Hear What I Think about Everyone from Mark Driscoll to Rachel Held Evans

I had the great pleasure of visiting The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology last week. It was my first time there, and I was very impressed — with everything from the beauty of the urban setting to the innovative ways that students learn. The fact that their very first class is in hermeneutics is a brilliant choice.

I sat down for an interview with long-time friend and SST theology professor Dwight Friesen, in front of a group of students. We talked about the election, the atonement, and the future of theological education.

Then Dwight played a dirty trick on me.

For years I hosted the Emergent Theological Conversation. I had a bit in those gatherings that I adapted from James Lipton, in which I’d ask our guest theologian or philosopher to play a word association with names in rapid-fire. To this day, I regularly get thanked by people who listen back to Jack Caputo and Richard Kearney running through the history of philosophy, name-by-name (sadly, this episode seems no longer to be available on the iTunes Store. I will upload them to my site soon, and post the links).

Well, turnabout is fair play. Dwight ran me through the name game, dropping persons as diverse at Augustine and Rachel Held Evans.

If you want to hear my responses, listen to the podcast.