I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuffS2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still...S4: StoryS5: F.A.Q.'sS6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon pageS7: People I'm listening toS8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions S9: Conversations with authors my friend, Tori and I are having on SubstackTrack me down at jonathanfosteronline.comMake sure to hit the follow or subscribe. And if you dig it, you're welcome to leave a review. Thanks!
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Jonathan Foster hosts jonathan_foster, a religion show with 118 episodes published.
Great to be with my friend Jeremy Jernigan (from the valley of the sun, for those of you who care about such things), talking about his new book, The Edge of the Inside: When Losing Your Place Means Finding Your Soul. Je
Hey friends, here's a little thing about truth, movement, reality, Herod, US Presidents, and love. I reference a Substack conversation I had that is itself called Grief in the Holidays. Click the link to watch or listen.
Loved catching up with Brian Recker about both his work and his USA Today bestselling book, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love. Subscribe to Brian’s substack publication and
Tori and I got to meetup with the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis recently and talk about love, patience, the state of the world, racism, and her book Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That C
Tori and I had a fantastic conversation on Substack Live with the Rev. Zach Lambert about his book Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing (Four New Lenses for Making Sense of
Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel with Danny Bryant
Sep 13, 202551mEp. 1120
Fantastic for Tori Owens and I to meetup with Danny Bryant today to talk about his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel. The book shares both the wounds and rewards of being
It was great to have Jim Palmer on talking about meaning making, the role of God, love, how atheism can get it wrong, religion, nihilism, and Costa Rica! Find him on Substack with thousands and thousands of followers and
I had a great time talking with the Dr. John Pohl about what the microbiome might say about metaphysics (and metaphysics about the microbiome). Not to mention prehension, panentheism, and panexperientialism and a host of
I don’t know how one gets to be so lucky as to be acquainted with Ilia Delio, but Tori E. Owens and I are and today we got to catch up with her online. It’s probably the best start to a conversation I’ve ever had as the
Hey, friends, thanks for joining me and Tori as we talk to the Rev. Brian Zahnd. Brian is the author of multiple books (probably my favorite is Beauty Will Save the World), including his latest, The Wood Between the Worl
A Lament for Reckless Power with the Rev Ben Cremer
Jul 14, 202559mEp. 1070
Hey everyone, thanks for hanging out with Tori and I with Ben Cremer where we talk about fun things like pastoring, justice, the mark of the beast, politics, christianity, living in geographical areas (social areas, too)
Loved our time with the Dr. Matthew Segall. You should listen if you’re interested in … The participatory nature of truthHow Jesus fits into this ideaOpen and closed systemsObjective vs. subjective immortalityThe non-com
Welcome to a little conversation I had with my friends Dina Bell-Laroche and Leslie Palumbo. We met on the Substack Live platform a few weeks ago, but am grateful to be able to bring the audio to you here on this podcast
I absolutely loved this conversation that Tori E. Owens and I had with Brian McLaren. Among many other things we chatted about ... Authoritarianism.The issues that both the right and the left have in the church with auth
Hi, thanks for joining Tori and I as we talk to Grace Ji-Sun Kim about her book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity. It's an important book written by one of the world’s sweetest hum
An Uncontrollable Conversation with Thomas Jay Oord
Jun 9, 202556mEp. 1020
Welcoming back to the show someone who needs no introduction: Thomas Jay Oord. Tori and I were glad to be able to talk to Dr. Tom about topics like the development of Jesus, open and relational thinking, realistic hope,
I've really enjoyed reading The Great Open Dance: A Progressive Christian Theology and so it was fun to have Jon Paul Sydnor and Tori Owens on the show to talk about that book and ... Sanctuary theology vs. defensive the
A conversation Tori and I had with Brad Jersak. What’s it like being in Canada right now, living so close to the empire to the south?Why does creativity matter?What’s curently happening at St Stephens University?What is
Cheese in the Darkness: End of the Season/Era Episode
Dec 20, 202434mEp. 990
This episode is a special one for me. As cairns (i.e., rock piles) are used way out in the wilderness to keep hikers on a trail, so the concepts in this episode might keep those in a psycho-spiritual wilderness on trails
Liz Charlotte Grant and Reading the Bible Artfully
Dec 4, 20241h 1mEp. 980
Hey, everyone, I'm happy to introduce you to Liz Charlotte Grant and her forthcoming book: Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible. Instead of seeing the book of Genesis as a weapon in th
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