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A weekly podcast about Christianity and leftist politics. The Magnificast is hosted by Dean Dettloff and Matt Bernico. Each week's episode focuses on a unique or under-realized aspect of territory between Christianity and politics that no one taught you about in sunday school.
Episodes 492
Trunk or treat? I choose trunk.
This week on the pod, we're answering reddit questions, we're talking about reformation day, we're giving you the Liberation Theology take on Lula, and we're talking about digital activism. Order our …
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This week on the pod, we're answering reddit questions, we're talking about reformation day, we're giving you the Liberation Theology take on Lula, and we're talking about digital activism.
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Submitted for the approval of the midnight society
Folks, you know that we can't resist talking about bones, especially not during the spookiest season of the year. In this episode, we're talking about relics of the saints, the magical things they do, the guys …
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Folks, you know that we can't resist talking about bones, especially not during the spookiest season of the year. In this episode, we're talking about relics of the saints, the magical things they do, the guys who can't help but steal them and a few spooky ghost stories.
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God's judgement, but it's good.
This week, we're wrapping up Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In this episode, we talk about a Christian theory of history, violence, and more! Order our …
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This week, we're wrapping up Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In this episode, we talk about a Christian theory of history, violence, and more!
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Stop slandering the horses 🐎 🐎 🐎 🐎
This week, we're chatting about the horseman AND the horses of the apocalypse and the dragon with ch 3-4 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos.Order our …
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This week, we're chatting about the horseman AND the horses of the apocalypse and the dragon with ch 3-4 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos.
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Scrolls!
We're back to the Scrolls in revelation with ch 2 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos.Order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-i …
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We're back to the Scrolls in revelation with ch 2 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos.
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Peace and revolt
We're back with chapter 1 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about revolt, state oppression, and peace. Order our …
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We're back with chapter 1 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about revolt, state oppression, and peace.
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All God's Truths, All God's Goofs
We're locking in this week to talk about humour in the bible, how tall the giants in the bible were, God watching deadpool and, of course, our favourite economic paradoxes. Order our …
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We're locking in this week to talk about humour in the bible, how tall the giants in the bible were, God watching deadpool and, of course, our favourite economic paradoxes.
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It's giving apocalypse
This week on the pod, we're pausing our Revelation reading plan for some current revelatory news, we're surpassing 1.5C of warming! Read the UN EP report with us.Order our …
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This week on the pod, we're pausing our Revelation reading plan for some current revelatory news, we're surpassing 1.5C of warming! Read the UN EP report with us.
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Comfort and Protest
We're back on our apocalyptic kick with Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about Boesak's life, South African apartheid, Christianity …
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We're back on our apocalyptic kick with Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about Boesak's life, South African apartheid, Christianity and the state, and the specicifity of revelation to oppressed communities.
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Crossover Episode: The Regrettable Century talks Enough Is Enough
You want more book content? Hopefully you said yes because that's what this is. Thanks to the good folks at The Regrettable Century for a fun chat. Be sure to check out the rest of their episodes!
Washingteen II
This episode, has got it all: reddit questions, a Young Washington review, Pope hat news, and Christians organising against green capitalism. Order our …
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This episode, has got it all: reddit questions, a Young Washington review, Pope hat news, and Christians organising against green capitalism.
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That free spirit keeps on moving
This week, we're exploring Marguerite Porete a bit further with Simon Critchley's book Faith of the Faithless. In the episode, we dive deeper into Porete and how she thinks you can align your soul with God and …
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This week, we're exploring Marguerite Porete a bit further with Simon Critchley's book Faith of the Faithless. In the episode, we dive deeper into Porete and how she thinks you can align your soul with God and become free. We talk about what this means for political theology and what we think about it.
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The Movement of the Free Spirit
With the recent passing of Raoul Vaneigem, we're spending this episode talking about his book the Movement of the Free Spirit. It's a weird book about a heretical trend in medieval Christianity that pointed …
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With the recent passing of Raoul Vaneigem, we're spending this episode talking about his book the Movement of the Free Spirit. It's a weird book about a heretical trend in medieval Christianity that pointed people toward freedom rather than repression. But, to be honest, it's a pretty mixed bag!
Check out the book over here on Archive.org
Also, read some other Vaneigem content here
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Magnificast Lock In: Miraculous fish supper
In this episode, we're locking in, talking about our favourite miracles, the devil and his body, climate denial, the North Sea, and fascists.Order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enoug …
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In this episode, we're locking in, talking about our favourite miracles, the devil and his body, climate denial, the North Sea, and fascists.
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Life is useless
In a world where the IMF has said the entire stock of whales are worth 1 trillion dollars and biological offsets equivocate one threatened environment for another, Christianity can help us think of life as …
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In a world where the IMF has said the entire stock of whales are worth 1 trillion dollars and biological offsets equivocate one threatened environment for another, Christianity can help us think of life as worthless and beyond value altogether.
We've got a new episode where we're talking about the valuation of life and how we can reframe the way we think about value altogether. To get there, we're chatting through a big philosophical idea about the valuation of life and ecology. In the episode we talk about Marika Rose's Theology for the End of the World, Phillippe Maia's Trading Future, and a bunch of other weird philosophy guys.
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Pope news: SSPX
This week on the Magnificast we're reading reddit questions, talking about demons, fallen angels, SSPX, and Pope Michael.Order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth …
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This week on the Magnificast we're reading reddit questions, talking about demons, fallen angels, SSPX, and Pope Michael.
