On this episode Trista’s guest is Krystal Grizzle, Director of Events and Hospitality at Phillips Theological Seminary and Bedford House. Grizzle, a dedicated poll worker in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, strives to make casting a ballot a good experience for voters. She also shares information on the security of the election process.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

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On this episode Trista’s guest is Stephanie A. Budwey, the Associate Professor of Sacred Music and Dean of the Chapel at Austin Seminary. Budwey's teaching and research focus on the relationships between social justice issues, liturgy, and the arts, particularly in congregational song.

A member of the Episcopal Church, she has many years of practical experience having worked in churches of various denominations and contexts as organist and choir director. She currently serves as organist at First Presbyterian Church of Austin.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

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Welcome to “Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life” with Trista Soendker Nicholson. She is the executive director of the Center for Religion in Public Life at Phillips Theological Seminary.

On this episode Trista’s guests are students who were part of an immersion course in the Washington, D.C. area. The seminary’s immersion experiences are a part of the seminary’s regular course offerings. Whether in D.C., on the northern border of Mexico, or Palestine/Israel, these classes provide opportunities for transformation.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

Explore our degree programs at https://ptstulsa.edu/prospective-students/programs-of-study/.

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On this episode of “Faithful Disruption,” Trista’s guest is Jessica Hill. She is a middle school civics teacher in the Kansas City area. She was also the teacher for both of Trista’s children.

Jessica is the perfect person to provide a refresher lesson in Civics 101 as we get closer to the November midterm elections.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

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On this episode of “Faithful Disruption,” Trista’s guest is U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. He has represented Rhode Island in the United States Senate since 2007. The senator has a reputation as an advocate for progressive values and a thoughtful legislator capable of reaching across the aisle to achieve bipartisan solutions.

Whitehouse has given hundreds of Senate floor speeches about climate change and asserted that politically conservative “dark money” groups are corrupting the federal government to prevent climate action, and other reasons.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

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On this episode, Trista’s guest is Chris Shannahan, author of Life on the Breadline: Theology, Poverty and Politics in an Age of Austerity. He is an Associate Professor in Political Theology at Coventry University’s Research Centre for Peace and Security in Coventry, UK.

Chris served in a variety of teaching and ministry roles, including as a Methodist Minister in inner-city London and Birmingham and a community organizer. His grassroots experience provided the grounding for his research in urban theology, sociology of religion and diversity studies and the basis of his PhD, within which he developed the first critical analysis of urban theology in the UK.

As always, you can reach Trista at the Center for Religion in Public Life by emailing: crpl@ptstulsa.edu.

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On this episode of “Faithful Disruption: Religion in Public Life,” our host, Trista Soendker Nicholson, takes us to Cambridge, England for a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Chaplin. They discuss the unique differences and similarities surrounding issues of church and state in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Jonathan is a specialist in Christian political theology and a fellow of Wesley House, Cambridge Theological Federation, where he works with the Centre for Faith in Public Life. He is also the author of Beyond Establishment: Resetting Church-State Relations in England published in 2022, and Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity released in 2021.

From 2006 to 2017, he was director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics in Cambridge, and from 1999 to 2006 he was associate professor of political theory at the Institute of Christian Studies (ICS) in Toronto. He held the Dooyeweerd Chair in Social and Political Philosophy at ICS from 2004 to 2006 and was visiting lecturer in Christian social and political thought at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2007 to 2011.

He is a research fellow of the Canadian Christian think-tank Cardus. He also wrote, Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosopher of State and Civil Society (2011). He has edited or co-edited nine other works and published many articles and book chapters in the field.

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Kelli Driscoll Crews and Emilee Bounds discuss the importance and value of community organizing in this episode of Faithful Disruption with Trista Soendker Nicholson.

They share how community organizing isn't just about problems. It's about people connecting and building solutions together.

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