Personalist Manifesto(s)

At some point, the easy answers stopped working.Personalist Manifesto(s) is a theology podcast for people who can’t settle for clean resolution. Each episode is a conversation with theologians, philosophers, and honest skeptics about what it means to take faith seriously, without surface answers to important questions.Hosted by Dr. Michael Morelli, theologian and professor at Northwest College & Seminary.Theology that refuses easy answers.

Personalist Manifesto(s) is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #47

  You Don't Need a Calling - A Conversation with Damon Garcia

  Jun 23, 20261h 8m

  Here's a novel idea: you don't need a calling. That's the title of Damon Garcia's new book. In this conversation, we talk about what inspired a book that runs straight against the grain of what so many of us have been inundated with since as far back as we can remember: the story that we have to know what our unique gifts are, what our specific calling is, and then figure out how we're going to make a "successful" life out of both. What if there is a different—and better—story? Damon asks. And he develops a compelling answer to this question in this book. Bio Damon Garcia is a public theologian, writer, video essayist, and author of The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus . He discovered his passion for ministering to spiritual misfits and radicals through evangelical youth and young adult ministry in evangelical spaces. This passion led him out of Evangelicalism and into post-Christian spaces, where he continues to develop a liberative Christianity for a disillusioned generation through video essays and dialogue. Garcia's work is inspired by liberation theology and anti-capitalist politics as he helps people unsettle and untangle oppressive ideologies. He lives in Santa Maria, California. Links Damon's new book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889832164/You-Dont-Need-a-Calling Website: linktr.ee/damongarcia Twitter: @whoisdamon Instagram: @whoisdamon Facebook: /TheDamonGarcia/

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  Episode #50

  Your Questions Matter - A Conversation with Will Rose & Thomas Johnston

  Jun 12, 20261h 20m

  There’s a widespread perception that faith and science are at war, but I think the reality is much more nuanced than that oppositional positioning. In this episode, I’m talking with Will Rose and Thomas Johnston. They're two pastors who started a podcast called Your Matter Matters because they share conviction that curiosity is not the enemy of belief. We get into AI, public health, wonder, the pandemic, and what it actually looks like to have honest conversations about faith and science in a community that’s scared of both. And in case you didn’t notice, we just hit a milestone: episode number fifty of Personalist Manifesto(s). For those who have been on this personalist journey from the start, thanks for all your support. For those who are recent additions, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. And for those who might want to join the contemplative revolution, who’s inviting them in? Maybe you can help me with that. Review, comment, share, subscribe, support financially… you know what I mean. Your Matter Matters YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mRTwUOJO3Q&list=PLp_AwoZ2W80k8WEWLYYXmJNSZkaYoWRSX Your Matter Matters Podcast: https://your-matter-matters.captivate.fm/ Will Rose is an ELCA Lutheran Pastor serving as Parish Pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Lutheran Campus Ministry in Chapel Hill NC. Will is a life long surfer and sci-fi/comic book geek who loves to engage at the intersection of both Faith and Science and Pop-culture and Theology. When not shepherding his congregation, surfing, or traveling with family, he helps co-host the podcasts Systematic Geekology and Across the Birfrost, the Mighty Thor Podcast. Holy Trinity Lutheran: https://www.holytrinitychapelhill.org/ Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science & Technology: ⁠https://www.luthscitech.org/⁠ Thomas's Bio & Links Pastor Thomas Johnston serves at St. James Lutheran Church, Rockwell, North Carolina. He enjoys reading about the history of religion and science in North America and looks for ways to bring the conversation into the parish. AI & Humanity (essay): https://www.luthscitech.org/ai-and-humanity/ Handling Religion and Public Policy Conversations With Care (essay): https://www.luthscitech.org/handling-conversations-with-care-where-religion-and-public-policy-meet/

