Ep51. Wondrously Wounded: theology, disability, & the body of Christ, Brian Brock

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Ep51. Wondrously Wounded: theology, disability, & the body of Christ, Brian Brock

I sat down with Brian Brock to talk about his book Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ (Baylor University Press, 2019). We discuss his motivation for writing the book, what it was like to try and ‘witness to the witness’ of his son, reclaiming wonder, pre-natal screening and how liberal societies establish norms, the need to be rescued from seeing ourselves as ‘abled’, where the doctrine of sin fits in a theology of disability, the body of Christ as a circulator of divine gifts, and going beyond charity and inclusion.

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Ep39. Theology, Animals, and the Melbourne Cup; David L. Clough

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Ep39. Theology, Animals, and the Melbourne Cup; David L. Clough

With the Melbourne Cup on our doorstep I sat down with David L. Clough to talk about ethics, theology and the relationships between human and non-human animals. We talk about the problems with a human-centred view of creation (where animals exist for our purpose), the surprising concern for animals demonstrated throughout the Christian tradition, the vocation of all creatures to live particular lives before God. I also ask what the anthropomorphism of Peppa Pig illuminates about our creaturely similarity, and a question based on The Octonaughts about the ethics of intervention to care for animals as if they are our neighbours.

"We must give consideration to what modes of interactions with other animals might appropriately reflect our shared participation in God's gracious acts of creation, reconciliation, and redemption."

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