The McKrakenCast

Barth's "Göttingen Dogmatics" - Introduction

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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Barthian and Process Theologians in Dialogue (Part 3)

Dr. W. Travis McMaken and Rev. Dr. Nichole Torbitzky (both of the Lindenwood University Philosophy & Religion program) discuss Colin Gunton's book on Karl Barth and Charles Hartshorne - "Becoming and Being" - in an effort to help Barthian and Process theologians understand each other better. This is part 3 of a multi-part series.
Lindenwood University Philosophy & Religion department: https://www.lindenwood.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-of-humanities/philosophy-and-religion/
McMaken's Twitter: https://twitter.com/WTravisMcMaken
Torbitzky's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ntorbitzky
Torbitzky's LU profile: http://www.lindenwood.edu/about/directories/faculty-staff-directory/details/ntorbitzky/
McMaken's LU profile: http://www.lindenwood.edu/about/directories/faculty-staff-directory/details/wtmcmaken/
Gunton's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Being-Hartshorne-Theological-Monographs/dp/0198267134/
We couldn't find a live link to the John Cobb book that Torbitzky mentioned at the end of the video, so here's another (also by Cobb) that's a good beginning resource: https://www.amazon.com/Process-Theology-Introductory-John-Cobb/dp/0664247431/
Also, there's this video of a lecture by Cobb: https://youtu.be/Zo5b2Pi8piQ

Helmut Gollwitzer on Karl Barth and Socialism: An Excerpt

This is an excerpt from an essay by Helmut Gollwitzer about Karl Barth and socialism.
Available in video format.
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Excerpt source: Helmut Gollwitzer, "Kingdom of God and Socialism in the Theology of Karl Barth," in George Hunsinger (ed., trans.), Karl Barth and Radical Politics, 2nd ed. (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017), 83-85.
Image source and attribution: Stiftung Haus der Geschichte [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)].

John Calvin's Central Doctrine?

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.

My Top 5 books of 2018

I read a lot of books in 2018. Here are my top 5.
The original tweet:
https://twitter.com/WTravisMcMaken/status/1079844334571347970
Also on Youtube: https://youtu.be/JnJypQXwqEc 
Featured books:
Taylor, “From BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” – DET post: http://derevth.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-am-i-reading-keeanga-yamahtta.html 
Cone, “Martin & Malcolm & America” – DET post: http://derevth.blogspot.com/2018/05/brief-book-note-james-cones-martin.html 
Niebuhr, “Moral Man and Immoral Society” - https://www.amazon.com/Reinhold-Niebuhr-Immoral-Society-Politics/dp/B00HTK2CQ4/ 
Brown, “Ransom of the Soul” – DET post: http://derevth.blogspot.com/2019/01/brief-book-note-peter-browns-ransom-of.html 
Pedersen, “The Eternal Covenant” – DET post: http://derevth.blogspot.com/2019/03/brief-book-note-pedersens-eternal.html 
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Congdon & McMaken - The Torres Interview

For this recording, David Congdon and I sat down (metaphorically) with Juan Torres for a wide-ranging interview about Dialectical Theology, universalism, religion and politics, and more. 
Juan Torres on Twitter
David Congdon on Twitter
Travis McMaken on Twitter
Order Congdon's The God Who Saves
Order McMaken's Our God Loves Justice
This content is also available in video format on YouTube.

Reformers in the Wings - Book Review

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). 
 

Reflections on Schleiermacher's 5th Speech on Religion

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.

Barthian and Process Theologians in Dialogue (Part 2), with Nichole Torbitzky

Rev. Dr. Nichole Torbitzky, one of my colleagues in the Lindenwood University Philosophy & Religion program, joins me to discuss Colin Gunton's book on Karl Barth and Charles Hartshorne - Becoming and Being - in an effort to help Barthian and Process theologians understand each other better. This is part 1 of a multi-part series.
Follow Nichole on Twitter: @ntorbitzky

John Calvin and the Natural Knowledge of God (How I Read John Calvin, part 2)

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.