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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
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The Bible and Climate Change - Part One: Genesis
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Seven: Rethinking Easter
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Six: Holy Week
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Five: Cross
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Four: Sight
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Three: Lines
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part Two: Light
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Jesus, Wendell, and Henri - Part One: Trust
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The Poetry of Christmas - Part Four: The Question
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Poetry of Christmas - Part Three: Heaven and Nature
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Poetry of Christmas - Part Two: The Way
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The Poetry of Christmas - Part One: The Dawn Chorus
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Understanding Church - Part Five: Humility
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Understanding Church - Part Four: Justice
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Understanding Church - Part Three: Praise
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Understanding Church - Part Two: Faith
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Understanding Church - Part One: Mercy
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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After Easter: Politics, the Bible, and What Comes Next
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Seven: "Wheatfields with Crows"
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Swords into Ploughshares: Politics, the Bible, and the Heart of Holy Week
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Six: "Starry Night"
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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What Shall We Do? Politics, the Bible, and the Power of Tenderness
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Five: "Shoes"
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Four: "The Sower"
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Three: "Almond Blossom"
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part Two: "Sunflowers"
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Gospel According to Vincent - Part One: "Still Life with Bible"
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Politics, the Bible, and the 2024 Election
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part Six: Free to Go
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part Five: The Camel and the Needle
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part Four: How Jesus Reads Scripture
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part Three: Peace is the Way
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part Two: Signature Move
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Understanding Jesus - Part One: Crossroads
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Six: The Challenge of Palm Sunday
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Five: What Resurrection Is For
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Four: The Great Reversal
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Three: Why Was Jesus Killed?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Two: Ten Ways of Looking at the Cross
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Understanding Easter - Part One: The Beginning
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The Night before Christmas: Part Four
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The Night before Christmas: Part Three
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The Night before Christmas: Part Two
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The Night before Christmas: Part One
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Four: Rethinking Christmas
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Three: Heart of the Matter
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Two: Silent Night
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part One: Hope Against Hope
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Seven: Rethinking Easter
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Six: The Challenge of Palm Sunday
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Five: What Resurrection Is For
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Four: The Great Reversal
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Three: Why Was Jesus Killed?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part Two: Ten Ways of Looking at the Cross
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Understanding Easter - Part One
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Four
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Three
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part Two
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Understanding Christmas - Part One
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Nov 24, 2020 |