The Theology Mill

In this episode, Zech talks with Colby Dickinson about his many pilgrim journeys in the city of Rome. Together they ask: how does religious identity—or lack thereof—shape one’s experience of places with historically thick spiritual meaning? What might it look like to encounter something beyond ourselves when our faith wanes more than it waxes? Finally, can pilgrimage still be meaningful when so often it seems caught up in the snares of a consumer mentality?Book link: https://wipfandstock.com/9798385221042/sacred-pilgrim-secular-pilgrim/Newsletter: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.)

Dr. Meek on the mother’s smile as a form of philosophical formation and a form of epistemic access to reality, why it’s important to see oneself being seen (as beloved), and how modernity operates as a barrier to such interpersoned philosophy. BIO: Esther Lightcap Meek is Professor of Philosophy emerita at Geneva College. Meek’s books include Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (2003); Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology (2011); A Little Manual for Knowing (2014); and Contact With Reality: Michael Polanyi’s Realism and Why It Matters (2017). Recent books are Doorway to Artistry: Attuning Your Philosophy to Enhance Your Creativity (2023), and with Lisa Cadora, Knowing as Loving: Philosophical Grounding for Charlotte Mason’s Expert Educational Insights (2023). Her newest book is The Mother’s Smile: Philosophical Formation in the Welcome of Mothers and Friends (2025). PODCAST LINKS:- The Mother’s Smile (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9798385236473/the-mothers-smile/ NEWSLETTER:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: ⁠http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML⁠. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.) CONNECT:Website: ⁠https://wipfandstock.com/blog/category/podcast/⁠YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Wipfandstockpublishers⁠ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: ⁠https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/⁠.

Jacob Marques-Rollison is currently co-president of the International Jacques Ellul Society (IJES). Among his publications on the life and work of Jacques Ellul are A New Reading of Jacques Ellul: Presence and Communication in the Postmodern World (2020) and an English translation of Ellul's two-volume ethical treatise To Will & To Do. He and his wife are on staff at L’Abri Fellowship in Huémoz, Switzerland.PODCAST LINKS:- Jacques Ellul (Cascade Companion book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781625649140/jacques-ellul/- International Jacques Ellul Society: https://ellul.org/NEWSLETTER:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.)CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WipfandstockpublishersTwitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Paul R. Hinlicky is Tise Professor emeritus at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. He is author of numerous articles and books, including the Cascade Companion on Lutheran Theology (2020), Luther for Evangelicals (2018), Luther and the Beloved Community (2010), and a systematic theology, Beloved Community (2015). He is Distinguished Professor on the graduate faculty of Christ Seminary, Institute of Lutheran Theology.PODCAST LINKS:- Lutheran Theology (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781498234092/lutheran-theology/- Reconstructions in Lutheran Doctrinal Theology (series): https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?series=reconstructions-in-lutheran-doctrinal-theologyNEWSLETTER:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML. (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.)CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WipfandstockpublishersTwitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

John H. Buchanan received a doctorate in liberal arts from Emory University. He was trained and certified as a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner by Stan and Christina Grof. He is a contributing coeditor for Rethinking Consciousness (2020) and the author of Processing Reality: Finding Meaning in Death, Psychedelics, and Sobriety (Cascade, 2022).PODCAST LINKS:- Processing Reality (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666709285/processing-reality/- John’s website: https://www.processingreality.com/CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WipfandstockpublishersTwitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/OUTLINE: (01:22) – Introduction (05:56) – Roundtable: Olaf Stapledon, C. S. Lewis, Colin Wilson(10:27) – Psychedelics: intersection of psychology, philosophy, religion(16:30) – First experiences with mind-altering agents(20:11) – Answering criticisms of psychedelics(24:35) – Altered states: drug-induced vs. breath-induced(31:42) – Stan Grof’s transpersonal psychology(36:50) – Whitehead’s process philosophy(43:34) – Grof and Whitehead in conversation(48:50) – “Prehension”(54:32) – Prehension and non-ordinary states(57:43) – What’s next for John*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen with a dissertation on negative theology and ethics in Clement of Alexandria and Gregory of Nyssa. He is the author of Negative Theology: A Short Introduction (Cascade, 2022). PODCAST LINKS: - Negative Theology (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666742169/negative-theology/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Jack Haberer was raised Roman Catholic, became a Jesus freak, was formed in faith by Baptists, Pentecostals, Charismatics, Methodists, Non-denominationals, and finally ordained a Presbyterian, earning three academic degrees in the process. He has served influential churches as pastor—in twenty-two of which he preached to rocket scientists. The congregations flourished. He has written three earlier books and served as editor of The Presbyterian Outlook for nine years. He is the author of Swimming with the Sharks: Leading the Full Spectrum Church in a Red-and-Blue World (Cascade, 2024). PODCAST LINKS: - Swimming with the Sharks (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9798385210404/swimming-with-the-sharks/ - GodViews (book): https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/0664501907/godviews.aspx - Jack’s website: https://jackhaberer.com/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Susan Grove Eastman is associate research professor emerita of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. She is the author of Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology (2017), Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians (2007/2022), Oneself in Another: Participation and Personhood in Pauline Theology (2024), and Romans: An Interpretation Commentary (forthcoming, 2025). PODCAST LINKS: -Oneself in Another (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781532692628/oneself-in-another/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.

Andrew M. Davis is program director for the Center for Process Studies. He is author, editor, and coeditor of several books including Mind, Value, and Cosmos (2020), Metaphysics of Exo-Life (2023), and From Force to Persuasion (Cascade, 2024). PODCAST LINKS: - From Force to Persuasion (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666784428/from-force-to-persuasion/ - Whitehead and Teilhard (book): https://tinyurl.com/2s3vxb5p - How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere (book): https://tinyurl.com/27nk7ck2 - Perspectives in Process Studies (book series): https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?series=perspectives-in-process-studies-series - Center for Process Studies: https://ctr4process.org/ - Andrew’s website: https://www.andrewmdavis.info/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.