A LISTENING SELECTION
Listen to people tracing church power, departure, and the possibility of a changed relationship with faith. These episodes offer reported stories, firsthand accounts, and different reasons for staying or leaving.
An episode can be a first meeting with a voice that feels like good company. If a show resonates, you may choose to keep listening beyond this selection. Each episode here has been chosen on its own merits; the wider show is yours to explore.
7 selected episodes
Podcast EpisodeMike Cosper
The opening investigation introduces charisma, governance and relational fallout through people who inhabited the church. This exact object earns inclusion because hearing the exchange performs work the 574-book shelf cannot supply as directly.
Podcast EpisodeBradley Onishi; Dan Miller
A short decoding of suburban “relevance” language reveals class, consumer and authority assumptions hiding in familiar church style. This exact object earns inclusion because hearing the exchange performs work the 574-book shelf cannot supply as directly.
Podcast EpisodeDan Koch with Kristian A. Smith
Dan Koch with Kristian A. Smith on Black Church communal and embodied stakes in deconstruction and progressive reconstruction.
Podcast EpisodeKristin Kobes Du Mez with Pete Enns and Jared Byas
Kristin Kobes Du Mez traces how ideals of militant Christian masculinity were shaped by American culture and used to consolidate religious power.
Podcast EpisodeErin Hicks Moon with Pete Enns and Jared Byas
Erin Hicks Moon tells a warm, candid story of questioning Southern Baptist formation, losing certainty, and finding a Christian faith spacious enough for mystery.
Podcast EpisodeNomad Podcast with Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren considers reasons to keep or release a Christian identity, while the Nomad hosts reflect on what the question means in their own changing faith.
Podcast EpisodeNomad Podcast with Rachel Held Evans
A 2015 interview with Rachel Held Evans is revisited by the hosts, tracing her public move from evangelical certainty toward a different Christian faith.