Best Samuel Coleridge Taylor Podcasts (2025)

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An Interview with President Dr. Paul Spilsbury: Rooted and Growing, A New Season at Regent 1:03:03

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Welcome back to the Regent podcast after our summer hiatus! We are kicking off Season 7 with our new President, Dr. Paul Spilsbury. In this conversation, we take some time to learn about Paul’s connections to Regent, his holistic vision for the College’s flourishing, which he describes as “Rooted and Growing,” and his plans to build on the College'…

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Episode 46: Jim Phelan & Gary Weissman — Shalom Auslander’s “Smite the Heathens, Charlie Brown” 53:16

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Gary Weissman discuss Shalom Auslander’s short story, “Smite the Heathens, Charlie Brown,” originally included in the 2005 collection Beware of God. Gary Weissman is Associate Professor in the Department of English and in the School of Communication Film and Media Studies at the Unive…

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Dr. James Smoker: Imagining Being Human with Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1:09:03

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Claire and Rachel are joined today by Dr. James Smoker, the Registrar at Regent College and the original instigator of the Regent College Podcast. We talk about his PhD research, which focused on the thought and theology of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A close friend of William Wordsworth, Coleridge is renowned for observing and learn…

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Dr. Karen Swallow Prior: You Have a Calling – Beyond Following Your Passions 56:11

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Today we are joined by a favourite past (and future) summer professor who teaches in the Literary Arts, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. We are focusing on her new book, You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful, which releases on August 5, 2025. In our conversation, Karen dismantles some contemporary thought around calling…

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Episode 45: Jim Phelan & Kent Puckett — Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” 1:09:40

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Kent Puckett discuss the 1817 edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Kent Puckett is Professor and Ida May and William J. Eggers Jr. Chair in the Department of English at the University of California at Berkeley. Puckett’s areas of expertise include na…

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Dr. David Robinson and Students: MA in Leadership, Theology and Society (MALTS) 54:38

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What is the Masters of Arts in Leadership, Theology and Society (MALTS)? What might it involve, how does theology integrate with the workplace, and what’s it like to study while continuing to work in a leadership context? In this episode, we catch up with Dr. David Robinson and three MALTS students, Israel, Jonathan and Zelna, to hear more about th…

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Dr. George Kalantzis: The First Christian Centuries 1:09:20

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What was it like to be a Christian in the earliest centuries after the resurrection of Christ? How did theological thinking and the understandings of authority develop? Dr. George Kalantzis helps us consider the layers of complexity that early Christians wrestled with as the church was established. George points out the important place of canon, cr…

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Dr. John M. Owen IV: Christian Political Engagement – Past, Present and Future 1:18:52

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How do we thoughtfully engage with the political realms in which we find ourselves, and what might we learn from our forebears in how they tackled the division of church and state? In this conversation, we learn from Dr. John M. Owen IV about the Catholic, Lutheran, Anabaptist and Reformed traditions and their approaches to political engagement. Af…

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Canon Club (Live) IV — Palladio: Building the Renaissance — with Dr Alexander Lee 1:43:03

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For our fourth event we invited Dr Alexander Lee to speak about the sixteenth-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio. In Alex's own words:"Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is one of the most influential and widely imitated architects in history. Working amidst the ferment of late Renaissance Italy, he created a style which combined classical authorit…

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The Ghost of White Hart Lane - Rob White, Martin Murphy & Callum Lewis-Newman talk about John White 34:30

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What decision did you make today that had implications on the rest of your life? For Tottenham Hotspur and Scotland star player John White a simple choice to play golf made a devastating difference to the lives of his family when a freak accident saw him killed by lightning. John White was by all accounts a footballing genius. His nickname, "the gh…

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Dr. Susan Currie: A Rule of Life for a Way of Life 1:06:35

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Today Claire and Rachel have a wonderfully rich conversation with Dr. Susan Currie, a Spiritual Director and Minister of Spiritual Formation at Leadership Transformations, Inc. Susan brings her experience of theological education, spiritual direction and training spiritual directors to her understanding of a Rule of Life. She shares about her own j…