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Liberation for the Earth with Anupama Ranawana
This week, we're chatting with Anupama Ranawana, author of the book Liberation for the Earth: Climate, Race and Cross from SCM press. In the episode, we talk about Tissa Balasuriya, global solidarity and …
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This week, we're chatting with Anupama Ranawana, author of the book Liberation for the Earth: Climate, Race and Cross from SCM press. In the episode, we talk about Tissa Balasuriya, global solidarity and Scottish politics.
Buy Anu's book: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334061267/liberation-for-the-earth
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George Washingteen
In this episode, for whatever reason, we decided to talk about upcoming Christian movie releases, fascism, competing nationalisms, Scottish football, and more! Order our …
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In this episode, for whatever reason, we decided to talk about upcoming Christian movie releases, fascism, competing nationalisms, Scottish football, and more!
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Dear God, showtimes in my area now?
This week, we're LOCKING IN and answering some important and thoughtful questions from reddit. We also talk about a Scottish Island called Eigg, and a non-Scottish Island called Cuba. Order our …
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This week, we're LOCKING IN and answering some important and thoughtful questions from reddit. We also talk about a Scottish Island called Eigg, and a non-Scottish Island called Cuba.
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MAGNIFICA-ST HUMANITAS
This week we're talking about the new papal encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. In the episode, we talk about where this falls within Catholic Social teaching, AI, the rhetoric of the encyclical, just war theory …
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This week we're talking about the new papal encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. In the episode, we talk about where this falls within Catholic Social teaching, AI, the rhetoric of the encyclical, just war theory, and turning off email.
Read the encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
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Trans life and the Catholic Church with Dr. Nicolete Burbach
This week on the show, we've got Dr. Nicolete Burbach to talk about her work on Catholicism and the trans experience. Throughout the episode, we talk about the popes, gender ideology, Christian unity and being …
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This week on the show, we've got Dr. Nicolete Burbach to talk about her work on Catholicism and the trans experience. Throughout the episode, we talk about the popes, gender ideology, Christian unity and being trans within the church.
Find all of the essays and books we talked about here: https://linktr.ee/nicoleteburbach
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Enough is more than enough
You're never going to believe this, but our book is published and out in the world. Listen along as we chat about why we wrote this book and take a peak behind the curtain of how we wrote it! Order our …
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You're never going to believe this, but our book is published and out in the world. Listen along as we chat about why we wrote this book and take a peak behind the curtain of how we wrote it!
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The final pablo
We've done it folks, We've finished Pablo Richard's book on Revelation. Tune in this week and listen to the exciting conclusion of Revelation! Here's the book about Zapatista women we mention …
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We've done it folks, We've finished Pablo Richard's book on Revelation. Tune in this week and listen to the exciting conclusion of Revelation!
Here's the book about Zapatista women we mention: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Compa%C3%B1eras.html?id=1gcDBAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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The Lamb and his smoking hot wife (the church)
We're back with that revelation's content that you crave! This week, we're talking about beasts, harlots, and more Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org …
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We're back with that revelation's content that you crave! This week, we're talking about beasts, harlots, and more
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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Beastie boyz
This week we've got a war in heaven, the angel being defeated, beasts rising from the earth and the sea! You're not going to want to miss all of these biblical cryptids! In this episode, we're talking about …
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This week we've got a war in heaven, the angel being defeated, beasts rising from the earth and the sea! You're not going to want to miss all of these biblical cryptids! In this episode, we're talking about Revelation 12:1-15:4, idolatry, and imperialism. Listen before the world ends!
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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The Angelic End-times Ska Band
This week we're talking about Revelation 8:2-11:19; 15:5-16:21 and exploring the trumpets and bowls of God's wrath. In the episode, we talk about symbolism, political pessimism, left behind, and resentment …
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This week we're talking about Revelation 8:2-11:19; 15:5-16:21 and exploring the trumpets and bowls of God's wrath. In the episode, we talk about symbolism, political pessimism, left behind, and resentment.
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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It's all horses
We're finally to the weird stuff in Revelation! This week, we've got creatures with weird faces, horsemen, cataclysms, and more! Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org …
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We're finally to the weird stuff in Revelation! This week, we've got creatures with weird faces, horsemen, cataclysms, and more!
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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Becoming a spicy Christian
This week on the pod, we're reading Pablo Richard's commentary on John of Patmos' letters to the churches in revelation. We talk about symbolism, anti-semitism, the phrase "Luke-warm christian," and the …
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This week on the pod, we're reading Pablo Richard's commentary on John of Patmos' letters to the churches in revelation. We talk about symbolism, anti-semitism, the phrase "Luke-warm christian," and the anti-imperialist nature of within Revelation.
Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/
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The Beginning and End of Revelation
Folks, we're back this week reading the second chapter of Pablo Richard's book Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the book of Revelation. In this episode, we talk about the verses the frame the book.You can …
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Folks, we're back this week reading the second chapter of Pablo Richard's book Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the book of Revelation. In this episode, we talk about the verses the frame the book.
You can read the Richard's book yourself here: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich
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Magnificast Classic: Toward a Philosophy of Photography
Hey Folks, we've got a classic episode for you this week, but next week we'll be back with some apocalyptic podcasting! Something cool about having a podcast is that you can talk about whatever you'd like and …
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Hey Folks, we've got a classic episode for you this week, but next week we'll be back with some apocalyptic podcasting!
Something cool about having a podcast is that you can talk about whatever you'd like and no one can stop you. This week, we're doing just that. We've both gotten really interested in photography as a hobby and practice, so we're talking about Vilém Flusser's Toward a Philosophy of Photography and also some ideas about how it relates to the photographs of Mev Puleo, a photographer who was involved in liberation theology.
You can find Mev Puleo's book The Struggle is one here: https://archive.org/details/struggleisonevoi0000pule/mode/2up
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