In this episode of Culture Shock: Awakening the Humanity in Our World host, Michelle Werner, discusses Christianity with Dr. Brian Brian Rainey.

Dr. Brian Rainey is a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received his Masters of Div from Harvard Divinity School and his PhD from Brown University. He is interested in ethnicity in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East including anthropological, sociological, and cognitive theories of “ethnicity” and their usefulness for the study of ancient societies. He is also particularly fascinated by the way in which modern Christian and Jewish communities bridge the gap between modern ethical concepts and the ethically problematic social context of the Bible. His other interests include Assyriology, Biblical mythology and Christian theology, and the development of “monotheism” in the ancient world. Dr. Rainey has many publications including Indecent Exposure: Social Shame and the interpretation gen 9:20-27, Race in the Torah, Race Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the Bible, Their Peace or Prosperity: Hereditary Punishment and the Exclusion of Foreigners in Ezra-Nehemiah, Gender (Hebrew Bible), and Jeremiah the Prophet. Dr Rainey also did an interview on Mark Leuchter's podcast, Better Than Nothing, where they talk about how the Bible is used for political purposes, race and ethnicity, and if we are living through and apocalypse. 

Better Than Nothing Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-429041141/tracks

Publications: Indecent Exposure: Social Shame and the interpretation Gen 9:20-27, Race in the Torah, Race Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the Bible, Their Peace or Prosperity: Hereditary Punishment and the Exclusion of Foreigners in Ezra-Nehemiah, Gender (Hebrew Bible), and Jeremiah the Prophet