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"Things Not Seen" talks with people of faith who are working to make sense of why we are here and how we can all live together despite our deep differences in belief. The show is hosted by Dr. David Dault, and features guests from a broad spectrum of public life, with in-depth conversations about real struggles at the intersection of faith and culture.
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Jon M. Sweeney introduces us to 36 ways to understand God through the wisdom of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi was spiritual before anyone used that word, and he was religious in the best ways. We love him because he cut through the paraphernalia to get back to religion where it belongs: working in the human heart, making a difference in everyday life.
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![#2429 - Ethics for a Digital Age: Kate Ott [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/449811ca-9fb6-11ef-94df-431a5e6b5098/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2429 - Ethics for a Digital Age: Kate Ott [Rebroadcast]")
Our guest Kate Ott discusses her recent book, Sex, Tech, & Faith, inviting readers into a realistic conversation about ethics in the 21st century
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Our guest, Timothy Morton, argues that there is an unexpected yet profound relationship between religion and ecology that can guide a planet-scale response to the climate crisis. Spiritual and mystical feelings have a deep resonance with ecological thinking, and together they provide the resources environmentalism desperately needs in this time of climate emergency. We discuss his recent book, Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology.
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Our guest, David W. Congdon tells the story of how 20th-century American Christians have repeatedly sought and failed to define and defend a "pure" form of Christianity. We discuss his recent book, Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture.
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![#2426 - Building Beloved Community: Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dc278462-9fac-11ef-9928-b776c6f32083/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2426 - Building Beloved Community: Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone [Rebroadcast]")
We welcome back to the show philosophers Jacob Goodson and Brad Elliott Stone to talk about their recent book, co-authored with Pastor Philip Rudolph Kuehnert, Building Beloved Community in a Wounded World
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Our guest, Daniel P. Horan, returns to Things Not Seen to talk about his recent book, Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism. This important book is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring relevance of his thought in addressing the pressing concerns of our time.
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![#2424 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Brenda Salter McNeil [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c050f742-9a2e-11ef-a25a-cbdd89a4525f/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2424 - Becoming Brave for Racial Justice: Brenda Salter McNeil [Rebroadcast]")
Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, our guest Brenda Salter McNeil challenges Christians to recognize the pain in our world so they can work together to repair what is broken.
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![#2423 - Receiving the Gift of Our Mortality: James K. A. Smith [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/627e172c-9a2d-11ef-94de-1bdff804659c/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2423 - Receiving the Gift of Our Mortality: James K. A. Smith [Rebroadcast]")
Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith returns to our show to explain that we must reckon with the past in order to discern the present and have hope for the future. In his recent book, How to Inhabit Time, Smith brings together popular culture, biblical exposition, and meditation, he helps us develop a sense of "temporal awareness" that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit.
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In his recent book,Thriving on a Riff, Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist Bill Carter introduces us to the spiritual worlds opened up by jazz music.
From King David to Dave Brubeck, from the Psalms of Israel to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, musicians help us glimpse the experience of music as communion with the Divine. Weaving together stories from the history of American music with his personal experiences as a working musician, Carter invites us to meet a God who not only embraces syncopation but blesses the swing.
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![#2421 - The Importance of Hope: John Blake [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a63d5d26-5c05-11ef-81e9-33b7515494b9/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2421 - The Importance of Hope: John Blake [Rebroadcast]")
Award-winning journalist John Blake tells the story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he’d never met—and how faith brought them all together.
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Sr. Julia Walsh talks about her gripping spiritual memoir, For Love of the Broken Body, chronicling her journey through religious life and traumatic injury
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Veteran editor and author Jon Sweeney returns to Things Not Seen to talk about his most recent work, My Life in Seventeen Books: A Literary Memoir
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![#2418 - What Is the Goal of Human Flourishing?: Chanequa Walker-Barnes [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2b40645a-2457-11ef-8526-03ffb8d0b908/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2418 - What Is the Goal of Human Flourishing?: Chanequa Walker-Barnes [Rebroadcast]")
We are joined by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes to discuss their recent book, Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves.
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Our guest, Julia Feder, discusses her recent book, Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma. The book attempts to save our broken ways of talking about God's grace by unearthing liberating resources buried in the Christian tradition.
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Our guest, Anna Broadway, discusses her recent book, Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling. Through its deeply researched account, Solo Planet shows how a more biblical approach to singleness can strengthen churches and empower singles to thrive.
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Our guest, Donna Freitas, talks about her recent book, Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith, and Why I Want to Find It
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Our guest, Rabbi Shai Held, talks about his recent book: Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life.
Held reminds us that love is foundational and constitutive of Jewish faith, animating the singular Jewish perspective on injustice and protest, grace, family life, responsibilities to our neighbors and even our enemies, and chosenness.
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![#2413 - A Call to Action for the Marginalized - Miguel De La Torre [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5a0cf1d6-f4eb-11ee-8beb-239223769d42/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2413 - A Call to Action for the Marginalized - Miguel De La Torre [Rebroadcast]")
Professor Miguel De La Torre returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his recent book, Resisting Apartheid America
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![#2412 - Jesus in His Own Words: Fr. Bill Cain, SJ [Rebroadcast]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c026c222-ea0e-11ee-ba18-2fa4a9afd7d5/image/512a6ef1b745cf5a3ccf41c7cdb86375.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "#2412 - Jesus in His Own Words: Fr. Bill Cain, SJ [Rebroadcast]")
Bill Cain is a Jesuit who has spent his life writing screenplays for movies and television. In his 2022 book, The Diary of Jesus Christ, he reimagines the stories of the Gospels from the point of view of Jesus himself, with breathtaking results
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Our guest Leah Payne traces forty years in the formation of American Evangelical identity through a mixture of Christian bookstores, Contemporary Christian Music, charismatic recording artists, and self-reinforcing product placements. We discuss her recent book, God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music
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