{"podcast":{"title":"Undeceptions with John Dickson","slug":"undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764","podcast_index_feed_id":92764,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/undeceptions-with-john-dickson","website_url":"https://undeceptions.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xv0Yvioesec6Kef7M4YqFZfLM-dkCGDrQvM5_35uA3k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4NzMvMTYzNzA1/MzM0MC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"Undeceptions Ltd","episode_count":255,"summary":"Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T04:20:55.624187+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764"},"episode":{"title":"159. African Jesus","slug":"159-african-jesus","published_at":"2025-09-21T19:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/159-african-jesus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/3ca37213","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/p.podderapp.com/4167409313/media.transistor.fm/3ca37213/4498590a.mp3","summary":"African Christianity is almost as old as Christianity itself. Many of the early church's theological giants came from Africa, and today, Christianity is exploding across the continent. In this episode, we look at Jesus through African eyes. (00:09) - - The Tortoise and the Hare: A different perspective (08:15) - - Why look at Jesus through African eyes? (11:26) - - Africa in the Bible (15:26) - - Diversity in Christianity (18:19) - - Hermeneutics - African style! (23:30) - - The African church (30:39) - - Syncretism (36:41) - - Scripture through different lenses (43:32) - - Five Minute Jesus (51:04) - - Hannah's prayer (57:12) - - Can we see Jesus however we want?","meta_description":"African Christianity is almost as old as Christianity itself. Many of the early church's theological giants came from Africa, and today, Christianity is e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/episodes/159-african-jesus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/159-african-jesus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}