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Harvey Cox, How To Read The Bible, May 21 – May 27
I am doing a three part series on the Bible, what it is and how to read it. Three excellent scholars and teachers will be our guides, Harvey Cox, John Dominic Crossan, and Jennifer Grace Bird....
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David Felten, Fact or Fiction? May 28- June 3
David Felten, co-creator of Living the Questions, is also pastor of The Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He found himself under attack by fellow clergy who do not approve of his brand of...
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John Dominic Crossan, How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian, June 4-11
In my second in a series of three on the Bible, world-renowned scholar on the historical Jesus, John Dominic Crossan returns to Religion For Life, to address one of the most troubling aspects of the...
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Jennifer Bird, Permission Granted: Take the Bible Into Your Own Hands, June...
I finish my three-part series on the “good” book with Jennifer Grace Bird. She teaches at Portland Community College and the University of Portland and has written a fantastic guide to the Bible,...
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Rachel Held Evans, Searching For Sunday, June 18-24
Rachel Held Evans is from Dayton, Tennessee, home of the Scopes Monkey Trial. It is certainly the Bible Belt. What happens when you grow beyond the beliefs of your church? Many follow a similar...
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Nancy Ellen Abrams, A God That Could Be Real, June 25 – July 1
A sage once quipped: “Galileo put God out of a home and Darwin put God out of a job.” In our modern understanding of the universe that requires no “supernatural shenanigans” to operate, is there...
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Alex McNeill, Executive Director of More Light Presbyterians
Nearly three years ago, Alex McNeill was on Religion For Life to discuss two journeys. His ordination to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and his transition from female to male. Since...
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Nicole Garcia, A Transgender Latina of Faith
Nicole Garcia is seeking ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. When that happens she will be the first transgender woman of color to be ordained in the ELCA. She speaks with me...
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Peter Rollins, The Divine Magician, July 16-22
I welcome back Peter Rollins to discuss his new book, The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith. Religion is a magic trick promising something at the end of the...
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Hemant Mehta, The Friendly Atheist, July 23-July 29
Hemant Mehta is the owner of the largest atheist blog on the web, The Friendly Atheist. He is the author of I Sold My Soul on eBay, The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide, and The Friendly Atheist:...
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Michael G. Long, Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister...
“Fierce” is not a word one would expect to associate with Mister Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. But Michael G. Long author of Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers...
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Margaret Placentra Johnston, Faith Beyond Belief, August 6-12
The number of people not interested in religious institutions is rising. They are called the “Nones.” Yet even though they may leave institutional religion behind many are still interested in...
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Don Cupitt, Creative Faith: Religion As A Way of Worldmaking, August 13-19
He has been called “the most radical theologian in the world.” Don Cupitt is a philosopher of religion and a former priest in the Church of England. He has written 50 books. His latest is Creative...
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Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground, August 20-26
The murder of Trayvon Martin clinched the deal for Kelly Brown Douglas, Episcopal priest, and professor of religion at Goucher College. She decided she had to write a book about America’s racism. She...
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Robert M. Price, The Historical Bejeezus, The Amazing Colossal Apostle, and...
One of the most interesting (and entertaining) scholars with two Ph. D.’s, Robert M. Price, talks with me about three books: The Historical Bejeezus: What A Long Strange Quest It Has Been, The...
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Gretta Vosper, A god called God
Gretta Vosper, a minister in the United Church of Canada, and pastor of West Hill United Church in Toronto, Ontario, is under fire from her denomination. Like many clergy, myself included, she doesn’t...
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David Hayward, Questions Are the Answer, September 10-16
My conversation with David Hayward of Naked Pastor kicks off a three-part series on ex-preachers, preachers who have left their careers in organized religion. Pat Green left the ministry and now...
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Pat Green, Night Moves: An Ex-Preacher’s Journey to Hell in a Taxi
In the second of my three-part series on ex-ministers, I speak with Pat Green. When the ministry ended for Pat due to his commitment to same-gender marriage, he left the church and scrambled to find...
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Ryan Bell, Life After God
Ryan Bell, a former Seventh Day Adventist Pastor, tried an experiment. What would life be like if he spent a year without God? He blogged about his adventure at Year Without God. He talks about that...
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Peter Watson, The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death...
Peter Watson is an intellectual historian and the author of fifteen books on the history of ideas. His latest book is The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God. He traces...
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