Ch 1: No Group, Only Group Formation

Episode 1 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Introduce the project and research site as a whole; the purpose and approach of this account; myself as researcher, storyteller, and faith leader; some relevant social framing and theory; and two of the story's other central characters, Hannah and Sam.

Preliminary draft completed: January 31, 2021

Rough cut assembled: December 18, 2021

Table of Contents:

00:00 | Cold Open: A Church that Doesn’t Look Like Church | p. 5

08:52 | Act 1: Why We’re Here | p. 8

23:39 | Break 1: Elizabeth Drescher and Robert Putnam | p. 14

37:16 | Act 2: Godly Play, the Remix | p. 19

45:52 | Break 2: Bruno Latour | p. 23

50:22 | Coda: Tapestry Is the Weaving | p. 25