Beer Christianity
Faith, hops and love. Beer Christianity is a progressive Christian podcast that blends faith, politics and culture with pub chat.
Interviews with thinkers, artists and theologians. Honest, authentic discussions of theology and society. Almost no real understanding of beer. Expect all this and a bunch of laughs as we try to deconstruct, reconstruct and unf*ck our Christianity with fear, trembling and a couple of drinks.
Pour a pint, put your feet up and listen your way into a different kind of Christian podcast. A fresh alternative to conservative Christian podcasts that fail to question anything and deconstructing podcasts that see nothing in evangelicalism worth saving.
Expect strong political views, open religious dialogue and the occasional shambles in the ‘studio’.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 114 - Greenbelt Festival 2025 review
Episode 113: Sim Kern, author of Genocide Bad - Jewishness and antizionism
Episode 112: The uncontrolling God - Simon Cross and Thomas Oord
What if God wasn’t all-powerful? What if you already held a theology that the mainstream Church saw as heretical? What are Process Theology and Open and Relational Theology?
Simon Cross and Thomas O…
Episode 111 - Dan McClellan - the Bible, TikTok and right-wing identity politics
Episode 110 - Naomi Nixon of the Student Christian Movement
What can good church look like? What is 'success' if you're a progressive Christian? Do Christians who aren't conservative have to give up on things like evangelism and outreach?
After a little brea…
Episode 109- The true meaning of Christmas - Yuletide, Luigi and our new magazine: S(h)ibboleth
What is the true meaning of Christmas? Is there such a thing?
What is the Luigi Mangione situation all about? Do we buy the billionaire and media narrative that he (or whoever The Adjuster is) shoul…
Episode 108 - Tony Campolo: remembering the man with archive interview
Tony Campolo, the Baptist preacher, sociologist, Red Letter Christian and ceaseless campaigner for a Christian vision of social justice, has died.
In this episode, we pay tribute to Tony in the best…
Episode 107 - Religion and the Right: Helen Paynter on the Bible and fighting fascism
The Far Right is on the rise. And, increasingly, fascists and proto-fascists are using Christian language and imagery to justify their position.
What should a Christian response be? Can we really s…
Episode 106: Brian McLaren - hope in uncertain futures - plus S(h)ibboleth announcement
Brian McLaren is one of the most important and influential voices in the Christian deconstruction movement. He's also one hell of a nice guy.
Brian's influence on the post-evangelical Church is hard…
Episode 105 - SHORT - October 8th and everything after - with Christians for Palestine
One year on from the attacks of October 7th 2023, and from the disproportionate Israeli campaign of violence that followed, it is more important than ever for Christians and all people who care about…
Episode 104 - David Benjamin Blower - Art, anarchism and not deconstructing
David Benjamin Blower is a musician, poet, podcaster and theologian who you may have encountered on the Nomad podcast, his Messianic Folklore podcast or the Common Era podcast (described as 'conversa…
Episode 103 - Steve Chalke: th eonly Oasis interview you need
Did we make a joke about the reunion tour? Definitely maybe.
Steve Chalke is founder of Oasis, a hugely significant charity most famous for its youthwork initiatives and other social impact subbrand…
Episode 102: Flamy Grant - Drag, Christian music and authenticity
Flamy Grant is the first drag artist ever to top the iTunes Christian charts, with her soulful songs about growing up queer in the Bible Belt of the US and navigating faith, Scripture, gender and sex…
Episode 101 Greenbelt festival 2024 review
The greatest festival in the world did not disappoint in 2024.
Greenbelt: Dream On was lovely, and we're here to tell you why.
If you were not there (or if you've never been to Greenbelt) we're here…
Episode 100 - Greenbelt, reconstructing and deconstructing with Paul Northup
Warning: This podcast just got that big dawg in it!
On Beer Christianity's 100th episode, we are joined by Paul Northup, Creative Director of Greenbelt Festival, to talk about the challenges fac…
Episode 99: Election special with Bella Cross, queer Christian political educator
It's election time in the UK and USA, that magical season when people of conscience and intelligence are told to hold their noses, ignore the stink of corruption and compromise, and vote for one of t…
Episode 98: Jürgen Moltmann (1926-2024) - Archive interview with the theologian of hope
The sad news of the passing of Professor Jürgen Moltmann prompted us to revisit the richness of his thought and the gracious wisdom of his style with this interview from 2013.
From concerns tha…
Episode 97: Deconstruction (Part I) - Deconstructing and reconstructing our faith (with special guests)
Christian deconstruction: depending on your theology, it's either a dangerous movement of postmodernism in the Church, seducing young people away from orthodoxy, or a new Reformation of Christistian…
Episode 96: SHO(R)T - Christians and Palestine: Why it matters and why you should care
No Laura, Malky or Drabs, just Jonts and a bottle o…
Episode 95: Nakba Day at the Oxford Palestine solidarity encampment
To mark Nakba Day 2024, Beer Christianity co-host Laura visits our local protest encampment to hear from the demonstrators at our local Gaza solidarity…