The Priest & the Prof

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

April 24, 2025 35 mins

Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss artificial intelligence and some of its implications in communication, ethics, and theology.

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Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss immigration from a Biblical and legal perspective.  Rev. Deborah shares her immigrant story. Dr. Thorpe discusses her story of American roots.

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March 20, 2025 26 mins

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss Mary Magdalene and how narratives about women have been decentered and obscured by those who benefit from an imbalance of power.

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March 6, 2025 34 mins

Content warning: Discussion of violence, murder, and sexual assualt directed at LGBTQIA+ persons.

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss events from their local community and how the responsibilities people have to each other.

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February 20, 2025 26 mins

In this episode, Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the controversy surrounding Bishiop Mariann Budde's sermon delivered at the prayer service attended by President Donald Trump on the day after his second inauguration.

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February 6, 2025 37 mins

In this episode Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe define Christian Nationalism. They discuss how religion has played into America’s history, both as a legal framework and a narrative. Rev. Deborah compares that to South Africa and notes how different the impact of patriotism and religion is in other parts of the world. The consider the imp...

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January 30, 2025 2 mins

We are taking one week off of production.  We had our church's annual meeting, other new year tasks, and the start of the college semester in short order.  We will be back next week with a new episode.

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January 16, 2025 32 mins

In this episode about the body, Rev. Deborah Duguid-May shares her love for the physical world, while Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe is a bit skeptical. They explore how their attitudes impact their relationships and their faith.

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January 2, 2025 49 mins

In this impassioned episode, Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth discuss their love and exploration of language. They talk about the cultural differences in how they approach language, and the challenges of translation and interpretation.

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December 19, 2024 27 mins

In this episode, Reverend Deborah and Elizabeth try to work through their feelings about the election and its aftermath. They discuss not just the politics of the last year, but different perspectives on parties, global and local relationships, and the media.

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December 5, 2024 44 mins

In this episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth talk about the relationship (and tension) between the Queer community and the Christian community. They discuss their experience with the church and how it has treated the LGBTQIA+ community and the history of the Queer movement in America, and how that has differed from the international community.

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November 22, 2024 19 secs

Dr. M. Eiizabeth Thorpe shares a brief note about the election.  Due to travel and work committments, our team has not yet been able to come together to record and produce episodes since the election.

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November 21, 2024 27 mins

In this very spirited episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth discuss their very different understandings of death. Elizabeth recounts her fearful understanding of death because of its connection to sin and damnation, while Rev. Deborah describes it as a beautiful transition into something better.

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November 7, 2024 40 mins

In this episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth talk about the history of the women's movement and the connections between their faith journey and feminism. They talk about their experiences as women in church, and how that has shaped them.

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October 24, 2024 34 mins

In this episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth talk about the miracle of creation. They discuss their very different attitudes toward time outdoors and how our conversations about nature are a problem not just for politics and science but for the faithful as well.  Find us at https://priestandprof.org.

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October 10, 2024 34 mins

In this episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth explore poverty and how it is a policy choice. They describe examples from South Africa and Jim Crow America as illustrations of how poverty is enshrined into the law and ask what is required of us as people of faith because of that.  Visit us at https://priestandprof.org.

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September 26, 2024 37 mins

In this introductory episode Rev. Deborah and Elizabeth describe their different backgrounds and how they have affected their outlooks on Christianity, and the Episcopol Church, specifically. They explore the difference between a rules based faith vs. relationship, and the different ways they connect to the Church.  Find us at https://priestandprof.org.

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