UNenlightenment

UNenlightenment

UNenlightenment is a podcast featuring theological and philosophical topics and interviews with top religious thinkers.

Episodes

March 28, 2023 62 mins

Eric English talks with former Contemporary Christian Artist Jennifer Knapp on his UNenlightenment podcast. Go on a journey with Eric and Jennifer as they travel through her time in the music industry and her experience in evangelicalism as a gay Christian. https://jenniferknapp.com

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Eric English has a conversation with Linda Kay Klein author of the bestselling book, "Pure". Linda and Eric discuss everything from sex to masturbation in this fascinating interview about purity culture within evangelicalism and the repression that fosters unhealthy perspectives on sex.

 

Check out Linda's Website: https://lindakayklein.com/

Check out Linda's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Inside-Evangelical-Movement-Generation...

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November 3, 2022 6 mins

UNenlightenment: A Theological Foundation for Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Christian Faith is now available. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/UNenlightenment-Theological-Foundation-Deconstructing-Reconstructing/dp/1957007303/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Eric English interviews theologian and apologist Randal Rauser about his book "Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too". Rauser's book is a response to Alisa Childers book "Another Gospel". Rauser defends progressive Christians against the baseless accusations of Childers.

You can purchase Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too here: https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Christians-Love-Jesus-Too/dp/1775046281/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OCYNT9V2TY...

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Kierkegaard once said that when Christianity became legal it ceased to be Christianity. Although Kierkegaard was mostly writing hyperbole when he said this, Dave Fitch is very serious when he argues that the Church changed in a significant way once Constantine began to influence the Church. 

In this podcast, Eric and Dave discuss historical theology as it relates to the Church as well as the current problems associated with evangel...

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November 2, 2021 50 mins

Eric English has a conversation with Frank Schaeffer. Frank Schaeffer is the son of theologian/philosopher Francis Schaeffer and a New York Times best-selling author. He recently published a book called “Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy”.

 

You can buy Frank Schaeffer's new book on Amazon here.

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September 26, 2021 20 mins

In his first solo podcast, Eric English answers the question what is UNenlightenment?

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Eric English has an interreligious dialogue with Rabbi Or Rose. Rabbi Rose is director for the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership and a professor at Hebrew College. 

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July 4, 2021 50 mins

Eric English sits down and talks with Doug Pagitt on the UNenlightenment podcast about the Emerging Church, his most recent project, and we have a Q & A session. 

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I interview best-selling author and Patheos columnist Matthew Distefano. 

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I sit down with Author and Patheos Columnist Keith Giles to discuss his new books Unforsaken and Before you Lose your Mind. Keith also tells us about his project Square 1, which helps individuals work through their own deconstruction process. 

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I have a conversation with Kristin Kobbes Du Mez about her book Jesus and John Wayne How white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation. A great interview that points to why evangelicals supported Trump.

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A conversation with Brian McLaren about Trumpism, Church and Culture, and Brian's new book Faith after Doubt. To purchase a copy of Brian McLaren's book see link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Faith-After-Doubt-Beliefs-Stopped/dp/1250262771

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