Barney
@bjaspray.bsky.social
Trainee philosopher, theologian & teacher. Trying my best to live a faith that seeks understanding & to help others do the same.
Podcast at http://faithatthefrontiers.com
Podcast at http://faithatthefrontiers.com
Big conference in philosophical theology / philosophy of religion!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Big conference in philosophical theology / philosophy of religion!
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Friends, I'm excited to announce that my latest book is published Open Access and can be downloaded FREE on the publisher's page!
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www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
On the Significance of Religion in Immigration Policy | Barnabas Aspra
The pervasive role religion plays in immigration policy is universally acknowledged but not well understood. On the Significance of Religion in Immigration
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October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Friends, I'm excited to announce that my latest book is published Open Access and can be downloaded FREE on the publisher's page!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
My book is suddenly a LOT cheaper now it's in paperback!
Ricœur at the Limits of Philosophy | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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September 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My book is suddenly a LOT cheaper now it's in paperback!
A challenging episode about how to pursue political power in a cruciform manner:
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/82
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/82
#82 Cruciform Political Power - with Mike Gorman — Faith at the Frontiers
The power of the cross is weakness, according to the apostle Paul. How does that idea translate into the dog-eat-dog world of politics? In this episode we interview Dr. Mike Gorman, Raymond E. Bro...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A challenging episode about how to pursue political power in a cruciform manner:
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/82
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/82
Is hermeneutics the only way?
Delighted to see my article appear in Modern Theology (only 2 years after I wrote it)!
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Delighted to see my article appear in Modern Theology (only 2 years after I wrote it)!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Is hermeneutics the only way?
Delighted to see my article appear in Modern Theology (only 2 years after I wrote it)!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Delighted to see my article appear in Modern Theology (only 2 years after I wrote it)!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Really interesting episode with someone who's thought about this a lot!
80 Christian Patriotism is not Nationalism - with James Walters
YouTube video by Faith at the Frontiers
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July 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Really interesting episode with someone who's thought about this a lot!
My new book has a page! (that's not the cover though - must be some kind of holding image)
On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy
The pervasive role religion plays in immigration policy is universally acknowledged but not well understood. On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy explores the ways in which religion ...
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June 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My new book has a page! (that's not the cover though - must be some kind of holding image)
I recently made a page with EVERY episode of the past series produced with @eclasproject.bsky.social on Christian leadership in a scientific age!
faithatthefrontiers.com/series/chris...
faithatthefrontiers.com/series/chris...
Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science — Faith at the Frontiers
Partnered with ECLA S , this series explores the history of the supposed conflict between Christianity and science, the diverse range of perspectives from different cultures and ethnicities, and we ...
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June 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I recently made a page with EVERY episode of the past series produced with @eclasproject.bsky.social on Christian leadership in a scientific age!
faithatthefrontiers.com/series/chris...
faithatthefrontiers.com/series/chris...
I've created a page for my first ever podcast series on refugees. It has lost NONE of its relevance in the 4 years since it was made!
Series #1: Refugees — Faith at the Frontiers
This series asks global experts from a range of political perspectives this question: how should Christians respond to the growing number of refugees and forced migrants in the world? We interview e...
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June 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've created a page for my first ever podcast series on refugees. It has lost NONE of its relevance in the 4 years since it was made!
Hot take on Christian Nationalism
Love is not an executive order: what Christian Nationalism gets wrong | Seen & Unseen
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May 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hot take on Christian Nationalism
Listen to William Cavanaugh on Christian nationalism - a banger of an episode!
#78 Nationalism is its own religion - with William Cavanaugh by Faith at the Frontiers
Professor William Cavanaugh, author of Migrations of the Holy and The Uses of Idolatry, weighs in on the topic of nationalism. He argues that nationalism is a religion that rivals Christianity and is ...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Listen to William Cavanaugh on Christian nationalism - a banger of an episode!
Reposted by Barney
Here's a podcast about my book and my thoughts on Christian nationalism! Thanks to Barnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson for a great chat - have a listen if you have a free hour.
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/77
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/77
#77 European Nationalism & Constitutions - with Marietta van der Tol — Faith at the Frontiers
How can national constitutions persecute religious minorities? What would motivate them to do so, and is this motivation really Christian? These questions and others are addressed by Marietta van der...
