Tending to Questions: A More Hopeful Future for Liberal Faith
Theology Nerd Throwdown with Tripp & Bo
What’s up Theology Nerds! This week on TNT, Bo and I kick things off with the breaking news about the new American Pope from Chicago (perfect timing for a Bear’s Super Bowl win?) before diving into a deep theological conversation about the future of liberal Christianity. Following last week’s rather pessimistic outlook, we explore more hopeful possibilities for revitalizing liberal theology. We discuss the potential of engaging the cultural desire for re-enchantment, reclaiming myth, and adopting what Gary Dorrien calls “metaphysical courage” – making strong theological claims while maintaining intellectual humility. Bo and I nerd out HARD on Paul Ricœur’s approach to reading sacred texts, discussing how he calls us to be hermeneutical interpreters, phenomenologists who bracket assumptions, and theological thinkers who allow ourselves to be appropriated by the text. We explore how religious truth functions more as a “porous knowledge” than propositional certainty, and why tending to questions might be more important than providing answers. This episode gets into some legit philosophical territory (with special shoutouts to David Tracy, who passed away this week). If you’ve been feeling a bit hopeless about the state of liberal Christianity, this conversation might just offer some theological fuel for your journey.
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