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Ep. 347 Nijay Gupta - Slow Theology: Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World

Ep. 347 Nijay Gupta - Slow Theology: Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World

Update: 2025-09-30
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Nijay Gupta is back on Shifting Culture to share about his new book with A.J. Swoboda, Slow Theology. Together we talk about what it means to follow Jesus at a different pace - resisting the constant pressure to react, hurry, and perform, and instead cultivating practices that lead to depth and resilience. In this episode, we explore the role of lament, the necessity of community, and how theology is less about abstract answers and more about orienting our whole lives toward God. Nijay offers wisdom for living faithfully in a turbulent age and shows us how slowing down might be a core practice for our spiritual formation today.

Nijay Gupta (DPhil, University of Durham) has written several academic books including Paul and the Language of Faith, and Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church. He has co-edited The State of New Testament Studies, and The State of Pauline Studies. Nijay co-chairs the Pauline Theology seminar of the Institute for Biblical Research and serves as a senior translator for the New Living Translation.

Nijay and A.J.'s Book:

Slow Theology

Nijay's Recommendations:

Becoming God's Family

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel

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Ep. 347 Nijay Gupta - Slow Theology: Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World

Ep. 347 Nijay Gupta - Slow Theology: Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World

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