Episode 78: This episode is a live recording from an event called "Reframing Easter" held in March of this year. Here I talk through my understanding of how the Easter story fits within the wider historical, cultural, political and religious context of its day. The imperial power of Rome, the backdrop of suffering for the Jewish people, religious leadership and belief being used in the jostling for power, status and control, and the tense and very real potential for a violent revolution. Jesus lives and dies in the midst of this moment - and the meaning of Easter can only really be grappled with in light of what's going on here. Unpacking this story can then help us to make sense of how all of this might still speak to us in the present moment. It helps us to reframe ideas of Jesus' death as "atonement for sin", and to reimagine what "salvation" looks like in contrast to the power, violence and abuse of harmful systems, beliefs and practices.
In the Flesh: Bodies, pain, and embracing difference
In the Flesh: Evolution, faith, meaning and the universe
In the Flesh: Evolution vs Christianity?
In the Flesh: Science vs Religion?
In the Flesh: The (holy) spirit of inclusion
In the Flesh: LGBTQI & overturning exclusion
In the Flesh: "When you're outside on the inside"
In the Flesh: Is healing a thing?
In the Flesh: "Crippled Grace" with Dr Shane Clifton
In the Flesh: Bodies, consciousness, and why you don't have a "spirit-man"
In the Flesh: The purity problem
In the Flesh: The shame of (un)holiness
In the Flesh: Dualism and Disembodiment
Jesus' death and the subversion of power
The death of God
Why Jesus' death wasn't (and was) a sacrifice
How did we get here?
What the hell?! Part 3
What the hell?! Part 2
What the hell?!
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Kingdom Power Fellowship Podcast
The Bible Recap
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)