The Religious Treehouse

By: Matthew Day and Jodie Alderette
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  • Welcome to the Religious Treehouse! Remember when you were a kid and would have deep conversations in a treehouse-like setting? That’s what we’re trying to recreate here! Hosts, Jodie Alderette and Matthew Day, attempt to discuss the important topics surrounding religion in a fun, exciting, and academic fashion. With Matthew’s specialty in Hebrew Bible, expect lots of Hebrew Bible episodes, but we hope to present a wide variety of Religions and Religious Practices, too. This isn’t your average Bible Study!
    Matthew Day and Jodie Alderette
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Episodes
  • #9 An Excursion into Terminology

    #9 An Excursion into Terminology
    Jan 5 2025

    Happy New Year! In this episode, Jodie and Matthew discuss a variety of terms that they think are worth discussing, including the name of God, pronouns of God, the dating system we use, differentiating people groups, the Difference between the different collections in the Bible, the differences between Religious Studies and Biblical Studies and Theological studies, ending with a conversation on ethnocentrism. Exciting stuff. We know.

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    Twitter/X: @TheRELTreehouse

    Bluesky: @TheRELTreehouse

    Instagram: @TheReligiousTreehouse

    TikTok: @thereligioustreehouse

    Email: TheReligiousTreehouse@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #8 Jonah and Satire

    #8 Jonah and Satire
    Dec 29 2024

    Jonah is a well-known story for kids, but why do people stop talking about it after they’ve grown up? Jodie and Matthew attempt to strip away the Veggietales-ification of this fascinating story to get into the fascinating Biblical satire that is the Book of Jonah. And no, it’s not a whale. It’s a fish.

    Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

    Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah by Phyllis Trible

    Strawn, Brent A. “Vocatio Interrupta: Jonah’s Call, Jonah’s, Silence, and Form Criticism.” In

    Historical Settings, Intertextuality, and Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Marvin A.

    Sweeney, edited by Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Tyler D. Mayfield, and Hye Kyung Park, 77-

    94. Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2022.

    Follow our socials and reach out to us with thoughts or questions!

    Twitter/X: @TheRELTreehouse

    Bluesky: @TheRELTreehouse

    Instagram: @TheReligiousTreehouse

    TikTok: @thereligioustreehouse

    Email: TheReligiousTreehouse@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #7: Our Christmas Story

    #7: Our Christmas Story
    Dec 22 2024

    Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

    The Religious Treehouse has taken a turn from an attempt to be academic to have a nice fun chat about Christmas. After discussing some of the hosts’ favorite things about Christmas, they continue last week's conversation by discussing the movie/musical “Journey to Bethlehem” and Matthew ends the conversation with some introspection for the podcast.

    Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

    Movie: “Journey to Bethlehem” directed by Adam Anders, 2023

    Follow our socials and reach out to us with thoughts or questions!

    Twitter/X: @TheRELTreehouse

    Bluesky: @TheRELTreehouse

    Instagram: @TheReligiousTreehouse

    TikTok: @thereligioustreehouse

    Email: TheReligiousTreehouse@gmail.com
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    48 mins

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