The Two Cities

A collaborative podcast and blog on theology, culture, and discipleship.

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Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Adishian (@N8adishian), Rev. Dr. Josh Carroll (@pastorcoolguy), and Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne).

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NEW EPISODE w/ Haejin Shim Fujimura and Makoto Fujimura (@a_haejin @iamfujimura @HaejinMako). Together they're the authors of Beauty & Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage (@BrazosPress).

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https://t.co/Qq1GcxCRbm

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In our conversation, we talk about the relationship between beauty and justice, art and law, and why they desperately need each other.

[The Two Cities @TheTwoCities]

Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Rev. Dr. Josh Carroll (@pastorcoolguy) and Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne).

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NEW EPISODE w/ Dr Chris Hoklotubbe, assoc prof of indigenous theological studies @BexleySeabury, and Dr Danny Zacharias, assoc dean and prof of NT @acadiadiv, who together teach for NAIITS and co-authored Reading the Bible on Turtle Island (@ivpacademic).

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We talk about interpreting the Bible from a North American Indigenous perspective, its distinctive hermeneutical features (including an emphasis on the personhood and agency of all of creation), and we address the difference between syncretism and contextual interpretation.

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Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne) and Dr. Brandon Hurlbert (@brandonhurlber1).

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NEW EPISODE w/ Dr. Bo Lim, who is professor of OT @SeattlePacific, and the author of Contextual Theological Interpretation: An Integrated Model for Reading the Bible (@BakerAcademic).

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https://t.co/XNcFt3KUNI

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In the course of our conversation we talk about the value and importance of contextualizing our interpretations of scripture to our theological and cultural backgrounds, and we also discuss the relationship between contextual interpretation and historical critical exegesis.

[The Two Cities @TheTwoCities]

Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne) and Dr. Brandon Hurlbert (@brandonhurlber1).

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NEW EPISODE w/ Dr Elizabeth Backfish (@LibbyBackfish), assoc prof of Bib Studies @williamjessup, and Dr Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, assoc prof of Hebrew Bible @Baylor—authors of Grounded Theology in the Hebrew Bible (@BakerAcademic).

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https://t.co/SdAlDiuDwy

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In our conversation we discuss the relationship between our biblical texts and material culture on a whole host of issues, highlighting how the two need to be understood together for proper interpretation.

[The Two Cities @TheTwoCities]

Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne) and Dr. Brandon Hurlbert (@brandonhurlber1).

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NEW EPISODE w/ Dr. Jennifer Matheny (@jennykennymath1), who is assoc prof of Christian Scriptures @TruettSeminary, and the author of Hesed, the Seed of the Biblical Story: New Life for Old Testament Theology (@BakerAcademic).

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https://t.co/QA5yi8XEl7

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As we discuss, the term Hesed is notoriously difficult to translate, but by situating its variegated meanings within the stories and the Story of scripture, Dr. Matheny helps to shed new light on its significance.

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@NathanBozeman2 @AndrewRillera @TheKingsU We sure are!

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NEW EPISODE w/ Dr. Andrew Rillera (@AndrewRillera), who is assist prof of bib studies and theology @TheKingsU, and the author of Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus's Death (Cascade).

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https://t.co/Eos5S6nu1z

[The Two Cities @TheTwoCities]

Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Adishian (@N8adishian), Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne), Rev. Daniel Parham, and Dr. Logan Williams.

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Over the course of our conversation, we discuss what the sacrificial death of Jesus means in the NT, how it relates to sacrifices in the Torah, and why Dr. Rillera finds Penal Substitutionary Atonement to be unbiblical and theologically problematic.