Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast

    On decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity.

    Season 11, Farewell Evangelicalism, coming soon.

    Hosted by Rohadi Nagassar. Author of “When We Belong”; “Thrive”; and “Soul Coats”; co-pastor of A Beautiful Table, social entrepreneur, & non-profit developer. Recording on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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    Rohadi Nagassar

    Rohadi writes and speaks on the topics of decolonizing, liberation, and deconstructing Christianity. He holds a Business Certificate from Mount Royal College, a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Divinity from Canadian Theological Seminary.

    He has co-launched three churches including A Beautiful Table (online) and an inner-city multi-ethnic expressions called Cypher Church. He has written extensively in the areas of missions and church leadership, including his book, “Thrive. Ideas to lead the church in post-Christendom”. Find Rohadi’s latest publication, “When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins.”

    His experience includes non-profit work in both governance and organizational development. He is the past-chair of ACT Alberta, one of the largest anti-human trafficking NGOs in Canada, and a current director with Mosaic Ministries. Rohadi’s private sector experience includes twenty years running a marketing and communications consultancy firm.

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    Recent Episodes

    #78 – Beyond Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma

    #78 – Beyond Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma

    Prasanta Verma's debut book, Beyond Ethnic Loneliness, is the topic for our conversation. If you're not white then you have at some point or another, maybe even recently, have fielded the question, "so what are you?" or "where are you really from?" Trying to fit into...

    #77 – How Ableism Fuels Racism with Lamar Hardwick

    #77 – How Ableism Fuels Racism with Lamar Hardwick

    One of the top books for Christian non-fiction in 2024, Lamar Hardwick joins Rohadi on the show to talk about his latest book and the topic: How Ableism Fuels Racism. This eye opening connection between disability and racism will shift paradigms for listeners. This episode is released as full hour long conversation. We begin the conversation surrounding the historical formation of white supremacy in America, tied to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and connect the dots to the root source of anti-Blackness: ableism. As soon as white supremacy becomes about bodies, something must be developed to build an understanding certain bodies (white) are more valuable than others (Black and Indigenous). What those factors are ranging from intellect to supposed inherent biological traits, are built on the ruse of “disability”. We interrogate not only historical formation but how the same factors remain at play in the present with the policing of Black bodies including other intersections like health and faith. This conversation ends with a cursory view on the theological underpinnings of ableist theology that not only look at contributing bodies of work from Black or brown traditions as inferior, but also how the disabled Christ is sanitized to accommodate white superiority and thought.

    About Pastor Lamar Hardwick:

    ? Publishers Weekly starred review

    “Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades.”–Publishers Weekly

    Lamar Hardwick lives in the Atlanta region and is a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar speaking and writing at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. How Ableism Fuels Racism engages Christian communities in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism–the idea that certain bodies are better than others–and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church.  He calls the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice.

    #75 – T.C. Moore on the Chosen Family and his Book “Forged”

    #75 – T.C. Moore on the Chosen Family and his Book “Forged”

    Forged: Following Jesus into a new kind of family. That's TC Moore's book title. We talk about what it looks like to redeem the language around family given so many have bad experiences in their own families, and in churches that use that type of language. You may be...

    Bonus: Advent 4 – Advent and the Blues

    Bonus: Advent 4 – Advent and the Blues

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    Bonus: Advent 3 – Peace Makers

    Bonus: Advent 3 – Peace Makers

    Give Peace a Chance? I've been thinking about this a lot lately following the violence in Gaza and Israel. What unique thought can I possibly add to the corpus of material and calls to action already online? Nothing really. I also think about how we ought to respond....

    Bonus: Advent 2 – Joy from the Margins

    Bonus: Advent 2 – Joy from the Margins

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