The Christian Humanist Podcast

Three Christians, teachers, and intellectuals gather digitally to hold forth on literature, theology, philosophy, and other things human beings do well. Taking the question at hand utterly seriously and ourselves not at all, the Christian Humanists attempt to record weekly during the school year and take on some interesting questions. Our website, should you wish to visit us, is http://www.christianhumanist.org, and our email is thechristianhumanist@gmail.com.

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Episodes

Episode 306: Saints

David Grubbs talks to Michial Farmer and Victoria Reynolds Farmer about our relationship to the saints.

Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min

Episode 305: How We Pray

Victoria Reynolds Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about their regular habits of prayer.

Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 2 min

Episode 304: A Love Supreme

Michial Farmer talks with Victoria Reynolds Farmer and Todd Pedlar about John Coltrane's album "A Love Supreme."

Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min

CHP Rewind: St. Patrick

Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs talk about the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, in this episode from 2016.

Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 22 min

Episode 303: CHRN Crossover 2020: Unbreakable

David Grubbs talks with special guests about the film "Unbreakable."

Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 8 min

Episode 302: The Epistles of Ignatius

David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about some epistles from St. Ignatius of Antioch.

Oct 20, 2020•56 min

Episode 301: The Man Who Was Thursday

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about G.K. Chesterton's novel "The Man Who Was Thursday."

Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 8 min

Episode 300: Three Aging Talkers

Nathan Gilmour takes Michial Farmer and David Grubbs on a trip down nostalgia lane to mark 11 years and 300 episodes of The Christian Humanist Podcast.

Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 22 min

Episode 299: On the Right Use of Greek Literature

David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about Basil the Great's text "On the Right Use of Greek Literature."

Sep 29, 2020•48 min

Episode 298: Unpacking my Library

Michial Farmer talks with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about Walter Benjamin's essay "Unpacking my Library."

Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 9 min

Episode 297: Critical Theory's Bogus Journey

Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the strange migration of critical theory from graduate school classrooms to social media. Along the way they ponder whether the phrase "critical theory" itself has a definite meaning.

Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 16 min

Episode 296: On the Beheading of John the Baptist

David Grubbs talks with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer about about the Venerable Bede's sermon upon the beheading of John the Baptist.

Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 3 min

CHP Rewind: The Dream of the Rood

Join the CHP crew for a throwback conversation about an Old English poem, and be ready for our season premier, coming soon, on one of the intellectual giants of medieval England.

Aug 25, 2020•1 hr

CHP Rewind: Letter Concerning Toleration

On a recent City of Man episode Nathan Gilmour mentioned John Locke's "Letter Concerning Toleration" in a conversation about cancel culture. Join the CHP crew for our conversation on that letter.

Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 2 min

CHP Rewind: Jurassic Park

The way 2020 is going, synthetic dinosaurs are just around the corner, so join the CHP crew for a throwback to our convesation on 1994's film Jurassic Park.

Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 14 min

CHP Rewind: For Common Things, part 3

The CHP finishes our conversation about Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."

Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 7 min

CHP Rewind: For Common Things, part 2

The CHP continues to revisit Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."

Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 14 min

CHP Rewind: For Common Things, part 1

With the DNC and GOP conventions around the corner, the CHP revisits Jedediah Purdy's 1999 book "For Common Things."

Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 14 min

CHP Rewind: H.P. Lovecraft

Enjoy a summer rewind and revisit a conversation about some H.P. Lovecraft stories.

Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min

CHP Rewind: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Revisit the Christian Humanist Podcast's conversation about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous epistle.

Jun 09, 2020•50 min

The Christian Humanist Radio Network Presents Restoration Episode 1: Restoration

In this inaugural episode of Resotration: A Creation Care Podcast, Kim Anderson interviews Beth Bond of the Evangelical Environmental Network. She talks about the importance of creation care (noting that 30% of children in the US today have health conditions impacted by pollution). She speaks with beauty about God’s creation and with deep knowledge about how we can impact this movement as Christians. She reminds us that sustainability and creation care are a journey, not end destinations. And th...

Jun 02, 2020•54 min

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