Author

About the Author
Dr. Johanna Hartelius is Associate Professor of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of The Rhetoric of Expertise (Lexington, 2011) and the forthcoming book The Gifting Logos: Expertise in the Digital Commons (University of California Press, 2020). When she's not explaining to Crackers and Grape Juice that rhetoric means something other than ornamentation and lies, she teaches graduate and undergraduate classes and tries to raise two little humans. Johanna is the host of You're Not Accepted.

Episode 32 – Priesthood

It is often said that one of the GREATEST ideas to come out of the Reformation was the priesthood of all believers. But what does that actually mean? Come to think of it what does priest and priesthood actually mean?

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Episode 31 – Pentecost

The Holy Spirit descends and then the Church has a birthday, right? Pentecost is more than a celebratory reduction to avoid the theological implications of what the early Christians experienced. In this episode of (Her)Men*You*Tics while Johanna…

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Episode 30 – Offering

What does it mean to make an offering? We talk about offerings each week during worship as metal plates passed through our sanctuaries. Did you know offerings go back to the Hebrew Bible and were a part of how the day-to-day religious life of Israel…

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Episode 29 – Omni

“Omni” is a prefix we attached to God without thinking: omnipresent, Omni-powerful. But what does “omni” really mean? And, if God is all things is Dr. Johanna correct in her 3rd grade question, “is God in my poop?”

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Episode 28 – Nomos

In this epsidoe we talk about the Law, Romans 13, proof-texting, Jeff Sessions, and MSNBC. Is the take away its okay to suck or is it as Dr. Johanna insists that we should have some shame?

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Episode 27 – Neighbor

Fred Rodgers invited all of to be his neighbor. Thanks, Fred but what does it mean to be someone’s neighbor?

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Episode 26 – Methodism

2/3 of the (Her)Men*You*Tics team are pastors serving in the United Methodist Church. In this episode, Johanna takes us through the theological origins of Methodism, and Jason and Teer explain why they fell called to be a part of the Methodist tradition.

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Episode 25 – Missio Dei

Missio Dei – We’re on a mission from God.

In this episode, we break down the differences between missio dei and missio ecclesia.

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Episode 24 – Liturgy

Does liturgy really mean work of the people? Does liturgy have anything to do with guilt or shame? We tackle this and more as we talk about LITURGY on (Her)Men*You*Tics

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Episode 23 – Laughter

What was supposed to be a conversation about Luke, turned into a conversation about laughter. We cover divine humor, a few potty jokes, and even talk about not-so-funny Christian comedians.

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