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Episode 44: Jim Phelan & Kelly Marsh — Caryl Phillips’s “Growing Pains” 47:07

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Kelly Marsh discuss Caryl Phillips’s short piece of life writing, “Growing Pains: A Life in 10 Chapters,” first published in The Guardian in August, 2005. Kelly Marsh is Professor of English at Mississippi State University, and her areas of expertise include narrative theory and globa…

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Dr. Jeff Greenman: Looking Back – 10 Years As President of Regent College 1:14:13

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Claire and Rachel take some time with outgoing Regent President and resident penguin fanatic, Dr. Jeff Greenman to look back on his tenure since 2015. They hear about Jeff’s student experience at Regent, the joys and challenges of leadership, why he loves Regent students, the projects that he has spearheaded and seen to fruition – from student hous…

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Dr. Everett Hamner: Climate Theology and Storytelling 1:12:18

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What does climate have to do with theology and where does storytelling come in? Today, we sat down with Dr. Everett Hamner to talk about his interdisciplinary journey at Regent, and how it has shaped his interests in ecotheology, climate literature, and responding to the very real crisis we are facing globally as a result of our consumption. By del…

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Arts for Art's Sake - Marianne McNamara & Dr Dan Weinbren talk about Jennie Lee 45:38

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“In any civilised community the arts... must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life” ⁠ ⁠ What a quote - what a woman!⁠ ⁠ Jennie Lee was an MP before she was old enough to vote. She was the first Minister for the Arts and the main drive behind the formation of the Open University. ⁠ She …

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The Anachronists: Augustine's Confessions 1:15:48

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Claire and Rachel caught up with Regent alums Andrés Pérez González, Corey Janz, and Jonathan Lipps, also known as the Anachronists, to talk about their beautiful new indie-folk EP Confessions, based on Augustine’s famous work of the same name. In this special podcast episode, we hear excerpts from the songs, their process of writing and reflecting…

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 10: B. B. Warfield (Summer Special Lectures) 48:52

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 9: William Robertson Smith (Summer Special Lectures) 48:33

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Dr. Amy Brown Hughes: Understanding Theology as the Church in Dialogue – From the Patristics to Today 1:26:36

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Have you ever felt intimidated by theological conversations? Today, we talked to Dr. Amy Brown Hughes about the role of dialogue in generating theology in the early church. Famous theologians like Methodius, Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine published conversations with others, including prominent women in their lives, such as Thecla, Macrina and Moni…

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Episode 43: Jim Phelan & Stefan Iversen — OpenAI’s “AI, Metafiction, and Grief” 56:36

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Stefan Iversen discuss a story generated by artificial intelligence; more specifically, the story comes from the system operated by OpenAI, in response to the prompt: “please write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief.” Stefan Iversen is Associate Professor in the S…

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Dr. Sarah C. Williams: Marriage, Sex and Gender in Historical Perspective 51:07

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Claire and Rachel are joined by Dr. Sarah C. Williams for an engaging conversation about marriage, sex and gender throughout Christian history. Beginning with reflection on the 1960s to today, Sarah shares some insights from her upcoming summer class on the relationship between Christianity and the ever-shifting cultural matrix of political, societ…

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Dr. Brad East: The Doctrine of Scripture 1:06:41

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This week, Dr. Brad East joins us for a deep dive into the Doctrine of Scripture and its implications for how we read and interpret the Bible, engage with church tradition and confess weekly that “This is the Word of the Lord.” How did we get there? Brad talks about inspiration, canonisation, and the Scriptures in the life of the church. He also de…

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Women's Own (How to Kill Your Husband and Get Away With It) 7:33

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Support the show Thank you for listening. If you've enjoyed today's podcast do subscribe via your streaming platform so that you never miss an episode and you can catch up on past episodes. If you'd like to help us keep the studio lights on please click the "support the podcast" link above. Details of all our upcoming shows and how to access our al…

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Dr. Amy L. Peeler: Gender in the New Testament 1:07:33

