The McKrakenCast
Episodes
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Barth's "Göttingen Dogmatics" - Introduction
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Travel with me back to the early 1920s and Karl Barth's first attempt at writing a dogmatics. Launched while teaching at the University of Göttingen, this was the genesis of the material that would become Church Dogmatics approximately a decade later. What we call the Göttingen Dogmatics in English is especially interesting to me because it is much closer to Barth's work as pastor-cum-socialist organizer. This is the first of a multi-part series, and it is the first series that I have produced primarily for the podcast medium. It is also available on YouTube. Make sure to subscribe via your preferred site. Find episode 2 here, and get the series index here.
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Monday Jun 24, 2019
John Calvin's Central Doctrine?
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
This is the third in a three-part series that I have done on How I Read John Calvin. Truth in advertising: Karl Barth makes an appearance (yes, again), but so does Francis Turretin!Hint: it's not predestination. You can access this content in video format.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Reformers in the Wings - Book Review
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
In this installment I review David Steinmetz's book, Reformers in the Wings, and talk a bit about Reformation history and some of its lesser known figures.
This content is also available in video, if you prefer.
If you'd like to learn more about the Reformation, there's lots of material waiting for you at at DET (the theology blog that I run).
Friday May 31, 2019
Reflections on Schleiermacher's 5th Speech on Religion
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Friedrich Schleiermacher is awesome. Lots of folks love to hate him, but I'm here to tell you that you should read him.
In this recording, I discuss the 5th of Schleiermacher's speeches from On Religion. I've re-purposed a recording that I made for a class that I no longer teach. I hope you find it helpful or at least entertaining.This content appeared first on YouTube.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
John Calvin and the Natural Knowledge of God (How I Read John Calvin, part 2)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
This is part two in a three-part series on How I Read John Calvin. It tackles the issue of whether it is possible - within the context of Calvin's theology - to know God on the basis of human rationality and observation of the world. Truth in advertising: Karl Barth makes an appearance.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Biography of a Calvin Reader (How I Read John Calvin, part 1)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
This is the first in a three-part series on How I Read John Calvin. Thanks to Joshua Torrey (Twitter: @JoshuaTorrey) for sparking the idea.
At one point I say that McNeill published a selection of the Institutes; I should have said that Donald McKim did so.
Elsie McKee's book is entitled, The Pastoral Ministry and Worship in Calvin’s Geneva (Geneva: Droz, 2016).
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Questions & Answers about John Calvin
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
John Calvin was the leading Protestant reformer in Geneva, Switzerland, during the second generation of the Reformation. One of the founders of the Reformed / Presbyterian tradition, his theology remains highly influential for many people still today. In this episode, I answer some questions about all that.