Things Not Seen Podcast
"Things Not Seen" talks with people of faith who are working to make sense of why we are here and how we can all live together despite our deep differences in belief. The show is hosted by Dr. David Dault, and features guests from a broad spectrum of public life, with in-depth conversations about real struggles at the intersection of faith and culture.
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#2112 - A Place at the Table: Emily M.D. Scott ...
Rev. Emily Scott is a pastor and church planter. She talks to us about her work, and her recent book For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World
56 min
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#2111 - Religious Freedom is not just for Chris...
Jay Wexler returns to talk about his recent book, Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life
54 min
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#2110 - Seeing Beyond Grief: Angela Williams Go...
In her recent book, The Gravity of Joy, our guest Angela Williams Gorrell invites readers on a hope-filled journey into the heart of unimaginable grief and back again. Her work invites readers to see the complex relationship between despair and joy.
56 min
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#2109 - Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for ...
Rev. Jennifer Butler loved the Bible and her Christian faith, but then was disillusioned when it was used against her as a woman. Instead of leaving religion, she found a fresh approach to faith as liberation
57 min
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#2108 - Mapping the Journey of Desmond Tutu: Mi...
The Rev. Dr. Michael Battle has been a student and friend of Archbishop Desmond Tutu for a good deal of his life. In his recent book, Battle offers what he calls "A Spiritual Biography of South Africa's Confessor"
56 min
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#2107 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Bren...
Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, our guest Brenda Salter McNeil challenges Christians to recognize the pain in our world so they can work together to repair what is broken.
55 min
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#2106 - Searching for Sabbath in a World of Scr...
In a world overwhelmed by smart devices, Amy Crouch and her father Andy explore the wisdom of Sabbath in their recent book, My Tech-Wise Life
56 min
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#2105 - Joe Biden and Catholicism: Massimo Fagg...
Historian and theologian Dr. Massimo Faggioli provides an insightful overview of Catholicism in US politics, and its place as an anchor in the life of Joe Biden, the man elected to lead the country at a decisive crossroads, an unprecedented moment in US history.
58 min
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#2104 - Learning from Nebraska: Ross Benes
In his recent book, Rural Rebellion, author and journalist Ross Benes takes a multi-decade look at how Nebraska went from being a progressive state to a conservative stronghold.
55 min
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#2103 - Free Reality Winner: Billie Jean Winner...
Former NSA analyst Reality Leigh Winner was convicted in 2018 of leaking information about Russian hacking into the 2016 American elections. She received the harshest sentence ever for such a crime. We speak with her mother and an advocate for the Winner family about the case, and what might be done to help the case for Winner's release.
63 min
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#2102 - The Hip-Hop Gospel of Tupac Shakur: Dan...
Our guest Daniel White Hodge returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his recent book, Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining the Gospel According to Tupac Amaru Shakur
58 min
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#2101 - Incarnational Recovery - John Edward Cr...
We speak with Fr. John E. Crean, Jr. about his recent book, Recovering Benedict: Twelve-Step Living and the Rule of Benedict
53 min
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#2046 - Sympathy for the Devil: Adam Kotsko
We discuss a recent book by philosopher and theologian Adam Kotsko, The Prince of This World, which is a political and genealogical account of the concept of the Devil in the Abrahamic traditions.
60 min
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#2045 - Talking About Weird Religion: Leah Payn...
Our guests, Leah Payne and Brian Doak, are both professors, authors, and pop culture aficionados, who are the creators and co-hosts of the amazing podcast Weird Religion
58 min
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#2044 - A Spiritual Form of Therapy: Michael Sc...
In his recent book, Making Peace with the Universe, our guest Michael Scott Alexander takes readers through a multi-millennium journey across continents and religious traditions to explore how faith helped form a kind of "therapy before therapy."
58 min
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#2043: The Merciful-Hearted God: David Bentley ...
This conversation with David Bentley Hart was our most-downloaded episode of 2020, and we are glad to return to its vital message of hope as the year draws to a close.
58 min
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#2042 - Finding Our Whole Selves 'In Real Life'...
Chris Stedman returns to Things Not Seen to talk about his recent book, IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
65 min
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#2041 - A Fresh Look at Populism in American Po...
We revisit our conversation with Thomas Frank from earlier this year, to discuss his recent book, The People, No.
52 min
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#2040 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Bren...
Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, our guest Brenda Salter McNeil challenges Christians to recognize the pain in our world so they can work together to repair what is broken.
55 min
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#2039 - Bringing Our Whole Selves to Worship: K...
We revisit our conversation with Kaitlin Curtice from earlier this year, and talk about the dualities of being an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and someone who has grown up in the Christian faith. Her recent book, Native, explores these complexities with wit, honesty, and grace.
56 min
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#2038 - The Evolving Role of the "Religious Lef...
On the weekend before the 2020 election, we revisit a conversation about Jack Jenkins's recent book, American Prophets, which maps the complex interplay of progressive political movements and religious communities in America over the past three decades. The result is both wide-ranging and fascinating.
62 min
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#2037 - The Love of Politics Versus the Politic...
Our guest Drew G. I. Hart discusses his recent book, Who Will Be A Witness, which calls Christians back to an ethics of love and solidarity
61 min
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#2036 - Promoting Hope as a Virtue: Jacob Goodson
In a powerful new book, called The Dark Years?, our guest Jacob Goodson explores the possibilities and dangers when a philosopher tries to make prophesies about the future
63 min
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#2035 - The Beating Heart of Judaism: Sarah Hur...
As a young woman, Sarah Hurwitz left Judaism behind. Then circumstances brought her back, and she explores the richness of the heritage and faith of Judaism in her book, Here All Along
61 min
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#2034 - Ever Listening, Ever Dancing: Rabbi Art...
Our guest, Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow, talks about his long journey in search of deeper justice and a deeper Judaism. We talk about his recent book, Dancing in God's Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion
57 min