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The Table Audio w/ Evan Rosa

Biola University Center for Christian Thought

Seeking Christian wisdom for life's biggest questions. Interviews, narrative storytelling, and reflections featuring scholars, pastors, and public intellectuals. Hosted by Evan Rosa. Produce...

Episodes

20 of 28 episodes

Radical Un-Selfing: Kent Dunnington on Christian Humility and Dependence on God

In this conversation, philosopher Kent Dunnington discusses humility—in its ancient, scriptural, monastic, and Medieval Christian contexts;...

00:42:27Jun 3, 2019

Unshackling the Imagination: J. Kameron Carter on Structural Injustice, Misery and Melancholy, and the Theology of Race

In this conversation, theologian J. Kameron Carter discusses the black experience of a structurally anti-black world; the meaning of belongi...

00:46:39May 27, 2019

Defiant Hope: Kelly Kapic on Lament, Finitude, Community, and the Cross

In this episode, theologian Kelly Kapic reflects on the linkage between theology and biography, the need for lament, the finitude and goodne...

00:38:19May 20, 2019

Standing in the Fissures: Miroslav Volf on Theology, Memory, Reconciliation, and the Self

Theologian Miroslav Volf on the challenge of living a theology in the fissures of life; the often irreducible complexity of human experience...

00:44:26May 14, 2019

We're All Monsters: Ralph Wood on the Good, the Bad, and the Human

Baylor University's Ralph Wood on the monstrosity of humanity, the goodness of God, finding grace and hope along the dark terrain of human h...

00:43:00May 6, 2019

Surfing on God: Peter Kreeft on Surfing, Science, Sanctification, and C.S. Lewis

Peter Kreeft’s reflections on theology, psychology, and spiritual formation, spanning from surfing, science, and sanctification—to C.S. Lewi...

00:36:58Apr 29, 2019

Patchwork Redemption: Suffering and Joy in Racial Perspective

In this episode, we cover problems of consumerism, pop culture, how we can cure the loss of cultural memory, and a deeper dive into black an...

00:53:02Apr 22, 2019

Wandering In Darkness: Eleonore Stump on Suffering, Evil, and Personal Encounter

Philosopher Eleanore Stump on the core of what a Christian ought to care about most, the phenomenology and experience of suffering, her take...

00:37:35Apr 15, 2019

Try Some Courage: Stanley Hauerwas on Death, Church, America, Suffering, and Love

Theologian Stanley Hauerwas on death, love, suffering, mental disability, the American church, and what it means to him to be a Christian.

00:52:41Apr 8, 2019

Descent to Ascent: Jessica Hooten Wilson on Saints, Martyrs, Icons, and Heroes

Jessica Hooten Wilson on her love for the saints and the concept of writing and reading saints lives as a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic ta...

00:23:47Jan 11, 2019

Oliver Crisp and the Theology of Christmas (Bonus Episode)

A Christmas Podcast: Evan Rosa interviews analytic theologian Oliver Crisp on the Incarnation of Christ, and how we can learn from the Incar...

00:37:12Dec 24, 2018

Rejoicing in Lament: J. Todd Billings on Life with Christ and Terminal Cancer

Dr. J. Todd Billings is the Gordon H. Girod research professor of reformed theology at Western Theological Seminary and an ordained minister...

00:56:36Dec 10, 2018

Os Guinness on Covenantal Love, Unspeakable Evil, and Being American Now

Acclaimed author and speaker Os Guinness on the timeless topics of covenantal love, evil, suffering, political life in modern America, publi...

00:43:22Dec 3, 2018

You're So Vain: Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung on Vainglory and Glittering Vices

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, "Queen of the Vices" (we mean that in the best way possible), discusses soul care and excavating the heart of vain...

00:49:39Nov 26, 2018

The Psychology of Gratitude: How Saying Thanks Makes You Happier

Psychologist Robert Emmons on the positive effects of gratitude on subjective well-being (that is, happiness). A special Thanksgiving episod...

00:28:05Nov 19, 2018

What is Love? Thomas J. Oord on the Mystery and Definition of Love

What is love? For something so familiar to the human experience, love is notoriously difficult to define, explain, and articulate, and even...

00:54:12Nov 12, 2018

No Man's Land: Diane Glancy on Identity, Voicelessness, and Living in the In-Between

On living and finding meaning in the "in-between"—featuring Diane Glancy, an American poet, author, and playwright of Cherokee descent on em...

00:57:42Nov 5, 2018

Jesus, Stab Me in the Heart!: Jessica Hooten Wilson on the Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer known for her sardonic Southern Gothic style with grotesque char...

00:53:00Oct 29, 2018

For God and Country: Russell Moore on Love and Humility in American Politics

In this episode, we interview theologian and Washington influence-maker Dr. Russell Moore on love, humility and power in American political...

00:37:42Oct 22, 2018

The Joyous Dance of Humility and Magnanimity: Jennifer Herdt on Virtue and Joy

How shall we approach seemingly opposing virtues of humility and magnanimity? What happens when our view of self is too low or too high? Pro...

00:53:04Oct 15, 2018