The Nick And Josh Podcast

This week we interview Thomas Jay Oord. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies.  He is the author or editor of a dozen books and professor at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho.  Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, relational theology, science and religion, Wesleyan/Holiness/Church of the Nazarene thought, Evangelical theology, and postmodernism.Check out http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com for links and more info.

In this episode Josh Case turns the tables and interviews Nick about his recently released book, The Hopeful Skeptic. Check out his website athttp://thehopefulskeptic.comYou can order the book straight from the main page by clicking on the icon.There was an invitation for the first two emailers to get a free copy of the book in exchange for a review on their blog, if you are taking Nick up on this offer email him at [nickfiedler@me.com]

This week we talked to Troy Bronsink of Neighbors Abbey, Church As Art, and Emergent Village fame about ministry and emergence. Nick and Josh rip the Home-brewed guys up and talk about a possibly quiz-off. And Nick's book, The Hopeful Skeptic, is now available online and soon to be in stores. Enjoy. Links and show notes are at thenickandjoshpodcast.com

This week Nick talks to Samir Selmanovic author of It’s Really All About God. This book is a well needed piece in the conversation about faith and interfaith connections. Here is the New York Times Review and here is the Pomomusing’s Review You can follow Samir on twitter at @SamirSelmanovic And here are links to His website and Faith House Manhattan Let us know what you think about the book and about the podcast.

Where is episode 132 you may ask? Well, it was in the can. It is a brilliant conversation with the NT scholar Luke Timothy Johnson, however I am having some problems with the audio and instead of putting it up and then the next episode, I wanted to toy with it some more. Notes for this episode, you will hear references to the LTJ podcast, it did happen, but it is not up. This youth camp is fictional. . . but it doesn't have to be. We apologize in advance for anyone offended.

There was a blog on Out of Ur (which I think is owned by Christianity Today) about Virtual Church. http://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/10/in_defense_of_v.htmlApparently there were some others toohttp://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/08/there_is_no_vir.htmlhttp://www.outofur.com/archives/2009/02/shane_hipps_on.htmlSo Zach and I ramble about it for a little bit, I cut it off where I did because I thought it was a great final thought.

This week for a special Remix Edition we give you Dr. Bob Price, who is adequately named "The Bible Geek". He is an author, professor, has been a pastor, a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, on the board of The Jesus Project and a lover of H.P. Lovecraft.Nick gets about 40 minutes on the phone with him to fly through scripture and biblical narrative. We hope you enjoy this unique addition to the podcast. He has an official Bible Geek site as well as a personal homepage for you to learn more about him.All links on - http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com

This week we have the great honor to interview Bishop John Shelby Spong. This is his second time on the Nick and Josh Podcast and his last interview was our most downloaded podcast. Perhaps we strike gold again with this interview about his latest book, Eternal Life: A New Vision. We talk about his book and his life.

This week Nick and Josh intro a Brian Mclaren podcast with all sorts of craziness and drinks in hand. There is talk about the historical jesus and homebrewing and josh's rejection of the historical jesus for a more neo-conservative approachThen Nick interviews Brian McLaren about Emergent, Health Care, new Books and more.

For a midweek podcast we have Jim Henderson talking about the Off The Map Conference in Seattle, Nov. 20-21. He talks about what will be going on and how inexpensive it is to go. We mentionedhttp://offthemap.com/http://offthemap.com/livehttp://churchrater.comEnjoy

This week Josh< and I sit down and talk about Emergent Conversations, Spirituality, Derek Webb, Off-The-Map, and the like.Here is info about Off-The-Maphttp://www.offthemap.com/live/Josh's new website http://joshuacase.net same address, new look.We also mentioned http://purgatorio1.com, Purgatorio the website and Derek Webb's new music videoWe did a Moltmann Twitter searcOhh, and Doug Pagitt Radio with all it's goodness.We noted Ariah Fine, a friend of the podcast, is trying to get to Christianity21, you can help him get there by typing in 'ariah' as your promo code when you sign up to go.

Welcoming the Stranger: Matthew Soerens & Jenny Hwang InterviewPlease ignore the buzz of someones G4 12inch PowerBook fan (cough cough Josh) and ignore the fact that this is actually episode 124 instead of the mentioned 123. In this interview Josh talks with Matthew and Jenny about their recent book entitled Welcoming the Stranger: Justice,Compassion, & Truth in the Immigration Debate. Matthew and Jenny speak a good deal in this interview about the way in which they perceive the Bible to speak to the core issues of immigration. Near the end of the interview, both also speak about how far they think their hermeneutic allows them to see reform go in the American debate. For more information on Matthew and Jenny, visit www.welcomingthestranger.com, or World Relief. 

This week we sit down with Mark Van Steenwyk and talk about monastic communities, the empire, john piper, and more. Mark Van S, works with the Misseo Dei Community and the web zine The Jesus Manifesto. Enjoy the interview and check out the websites. www.markvans.infowww.jesusmanifesto.comwww.thecommonroot.orgwww.christarchy.comwww.missio-dei.com

Shane Claiborne joins us this week for the podcast. Shane is his usual hospitable, nicest guy in the world, self. He waxes poetic with us about justice, poverty, and economics with his east Tennessee southern drawl. At one point, Nick accused Shane of spamming him for money after his home burned to the ground. Which almost made Shane cry. But Nick recovered and apologized and we all moved ahead better people because of it.If you know anything about Shane, you know that he's a stand up guy and beyond gracious. Josh even tried to bait him into civil disobedience talk once and Shane stayed above the fray as usual.For more information about Shane, check out his community over at thesimpleway.com.

The Nick and Josh Podcast gets David Bazan on to talk about his new album Curse Your Branches. He talks about music, faith, touring, and the Bible. Shownotes are available at - thenickandjoshpodcast.com.

A People's History of Christianity: Diana Butler Bass InterviewIn this interview Nick and Josh interview Diana about her most recent book A People's History of Christianity. Among other things Diana speaks about the connections between this book and her book Christianity for the Rest of Us. She also spends time talking about the role of memory, tradition, and history in the lives of Christians past and present. Towards the end of the interview, Diana says that the content of this podcast concerns "the passions that lie behind the book." For more information on Diana visit her website online at www.dianabutlerbass.com.

Pete Rollins rejoins the Nick & Josh Podcast as our European/American correspondent Joshua Case talks with him about his new book, The Fidelity of Betrayal.This is a Wednesday Remix, a podcast from yesteryear reintroduced today on the new server. Originally Aired 6/30/08

In this episode we head down toward the Emory Campus in Atlanta to talk to Dan Ra about Asianamergence. Dan Ra meets with groups of second generation Asians monthly to talk about the effects of living as a second generation Asian, in America, in a Christian post modern context.

Nick and Josh are back from a short vacation and staycation. This week they talk about whats new in the emerging world. What Nick can't understand about Christian speakers. And much much more. Make sure you are telling everyone Nick and Josh are back on their weekly schedule.

In this episode, Joshua Case gives us a talk given by Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund at the Re-Envisioning Leadership conference hosted by The Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Marian Wright Edelman has been a lifelong advocate for the disadvantaged worldwide. Under her leadership, the Children’s Defense Fund has become one of the strongest known voices for children and families. Its mission is to "leave no child behind" and to ensure every child a "healthy and fair" start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. Her writings include Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change; The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours; and I Can Make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children.