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  Episode #49

  Peace & Politics - A Conversation with Tripp Fuller & Myron Penner

  May 21, 20262h 8m

  Peace. It sounds simple, right? But what happens when the idea of peace becomes a weapon? In this conversation, my friends Myron Penner and Tripp Fuller pull back the curtain on one of the most quietly complicated tensions in religious community life: the space between preaching peace and practicing it. We talk about peace church communities, long celebrated for their pacifist roots, and ask a harder question: when does a commitment to peace cause us to start protecting the wrong things? And as we wrestle with that question, we talk about what it actually takes to build something real. Peace that's rooted in justice, not just the absence of noise . This one is going to challenge some assumptions. Tripp's Bio & Links Tripp Fuller is a podcaster, theologian, minister and competitive home brewer. Currently, he is visiting Professor of Theology at Luther Seminary. He received his PhD in Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Claremont Graduate University. For over 12 years Tripp has been doing the Homebrewed Christianity podcast where he interviews different scholars about their work so you can get nerdy in traffic, on the treadmill, or doing the dishes. Last year it had over 3 million downloads. It also inspired a book series with Fortress Press called the Homebrewed Christianity Guides to topics like God, Jesus, Spirit, Church History and so on. Check out Tripp's work at: Website Substack BlueSky Podcast Myron's Bio & Links Myron Penner is Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Anabaptist-Mennonite Centre for Faith and Learning at Trinity Western University (TWU). He began working at TWU in 2005. He completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University in 2007. Myron's primary research areas are epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion but also has interests in philosophy of science and twentieth-century analytic philosophy. Check out Myron's work at: Website

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  Episode #48

  AI & Our Existence - A Conversation with Noreen Herzfeld & Benjamin Chicka

  May 4, 20261h 9m

  In this episode, I'm joined by two theologians who are asking important questions about technology—including AI: Noreen Herzfeld and Benjamin Chicka. You'll get to know them as our conversation unfolds, but a little context first. This is actually a follow-up. The last time the three of us got together publicly was at Theology Beer Camp, and the response was overwhelming. There were so many questions we simply couldn't get to them all. So, we booked a second conversation to finish what we started. This is that conversation. Noreen Herzfeld is Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and senior research associate with ZRS Koper. A theologian and computer scientist, she is the author of several books, including The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic Age and In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit . Benjamin J. Chicka is Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Curry College in Milton, MA. He is a philosophical theologian whose work connects classical American pragmatism, process theology, and ground-of-being theology. Such bridge-building between supposedly incompatible positions reflects his conviction that intrareligious pluralism is as important as interreligious pluralism for the future of theology. He is the author of God The Created and Playing as Others . Additional Links Listen to the initial AI panel here . Learn more about the 2026 Ellul society conference here . Learn more about Theology Beer Camp 2026 here .

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  Episode #47

  Asceticism, Emotions & Disability - A Conversation With Petre Maican

  Apr 17, 20261h 8m

  In this episode, I speak with Petre Maican, an Eastern Orthodox theologian who’s applying the richness of his faith tradition to questions about disability—not only to inspire important theological conversations, but also to change how Orthodox churches approach community and disability on the ground. As you’ll hear in our conversation, Petre’s serious about this work. He’s responsible for two—not one, but two!—books on the topic. The first is one he authored ( The Aesthetics of Emotion , the other is one he edited ( Disability in the Greek Patristic Tradition ). Bio Dr. Petre Maican is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Eastern Christian Studies at Radboud University in the Netherlands. He holds a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of Aberdeen, along with an M.Th. and B.Th. from the University of Bucharest in Romania. His academic career includes roles as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Aberdeen and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at UCLouvain in Belgium. Dr. Maican has published extensively on ecumenism, ecclesiology, and disability theology. He is the author of Asceticism of Emotions: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to Inclusion and Deification and Modern Orthodox Theology: Introduction to Contemporary Debates , and editor of Disability in the Greek Patristic Tradition. Links Asceticism of Emotions (book): https://www.amazon.ca/Asceticism-Emotions-Orthodox-Approach-Inclusion-ebook/dp/B0DYWJCLBD Disability in the Greek Patristic Tradition (edited book): https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/disability-in-the-greek-patristic-tradition-9781978717077/ Website: https://www.petremaican.org/ Instagram: @orthodoxdisabilitytheology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Orthodox-Disability-Theology/61576371389072/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/orthodoxdisabilitytheology

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