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Dr. Amy Peeler joined us to share about her upcoming class, "Gender and the New Testament" (June 30-July 4). Dr. Peeler is a New Testament scholar who brings years of thoughtful study and personal questions to the conversation around the value of femaleness in Scripture and theology. Starting with an exploration of the role of Mary in Christianity,…

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Dr. Madison N. Pierce: Scripture's Use of Scripture 59:53

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Claire and Rachel are joined by Dr. Madison N. Pierce, who shares her love of the book of Hebrews and reflects on Scripture’s use of Scripture. The conversation covers the wide-ranging presence of the Old Testament in the New, and the reasons for that, as well as exegetical and hermeneutical methods and the Hebrew and Greek contexts in which the Sc…

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 8: Albrecht Ritschl (Summer Special Lectures) 46:32

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 7: John Henry Newman (Summer Special Lectures) 44:14

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 6: John Williamson Nevin (Summer Special Lectures) 49:04

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Call Backs 14:48

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Call Backs takes us back to that weird post lockdown era when we were still sort of locked down. All sorts of relationships were affected in all sorts of ways… This is a fun look back on those very strange times! Written by J.J. Leppink Performed by Greg Arundell & J.J leppink Studio recording & editing: Harry Jacobs Support the show Thank you for …

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Dr. Quentin Genuis: Ethical Issues in Healthcare – Human Dignity, Death and Dying and Addictions 1:09:45

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In today’s podcast, Claire and Rachel chat with Dr. Quentin Genuis, an Emergency Physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Quentin weaves together his experience in the emergency room with theological reflection, responding to tough and tender issues that face all of us, whether we like to admit it or not: human dignity, death and dying, and a…

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Dr. Ross Hastings: The Ascension and the High Priesthood of Christ 1:02:35

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Today, we caught up with Dr. W. Ross Hastings, Professor of Theology at Regent. Ross tells us about his book on the Ascension (to be released in November 2025), which forms the basis of his forthcoming summer class, “The Ascension and the High Priesthood of Christ” (May 26-30). In this conversation, he reflects on the christological, ecclesiologica…

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The Hackneyed Detective 16:51

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Released to coincide with the Hackney History Festival The Hackneyed Detective is an audio drama about Daniel Ludlow, a modern day private eye based in East London.⁠ ⁠ Daniel is down on his luck and takes solace from the imaginary world of the 1940's New York gumshoe Danny Ludlow.⁠ The Hackneyed Detective is an original play from the pen of: J.J. L…

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Dr. Denis Alexander: Current and Emerging Issues in Science and Theology 1:09:42

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Today we are joined by Dr. Denis Alexander, who will soon teach a class on Current Issues in Science and Theology (May 26-30). Denis is known for his research as a molecular biologist, so we start this conversation by discussing theistic evolution, genetics, DNA, and the difference between mind and brain. He also probes the implications of emerging…

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 5: Edward Irving (Summer Special Lectures) 43:26

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 4: Félicité de La Mennais (Summer Special Lectures) 44:52

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 3: Søren Kierkegaard (Summer Special Lectures) 49:08

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 2: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Summer Special Lectures) 47:33

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Rev Dr Nick Needham Session 1: Friedrich Schleiermacher (Summer Special Lectures) 52:07

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In June 2024, London Seminary hosted Rev Dr Nick Needham from Highland Theological College for a week of lectures on church history. Nick is the author of the highly collectible book series, 2000 Years of Christ's Power. These podcasts are recordings of the lectures.By London Seminary & the Pastors’ Academy

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Bly's Spirit 11:33

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Nellie Bly was an American journalist who is famous for her record breaking 72 day round the world trip.⁠ ⁠ Before that though she went undercover into an "insane asylum" to report on the appalling conditions to which the patients were subjected.⁠ ⁠ This short play by JJ Leppink guesses what might have happened in the time leading up to Nellie's in…

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Professor John Swinton: Understanding Mental Health, Theodicy, and Unresolved Suffering 55:15

