Hocus Pocus: The Pledge, Turn, and Prestige of Faith

Join my friends and I on March 14th for a unique day of talks, workshops, reflections, music, magic and general mayhem based on the themes of my new book The Divine Magician. This event will be of interest to those interested in the theory and practice of Future Church (Pastors, youth leaders, and students). We’ll be exploring innovative and subversive ways of rethinking the role of church life, ones that question old orthodoxies, open up new paths that embrace doubt, complexity and ambiguity and which question age old distinctions between theism and atheism, faith and the faithless, spirituality and materiality.

Then, in the evening, we’ll all descend onto the Monkish Brewing Company where there’ll be a live Homebrewed Christianity event on the themes of the conference, a closing party with live music and close-up magic and the launch of a speciality Lenten beer lovingly crafted by New Testament scholar turned Brew Master Henry Nguyen (the first one’s on us).

And, as if that wasn’t enough, anyone who’s around the night before can come out for pre-game drinks.

There are only 50 places for the event and the cost doesn’t include dinner.

Guests

I’m excited to announce that the now infamous “pastor-turned-atheist-for-a-year” will be joining us for the day. Ryan Bell recently shot to international attention when he started a personal thought-experiment in which he decided to live as an atheist for a year. Within a week he’d lost two jobs and was bailed out of financial ruin (at least temporarily) by supporters from outside the theistic fold. Ryan is a personal friend and I’m grateful that he’s taken time out to speak at our intimate gathering.

Tripp Fuller is well known for standing at the helm of the inimitable Homebrewed Christianity podcast. This much loved show has gained an international reputation for encouraging critical and creative thinking amongst those interested in theological theory and practice. In addition to this he’s currently finishing his PhD in the Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University.

One-time evangelical pastor Tad DeLay left his community and turned to critical theory to explore the nature of religion, faith and future church. I’m excited for his input in the day as he brings a wealth of understanding pulled from the branches of psychoanysis, theology and philosophy. He’s also a musician and is completing a PhD at Claremont Graduate University. He holds an MA in Theology and Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA in psychology.

…more to be announced…

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