The Priest & The Prof
The Priest & The Prof is a conversation about faith, culture, and what it means to be a progressive Christian in the 21st century – without all the fire and brimstone. Join us at https://priestandprof.org.
Episodes
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe welcomes the Rev. Dr. Dan Brockway from Brockport First Baptist for a discussion of the history of the Baptist denomination and the split between the Southern Baptist Convention and the American Baptist Churches, as well as some similarities to and differences from the Episcopal tradition.
Full episode transcript available at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-50-Not-That-Kind-of-Baptist/
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Producer Carl Thorpe discuss virtual/hybrid church, how it differs from other mediated forms of worship, and how virtual/hybrid church can break down barriers for people.
Transcript available at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-49-Virtual-Church/
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe returns to the project of exploring her faith through rhetoric.
Full transcript available at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-48-A-Rhetoricians-Faith-II/
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May interviews Brother Jacob, a transgender Anglican Benedictine monk, about his winding spiritual journey to monastic life and his experience at Holy Cross Monastery.
This is the second part of a two part interview with Brother Jacob at The Holy Cross Monestary in the Hudson Valley, New York. The interview was recorded in September of 2025. The two parts of this interview are the last content with Rev. Deborah ...
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May interviews Brother Jacob, a transgender Anglican Benedictine monk, about his winding spiritual journey to monastic life and his experience at Holy Cross Monastery.
This is the first part of a two part interview with Brother Jacob at The Holy Cross Monestary in the Hudson Valley, New York. The interview was recorded in September of 2025. The two parts of this interview are the last content with Rev. Deborah t...
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May says farewell to The Priest & The Prof's audience.
Visit https://priestandprof.org/Episode-45-A-Farewell-from-Rev-Deborah/ for transcript.
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May interviews Linda Ketchum and Paul Pompili about "Save New York’s Rural Economy: A Journey of Empathy Caravan."
This interview, presented in its entirity, was recorded in September 2025 about an event that took place in August 2025. The discussion continues to be relevant today.
Transcript available at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-44-A-Journey-of-Empathy/.
Join Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe for a discussion about Armageddon and the end of the world.
Visit https://priestandprof.org/Episode-43-Armageddon/ for full transcript.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe describes the way her understanding of rhetorical history shapes her faith.
Full transcript at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-42-A-Rhetoricians-Faith/.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Carl Thorpe explore questions about prayer and the Bible in public schools and our experiences as educators.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe debunks the claim that America is a Christian nation and how God is embedded in our culture and politics.
Transcript at https://priestandprof.org/Episode-40-The-God-Problem/
We at The Priest & The Prof took a break from production over Holy Week and the week after Easter. We will return on April 16th with a new episode.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Producer Carl Thorpe talk about anger and argue that it isn't always wrong, harmful, or sinful.
Visit https://priestandprof.org/Episode-39-Anger/ for full transcript.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Producer Carl Thorpe discuss their relationship to place and how that impacts their faith and the Church.
Visit https://priestandprof.org/episode-38-place/ for transcript.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May talk about Biblical and other texts that address and represent the LGBTQ community, paying special attention to how those texts have been interpreted to express heteronormativity and "traditional" gender roles.
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the origins of Christ in the Gospels of Mark and John, paying particular attention to how these narratives relate to empire.
Rev. Deborah solo-casts again, this time exploring the origins of Jesus Christ, as told in the Gospels of Mark and John, through the lens of gender.
In this solo-cast, Rev. Deborah Duguid-May explores the origins of Jesus as told in the Gospels of Mark and John, which do not have traditional birth narratives.
Merry Christmas from all of us at The Priest & The Prof. We will return with a new episode on January 8th.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss the impact of living under the oppression of the Roman Empire in the Nativity Story in this third part of our six part series on the birth of Christ.
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