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We are joined again by Professor John Swinton, ahead of his summer class “Theology, Mental Health and the Problem of Suffering” (May 12-16). We discuss his recent research on systemic factors that contribute to mental health challenges, methods in practical theology and the issue of casual theodicy in Christian communities. We discuss the mystery o…

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Episode 42: Jim Phelan and Daniel Punday — Charles Yu’s “Problems for Self-Study” 49:05

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Daniel Punday discuss Charles Yu’s 2020 short story, “Problems of Self-Study,” which you can access here to read along with the podcast. Daniel Punday is Professor of English at Mississippi State University, where he specializes in contemporary American literature, digital media, and …

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Dr. Bruce and Carolyn Hindmarsh: At the Feet of Jesus: Encountering Christ in the Gospels 1:08:55

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Bruce and Carolyn join Claire and Rachel to share about their new book At the Feet of Jesus: Encountering Christ in the Gospels, which will be released by IVP on April 25. They share about writing the book through many years of leading prayer retreats with students and church groups, the practice of Ignatian meditation and the joy of keeping our ey…

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Songs From the Shadows 59:21

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A while ago we spoke with Dr Mary Shannon about Billy Waters and Mary's upcoming biography of him - "Billy Waters is Dancing". Well the book is now out (and a jolly fine read it is, too) and Mary has joined forces with historian Dr. Ben Marsh, artist Selena Scott and musician Angeline Morrison on the Age of Revolution's "Songs from the Shadows" pro…

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Dr. Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn: Reading the New Testament Around the World 51:45

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This week, we welcomed Dr Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn back to the podcast to share about her forthcoming book Reading the New Testament Around the World. Mariam is a beloved New Testament professor at Regent and in this conversation, she shares her enthusiasm for the New Testament, as well as the inspiration and process behind collaborating with globa…

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Dr. Prabo Mihindukulasuriya: Pre-Colonial Christianity in the Syriac Orient 1:03:46

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The Regent College Podcast top faculty fan Dr. Prabo Mihindukulasuriya joined Claire and Rachel to talk about his upcoming summer class, “Ten Classics from Pre-Modern African and Asian Christianity” (June 30 - July 4). In the conversation, he discusses Syriac Christianity and its long and rich history in the East before the arrival of Western missi…

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Dr. Gordon T. Smith: Vocation and Human Agency as Antidote to Despair 58:54

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We sat down with Dr. Gordon T. Smith to talk about his upcoming summer class, Vocation, Work and Career (May 12-16). Gordon is no stranger to Regent and has been writing on the topic of vocation for many years. In this conversation, he shares about the importance of human agency in vocation, navigating vocational disappointment, working within inst…

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Mo Hickman and Freeman Lam: Integrative Projects in the Arts and Theology 1:02:39

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Claire and Rachel caught up with Arts students Mo Hickman and Freeman Lam to discuss their Integrative Projects in the Arts and Theology (IPIAT). Freeman and Mo reflect on the integration of arts and theology in their respective projects, share detailed insights from their creative work and academic reflections, and recall the gifts and joys of bei…

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Episode 41: Jim Phelan & David Richter — Katherine Anne Porter’s “Theft” 54:37

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In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and David Richter discuss Katherine Anne Porter’s short story “Theft,” originally published in 1929 and republished in 1935. David Richter is Professor Emeritus at Queens College of the City University of New York and at the CUNY Graduate Center. Richter is an expert on The Bible, on 18th…

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Dr. David C. Chao: Lived Theology in Asian America 1:01:30

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Dr. David Chao joined Claire and Rachel to share about his work in the field of Asian American theology. In this theologically rich conversation, David reflects on his Reformed heritage and systematic theological training, as well as his ethnographic and oral history work on the lived theology of Asian American Christians. David shares personally a…

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Dr. Steve L. Porter: Cultivating Formation-Minded Christians, Pastors and Churches 1:01:40

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In today’s conversation, we received wisdom and insight from Dr. Steve Porter about all things spiritual formation and transformation – in personal, pastoral and church contexts. Steve’s work at the intersection of philosophy, theology and psychology means that he brings multilayered insight into the conversation around growth and transformation. S…