. Our conversation explores the relationship between the subcultural musical styles and the Pastor Mark Driscoll's niche, aggressive approach to a patriarchal and…