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April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here's a podcast about my book and my thoughts on Christian nationalism! Thanks to Barnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson for a great chat - have a listen if you have a free hour.
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/77
faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/77
I proudly boast a top viewed article in Modern Theology!
April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I proudly boast a top viewed article in Modern Theology!
I buy and sell PDFs
I infodump.
March 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I buy and sell PDFs
New episode! "The E(x)vangelical Imagination" - with Karen Swallow Prior
#75 The E(x)vangelical Imagination - with Karen Swallow Prior — Faith at the Frontiers
Next up in our Exvangelicalism series, Karen Swallow Prior outlines some of the images that have shaped the social imaginary of evangelicals—for good and ill—and how that has impacted the experiences ...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New episode! "The E(x)vangelical Imagination" - with Karen Swallow Prior
Come work with me!
And don't be put off by the "ideally a priest" bit - it said that on my job ad too 😉
And don't be put off by the "ideally a priest" bit - it said that on my job ad too 😉
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January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come work with me!
And don't be put off by the "ideally a priest" bit - it said that on my job ad too 😉
And don't be put off by the "ideally a priest" bit - it said that on my job ad too 😉
New podcast episode: What is EXvangelicalism? faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/73
#73 What is EXvangelicalism - with Emma Feyas — Faith at the Frontiers
The second in our mini-series on Exvangelicalism. Emma Feyas is a PhD candidate researching exvangelicalism. She tells us about the history of the movement and provides insights both from scholarship ...
faithatthefrontiers.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New podcast episode: What is EXvangelicalism? faithatthefrontiers.com/episodes/73
Opposing solidarity with migrants & refugees = NOT being on God's side. Do we really want that?
God is on the side of refugees and migrants. All the vulnerable. He is with them.
January 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Opposing solidarity with migrants & refugees = NOT being on God's side. Do we really want that?
What is Evangelicalism?
It was an hono(u)r to have Mark Noll make an appearance on my podcast!
It was an hono(u)r to have Mark Noll make an appearance on my podcast!
#72 What is Evangelicalism? - with Mark Noll — Faith at the Frontiers
The first in our mini-series on Exvangelicalism. It makes sense to start by asking what Evangelicalism is! Professor Mark Noll is one of the world’s leading experts on the history of Evangelicalism...
faithatthefrontiers.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What is Evangelicalism?
It was an hono(u)r to have Mark Noll make an appearance on my podcast!
It was an hono(u)r to have Mark Noll make an appearance on my podcast!
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
"These are only criteria for judgment, however. The verdict they recommend will depend on the life of each and every Christian."
"These are only criteria for judgment, however. The verdict they recommend will depend on the life of each and every Christian."
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
“There is, then, a fundamental ambiguity at the heart of place, and it is this ambiguity that marks place as a deeply creaturely reality, one that provides possibility for intimate reconciled encounters with creatures and God…
“There is, then, a fundamental ambiguity at the heart of place, and it is this ambiguity that marks place as a deeply creaturely reality, one that provides possibility for intimate reconciled encounters with creatures and God…
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article
"By telling the human stories of processes that are often black-boxed by theory, historians who undertake to connect the post-war and the present will give us a new history of public opinion and expertise in Canadian democracy."
Not my punchiest sentence
"By telling the human stories of processes that are often black-boxed by theory, historians who undertake to connect the post-war and the present will give us a new history of public opinion and expertise in Canadian democracy."
Not my punchiest sentence
December 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
"These are only criteria for judgment, however. The verdict they recommend will depend on the life of each and every Christian."
"These are only criteria for judgment, however. The verdict they recommend will depend on the life of each and every Christian."
What is Exvangelicalism? New mini-series!
#71 What is Exvangelicalism? New mini-series! — Faith at the Frontiers
Over 400 million people in the world are classed as Evangelicals. In the USA, their association with the Republican Party has led to a lot of people rejecting the label and yet remaining quasi-Evangel...
faithatthefrontiers.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:08 PM
What is Exvangelicalism? New mini-series!
Is history a greater challenge to faith than science?
Final episode in our series on history!
Final episode in our series on history!
#70 A Greater Challenge to Faith? — Faith at the Frontiers
Is science or history a greater challenge to faith? In this episode, Austin argues that history is a far greater challenge than science. In that light, we review our long series on history and bring i...
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November 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Is history a greater challenge to faith than science?
Final episode in our series on history!
Final episode in our series on history!