What Divines Us

Episode 12: Modern Anti-Semitism

In this month's episode Rabbi Abram discusses with Pastor Matt modern examples of Anti-Semitism including the events at Colleyville, Texas, the banning of Maus, and the views of a local politician. However on a lighter note Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram begin the podcast by reflecting on religion in space also called Astrotheology.

Episode 11:Holiday Episode

In this special Holiday Episode of What Divines Us, Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram discuss Christmas and Hanukkah and offer useful tips on spelling Hanukkah.

Episode 10: Separation of Church and State

In this Episode Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram discuss what the separation of Church and State, or Faith and State as they call it, means for them. Then Pastor Matt describes what its like for a Facebook post to go viral. Also What Divines Us won an award!

Episode 9: Religion and Science

In this episode Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram answer a question from Matt's mom, "How does matrilineal descent work in Judaism?"

Then they have a discussion on the role science plays in religion.

They conclude with a follow up of on the event they organized called  Anchorage Unites for Remembrance and Hope event which was a memorial for those who died of Covid in Alaska and a way to honor healthcare workers.

Episode 8: A guide to apologizing

In Episode 8 of What Divines Us Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram introduce a new segment called "Questions from our moms."

Matt and Abram offer directions on making an apology that offers real reconciliation in Religious Toolbox.

For Pop Theology Rabbi Abram finds himself in a local and national conversation on anti-Semitism and discusses his conversation with the Anchorage Mayor.

Episode 7: The values of Faith communities

In Episode 7 Rabbi Abram and Pastor Matt are excited to invite a guest host, Pastor Joel Kiekintveld Co-Director of the Urban Training Collaborative and host of the podcast, The Anchored City.

https://anchoredcity.podbean.com

For Religion 101 they discuss the values of faith communities.

In Religious Toolbox Pastor Matt, Pastor Joel, and Rabbi Abram discuss a topic called Epistemic Responsibility.

In Pop Theology Pastor Matt, Pastor Joel, and Rabbi Abram talk about their favorite pop culture media.

Episode 6: Sermons and the Equality Act

In this episode of What Divines Us Rabbi Abram and Pastor Matt discuss their own sermon process for Religion 101. In their Pop Theology segment they talk about Sermon Gate and "argue" over the problems of plagiarized sermons. For their final segment Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram offer some religious pointers in favor of the Equality Act in their Religious Toolbox segment. Enjoy.

Episode 5: Counter Speech

In this episode of What Divines Us Rabbi Abram and Pastor Matt talk about their religion's definition of The Bible in Religion 101. In Pop Theology they argue whether the Constitution should be printed in the Bible. Finally in their new segment, Religious Toolbox, they discuss the value of Counter Speech when encountering acts of hate.

Episode 4: Civil Religion

In this episode Rabbi Abram and Reverend Matt argue over the dangers and benefits of civil religion. They also add a new segment called religious toolbox where Matt offers Christian tools on why one should get vaccinated.

Episode 3: Ritual

In this month's episode of WDU Pastor Matt and Rabbi Abram look at ritual. In Religion 101 they talk about the value of ritual in their faith communities. In Stray Dogma they discuss the problematic parts of ritual. In Pop Theology Rabbi Abram shows Pastor Matt how powerful ritual can be in a non-religious context with the infertility community