Episodes
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Ep. 25 - In the Shadow of Christendom (Reflecting on Constantine pt. 3)
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
From Constantine to Scott Morrison… that’s a lot of water under the bridge. We live now on the other side of Christendom, but we still live in its shadow. How does all that’s come and gone since the days of “the Christian West” mean Christians should approach politics, power, and active citizenship in Australia today? What might we need to un-learn—and re-learn—in order to gain a clearer view of the good and how to do it in this century?
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Ep. 24 - A New Kind of Christian? (Reflecting on Constantine pt. 2)
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
It’s an understatement to say that the legacy of Constantine is a divisive issue! In this episode, Jonathan and Jacob canvas a range of perspectives from scholars of the Constantinian Shift: does the entry of Christianity into the halls of power constitute a failure of the church or does it represent a triumph of the gospel?
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Ep. 23 - Christians Rule! (Reflecting on Constantine pt. 1)
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
For the first three hundred years, Christianity was a minority religion on the margins of ancient Roman society. Only half a century later, it was the state religion for a quarter of the world's population. How did this happen, and how should Christians understand this profound shift?
In part one of this series, Jonathan and Jacob try to straighten out the history of the first Christian Emperor—Constantine—and lay the foundations for a debate about Christendom, Church, and state which continues to today.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Ep. 22 - Sabbath Economics
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Ep. 21 - Christian Vocation (pt. 2)
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
In part one of this double episode, we suggested contemporary concepts of Christian vocation often suffer from being too thin or too narrow. In part two, Jacob and Jonathan get stuck into what the “counter-cultural ethical content of the gospel” might mean for thinking about vocation in a variety of Aussie circumstances. How might a richer understanding of the call of Christ on our lives play out in the everyday?
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Ep. 20 - Christian Vocation (pt. 1)
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
If we’ve heard and believed the good news of Jesus, what are we then supposed to do? If Christian faith is a call, what are we called to? These are the questions of Christian vocation, but if we’ve never heard a voice from God, does this mean we can simply do what we like? Are there things Christian should not do? Are there things we should all be doing?
In part one on this topic, Jacob and Jonathan dig into the history and meaning of the Christian call and sketch a bigger vision.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Ep. 19 - Christianity and the Rise of Capitalism
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
How do Christians go from the economic ethics of Jesus to endorsing the competitive pursuit of wealth? How does 'Christian Europe' end up being driven by an economic paradigm of endless accumulation, and what role did the Reformation play? Are Protestants responsible for global capitalism?
Jonathan and Jacob dive into the history to discover how we got here and some implications for Christians today.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Ep.18 - Towards a Downshifting Economy
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Australians are amongst the wealthiest people on the planet, but very few people feel that way. Not only have high levels of consumption failed to translate into a sense of wellbeing, we are increasingly confronted with the fact that they cannot be sustained. This podcast is an exercise in new political imagination, arguing that downshifting the Australian economy to a lower consumption, higher wellbeing model is not only desirable but also well within reach.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Ep. 17- Technology
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
'Technology' doesn’t have to mean just ‘tech’! Hammers, money, writing… all these things are technologies. How do we use them well? If we don’t get our relationship to our tools right, they might just use us instead.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Ep. 16 - The Church and Climate Change with Jessica Morthorpe and Jane Kelly
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
What role can churches play in tackling climate change? Where have we fallen short? What unique opportunities are there? What can we do when we're overwhelmed? Is it all about sacrifice, or do we gain by the changes? What needs to happen next?
These are just some of questions we ask Jane Kelly of Common Grace and Jessica Morthorpe from Five Leaf Eco-Awards.
Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.