Theology–which literally translates to “God-talk”–gets little positive attention in the public sphere. In secular circles, it often gets written off as superstitious nonsense, while in religious circles, it tends to be thought of as the heady, up-in-the-clouds stuff that priests and professors argue about. And for those of us who don’t fall on one of the two extremes, we’re often left to study and talk about our theology in private.
But what if theology is more than mere superstitious nonsense or religious jargon? What if theology has much to contribute in our thinking about all the things that matter to us, from politics, to culture, to human flourishing?
In other words, what if our public discourse could use more God-talk, not less?
Today, we’ve compiled a playlist full of people who dare to do theology in public, with hopes of offering practical wisdom in our dealings with ourselves, each other, and our world.
Mystic N Skeptic
Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.
Faith And Reason®
Katie Ladd
The Sophia Society
John Shuck
Loyal Books
Avery Arden
Bill Chu, Mirsad Hadzikadic, Mark Pizzato
Sarah Trombetti
The University of Nottingham
Eddie Crume
Undeceptions Ltd
Fred Stella, Kaufman Interfaith Institute, WGVU-FM, Interfaith Dialogue Association, Grand Valley State University
Real Seeker Ministries
Loyal Books
Lisette Morgan-Reimche
Richard Jacobs
Daniel Whyte III
Tokens Media
Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister
None
Pethuel Project
UCTV
UCTV
Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Drew Collins, Evan Rosa
David Ben Yosef
University of Chicago Divinity School
Vartan Manoukian
Tripp Fuller
Casey
Germaine Joseph
MoralApologetics.com
Justin Brierley
Eboo Patel
Brian Collins
Peter Rollins
Scott Jones
Lottie Pike
thetwocities.com
Cameron Bertuzzi
Meli Solomon
St John's Cathedral
None
Religiously Literate
BBC Radio 4
Neighborly Faith
New Books Network
Xavier Nazzal
Khaldoun Sweis
Michael Frost
Charlotte Von Schelling, Stephanie Hallinger, Marko Jovanovic, Simon Heimerl
A L Katz & Randy Lovejoy
Filip Holm
The Open University
On Being Studios
Sophia Ho
MF CASR
Neandertheology
Undeceptions Ltd
Englewood Review
Sandra Williams
Interfaith Voices
Intersection Victoria
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Mental Masturbation
Greg Cootsona
Malory Nye
Marshall Poe
Robert Hunt
Robert Commandeur
English L'Abri
Things Not Seen
ABC Radio
Apologetics Canada
Interfaith-ish
Claremont Lincoln University
kmkcryan@gmail.com
Luke Leone and Clark Goodwin
Zachary Moore
Centre for Public Christianity
Dr. John D. Wise
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
None
Dr. Pete Goodman
Canon Fire
The University of Nottingham
Andrew
Jeremy
Yale Divinity School
The Religious Studies Project
storyofamericanreligion
Rev. Betty Skwarek
Controversies and Heresies
Mark Silverman
Audrey Greene
Khaldoun Sweis
Derek Lambert
Sidney Olivarez Butler
Rebekah Haigh & Emily Chesley