At the beginning of a new program year, Angie and Peter talk about the theme for September: Starting Points. Topics covered include Keri Day’s “Learning to Pass,” J. S. Park’s The Voices We Carry, what it means to move beyond Christian faith as a civilizing project of colonialism to a force for everyone’s liberation and flourishing.

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Liz and Peter talk about about art and justice as well as the work of justice in a multi-faith world. They discuss at length two different renditions of the national anthem by our webinar speaker, Daniel Roumain, representing protest and proclaim. And terms like polysemy, multivocality, and epistemological humility lead to a conversation on our need to learn from others, especially people of various faith traditions. 

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Liz and Peter talk about gender and justice, addressing gender in immigrant churches and Asian American cultures, new ways of reading the stories of Adam and Eve with the help of Katherine Bushnell, a new community called Miriam’s Song led by Rev. Riana Shaw Robinson, and more.

A few resources mentioned:

• Kristin DuMez, A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism
• Miriam’s Song Church

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Liz asks Peter about the Future of Faith Conference which happened in January. They spend the bulk of their time discussing a new piece by Peter entitled, “Deconstruction Spirituality: Five Shifts for the Future of Faith,” which will appear in the June 2023 issue of The Christian Century.

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In this final episode of 2022, Liz and Peter share what Advent and Christmas mean to them, the gifts of womanism, Black liberation theology, the limits of academic theology, and progressive Christianity. They wrap up their conversation by reflecting on why the darkness of Advent may be a blessing to be savored beyond just a season.

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In this episode focusing on our November theme (the Long Journey), Liz and Peter discuss his previous statement that he might still be an evangelical, delving into the history of evangelicalism and the long journey of spirituality that forms each of us today. They also discuss supersessionism, the weaponization of the Bible, the peculiar (rancid?) smell of evangelicalism, and why the Episcopal Church and other mainline denominations may not be the solution post-evangelicals and exvangelicals think they may be.

They also discuss Mark Noll's America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911 and the ways the Bible has been a blessing a burden in their lives and in American Christianity.

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Liz Lin and Peter Choi discuss Cole Arthur Riley’s book and webinar, which occurred at our fall gathering in Denver. They cover a range of topics including Howard Thurman’s invitation to hear the sound of the genuine, the doctrine of total depravity, internalized racism, the hubris behind some projects of evangelization, and their own spiritual journeys. A surprising realization (confession?) at the end that one of them may still be an evangelical brings this episode to a sudden conclusion, to be continued next time! 

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Peter Choi and Liz Lin talk about the struggle of making the inward journey as Asian American Christians, the founding of PAAC (Progressive Asian American Christians), the role of place in spirituality, their respective sojourns in the Midwest, what it means to decolonize faith, code switching, and more. 

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