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60 episodes
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Matthew Myer Boulton - SALT ProjectExplicit
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Date created
2020/11/24
Latest episode
2026/04/20
Average duration
21 min.
Release period
14 days
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Welcome to “Strange New World,” a show about understanding the Bible, the world’s most influential, misunderstood book - a podcast tailor-made for skeptics, believers, and everybody in between. Hosted by SALT’s own Matthew Myer Boulton, who’s spent twenty years teaching the Bible and theology to students at Harvard Divinity School and seminaries in New England and the Midwest, “Strange New World” will take a fresh look at the world’s bestselling book of all time, the ancient community library we call “the Bible.” The show’s title, “Strange New World,” is borrowed from an essay written by a Swiss theologian a hundred years ago, in which he wrote of “the strange new world within the Bible,” a world so ancient, so different, so familiar, so strange that it presses us to think new thoughts from new points of view, “to dare and to reach,” and ultimately “to grow out beyond ourselves.”
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The Bible and Climate Change - Part Two: Jesus
2026/04/20
Part Two of our two-part series, “The Bible and Climate Change” - exploring what Jesus has to do with climate change, zeroing in on his last public teaching, the final words he wants ringing in our ears. Drop us a line at [email protected].
The Bible and Climate Change - Part One: Genesis
2026/04/13
Rethinking the Bible from the ground up, in the face of the greatest global challenge in human history. In this episode, we start with Genesis, and uncover how "climate change" - though it's never mentioned in the Bible - is on virtually every page. Drop us a line at [email protected].
Understanding Easter - Part Seven: Rethinking Easter
2026/03/31
Rethinking the holiday from the ground up, with help from Mary Magdalene and one of the most harrowing, fascinating stories in scripture: the story of Rizpah.
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Six: Holy Week
2026/03/26
What’s the greatest work of art in Christian history? And how can Berry’s Sabbath poems and Matisse’s Chapel of the Rosary, which Matisse himself considered his masterpiece, help us understand the many mysteries in the holiest week of the Christian Year?
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Five: Cross
2026/03/17
Why was Jesus, an unarmed, peasant rabbi, seen as such a threat to the powers that be (including the mighty Roman Empire) that they had him killed? The prophet Ezekiel gives us a clue, and Berry’s poem about resurrection and Matisse’s transformative painting shed light on the deep meanings of the cross.
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Four: Sight
2026/03/10
The story of the cross, and many of the stories leading up to it, contain a kind of trap – and if we’re not careful, it’ll catch us unaware. The story of Jesus and the man born blind is no exception, and as we explore it, Wendell Berry and Henri Matisse can help us “see.”
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Three: Lines
2026/03/03
Guided by Wendell Berry’s poems and Henri Matisse’s line drawings, a romp through time, eternity, “eternal life,” the Sabbath - and the often overlooked way many of the Bible’s books, including the Gospel of John, generate meaning.
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Two: Light
2026/02/23
A deeper dive into Henri Matisse’s luminous vision of the artist, Wendell Berry’s meditations on divine joy, and one of the most famous (and misunderstood) verses in the New Testament, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world…”
Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part One: Trust
2026/02/17
In this episode, we explore how both Wendell Berry’s practice of Sabbath walking (and writing) and Henri Matisse’s approach to “realism” can shed light on Matthew’s famous story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness.
The Poetry of Christmas - Part Four: The Question
2025/12/17
It's a question at the heart of everything: What is love, anyway? It’s nothing less than the key to understanding God, Jesus’ teachings, and Christmas itself, and yet we rarely explore what it really means. With E. E. Cummings and Mary Oliver as our guides, we set out to find an answer.
The Poetry of Christmas - Part Three: Heaven and Nature
2025/12/09
An exploration of Jesus' puzzling answer to John the Baptizer's question, Mary Oliver's fascinating response to the question, "What is a poem?", and E. E. Cummings' dazzling meditation on the cosmic, intimate, joyful dimensions of Christmas.
The Poetry of Christmas - Part Two: The Way
2025/12/02
A deep dive into baptism, "the wheat and the chaff," whether poetry can be “true,” and how E. E. Cummings, Mary Oliver, and the wonder of creation can help us understand “the Way” at the heart of Advent and Christmas.
The Poetry of Christmas - Part One: The Dawn Chorus
2025/11/26
How the Bible is made of poetry, and how Mary Oliver, E. E. Cummings, and the wonder of creation can help us hear Jesus’ call for this Advent and Christmas season: “Keep awake. Be ready.”
Understanding Church - Part Five: Humility
2025/10/21
An exploration of how, for Jesus, humility is the key to the mission of the church, the essential stance without which mercy, faith, praise, and justice can become distorted and dangerous.
Understanding Church - Part Four: Justice
2025/10/15
In this episode, we take on one of the most controversial and perplexing questions when it comes to “justice”: should the church be mixed up in politics? Jesus’ answer might surprise you.
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Invent Boston 2025/12/22
Meaningful
Each episode gives me a new mindset, lens, to be and see the world. The podcast deepens me so i want to share it with my friends so we share this new ...
HollyBolly :) 2025/12/11
A Perspective Worth Seeing and Hearing
This podcast is such a blessing to me. Finally - someone who really GETS the Bible and it’s good news for all people. Finally, someone who helps us le...
Rev Mo-Lev 2024/12/24
Wonderful podcast!
I love this podcast. Matthew Myer Bolton is always giving new and insightful ideas that enhance my preaching. Thank you for your work!
Stellahorse 2024/04/05
Good content but….
The content is terrific theologically and creatively. But the music that plays underneath the spoken word through much of the podcast is terribly dis...
Jvb27 2024/03/27
Brings understanding and mystery
Thoughtful and new ways of seeing old stories. Always make me think and grow spiritually
TruthandLove60 2024/02/28
Thank you!
Deep knowledgable history, teaching, and insight to show a loving inclusive God.
Amen
irishsoul 2023/12/10
Stimulates both heart and mind
The Night Before Christmas series has been so stimulating. I am facilitating a small group discussion at my church in exploration of Advent, and we fi...
Chaplain KKH 2023/04/08
Inspired!
Thank you, thank you to the creators of this podcast. I have come to look forward to your voice and insights in these pivotal seasons of the liturgica...
lacyface30 2023/03/03
Enlightening and thoughtful
As an artist I am drawn to their series focusing on art and artists. They are beautiful and so well researched and so very thoughtful. I love these an...
zKDWzz 2022/12/07
A work of art
Through a masterful weaving of images and ideas Matthew Myer Boulton invites us into the creative discovery of the relevance of biblical scripture in ...
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