Broadcast Seeding

Acclaimed writer and biblical scholar Dr. Jennifer Grace Bird considers the possibilities for reading the Bible in light of modern ethics and historical insights. Her book, Permission Granted: Take the Bible Into Your Own Hands (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2015)inquires what the text says about women, sex, sin and more.

Photographer and Hamilton College professor Robert Knight shares insights gained from an aesthetic approach to religion. Knight invites us to view "In God's House: The Religious Landscape of Utica, NY" a documentary film directed by him and produced by S. Brent Plate. Learn more about his work at http://www.robertknight.com/igh-trailer.html

Writer and historian Dr. Kelly J. Baker discusses her insights into the Ku Klux Klan as a reflection of Protestant America's deep-seeded racism. Dr. Richard Newton and his Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion seminar speak with Dr. Baker about her award-winning book, Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant American, 1915-1930 (University of Kansas Press, 2011).

Writer and theologian Drew Hart speaks with us about race and the politics of the Christian witness in America. Co-founder of the Anablacktivist Movement, Drew also shares a bit about his new book, Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Sees Racism (Herald Press: 2016)

Broadcast Seeding Episode 2-Conflict Becomes Us-Jon Rudy by Richard Newton

A discussion on privilege and the sociology of advantage with Richard Newton, PhD and Don Kraybill, Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Conversation