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Hosted by Princeton Theological Seminary President Jonathan Lee Walton, PhD, Expanding the Table gathers leading voices in history, theology, and public life to explore questions of faith, leadership, and justice. As a learning community, Princeton Seminary strives to continuously expand the table by welcoming new and diverse perspectives and offering accessible resources to educate and enrich the church and the larger world. This podcast series encourages listeners to contemplate matters of spirituality and theology through different lenses, as they shape their own ministries, churches, and communities, guided by faith, scholarship, integrity, competence, compassion, and joy.
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In this episode, Senator Warnock reflects on his new book, “The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America,” drawn from his longtime sermon inspired by Isaiah 40. He breaks down the moral stakes behind the issues affecting everyday Americans: voting rights and voter suppression, healthcare access, mass incarceration, gun violence, Climate change, and more.
Dr. Howard Koh, Harvard University professor
Dr. Nathan Stucky, The Farminary Project Director
Dr. Suzanne Watts Henderson, Senior Director of Faith & Health for Interfaith America
Dr. Almeda Wright, Yale Divinity School Professor of Religious Education
Dr. Peniel Joseph, The University of Texas at Austin professor
Episode 1 Guest | Sen. Raphael Warnock U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock joins President Walton on Expanding the Table to discuss how his identity as a pastor shapes his work in the Senate — and why American politics desperately needs a moral imagination.
A history-maker, Warnock is the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Georgia and only the second African American to represent a southern state in the Senate since Reconstruction. For the past two decades, he has also served as senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, in Atlanta, Georgia — the youngest person to ever hold that role at the spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Episode 2 Guest | Dr. Lisa Miller President Walton welcomes Dr. Lisa Miller to discuss the connection between spirituality, adolescent mental health, and emotional well-being in this episode of Expanding the Table.
In this episode, Dr. LIsa Miller, a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, shares research on how spiritual development can strengthen resilience and protect against depression and substance abuse in teenagers.
Drawing on insights from her books “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life” and “The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving,” Miller explains how spirituality — regardless of religious affiliation — can be a powerful protective factor for adolescent mental health.
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