058 - Damon Garcia | From “Deliverance” to Liberation and The God Who Riots

Today on the pod we sit down for a conversation with Damon Garcia to discuss his story of faith and his new book The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus (Broadleaf Books, 2022) (available now wherever you buy books). Damon Garcia (he/him) is a writer, video essayist, and public theologian. His work is centered around the intersection between liberation and faith. He lives in Santa Maria, California.

Follow Damon’s work on Twitter and Instagram @whoisdamon

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Visit his website at DamonGarcia.com

Subscribe to his YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/damongarcia

On our #TwitBits intro today we discuss some heavy topics (TW/CW we discuss transphobia and threats toward the trans community).

If you want to skip straight to the interview feel free to jump ahead to the 32min mark.

We mention Matthew Paul Turner in this discussion and wanted to link to his twitter here. If you don’t follow MPT yet, you should go give him a follow and if you have a moment to send some encouragement his way we’d love it if you would go send him some love on Twitter (https://twitter.com/HeyMPT).

We also mention the event we will be attending that Brad Onishi from Straight White American Jesus Podcast is hosting in Denver this Nov. If you are interested in attending (in person or virtually) head over to find out more info and snag a ticket here: https://www.bradonishi.com/nationalism/

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