Subversive Orthodoxy
Major themes of the podcast: contemplation, the self, cosmic humility, creativity, serving those in need, and more.
Outlaws, Revolutionaries, and Other Christians in Disguise
This podcast is for listeners who no longer fit comfortably within dominant religious or political categories and who remain committed to truth, responsibility, and love of neighbor.
The conversations here are shaped by the book Subversive Orthodoxy and the wider body of literature it engages — theological, philosophical, and literary voices who take faith seriously as a way of seeing and inhabiting the world.
Episodes explore how an ancient faith continues to form human dignity, responsibility, and hope inside modern life. The emphasis falls on formation, attention, and meaning. Through conversation, reflection, and creative engagement, the show works to recover humility, restore attention, and re-humanize our neighbors in a distracted age.
If this way of thinking resonates, you're welcome to listen and join the ongoing work.
Hosted by:
Travis Mullen and Robert "Larry" Inchausti, Professor Emeritus of English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Subversive Orthodoxy
Latest Episodes
The Story of "the 21" — What Is Freedom? Part Five (Field Notes #25)
Image used with permission by the artist. Mural by Kirollos Kilada in the St. Pope Kyrillos VI Chapel at St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church in Irvine, CA. Artist’s Website: https://kkilada.com/Church’s Websi...
The Disarming Witness — What Is Freedom? Part Four (Field Notes #24)
Freedom is one of those words everyone loves until you ask what it costs and what it’s for. We’re chasing a kind of freedom that doesn’t look like victory in a movie: a freedom that does not fight back, cannot be threatened into compliance, and...
Biblical Freedom — What Is Freedom? Part Three (Field Notes #23)
We go back to Eden and trace a biblical definition of freedom that looks like shalom: wholeness, harmony, and life in proper order with God, others, and creation. We connect that storyline to Exodus, Sabbath, Jesus’ confrontation with the power...
Episode #22: Ask Me About My Vow of Silence: Thomas Merton, the True Self, and a Faith Without Easy Answers
Episode SynopsisThomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery seeking a life of prayer, contemplation, and silence. He somehow became one of the most widely read spiritual writers of the twentieth century.In this episode of Subve...
Freedom According to Various Disciplines - What is Freedom? Part Two - (Field Notes #21)
We pick apart why “freedom” causes so many arguments by comparing the major definitions that shape politics, psychology, and moral philosophy. We end by naming what nearly all of them miss and why that gap pushes us toward a bigger story in par...
