So what does PROHIBITION THEOLOGY offer you?
Our appetizers: Live video meetups with Dr. Thorsten Moritz
Main course choices: The cohort-based course and coaching experiences below
The cherry on top:
Exquisite boutique experiences where community, fun and theological intelligence become one
Thorsten Moritz here. I'm a London/Cambridge trained Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and Interpretation. All that means is: I did my homework. Let’s collaborate on quality theology for meaningful faith and community!
PS: I'm also a former evangelical who loves his friends there, who knows that world inside out, but who's tearing his hair out. Here is where I'm at: Jesus yes. Church as institution? Not so much.
SIDECAR
You want access to our live video meetings?
In a nutshell, if you want transformational, communal and intellectual experiences around faith, biblical interpretation and theological accountability, this is for you. Sign up to SIDECAR, pay only once, and download the Kajabi app to get in.
We're NOT creating a church. But we pursue the very thing that all churches need, but mostly lack. Our live meetings are the most cost-effective way to get personal and communal access to excellent biblical scholarship!
If you're baffled by increasingly mindless fundamentalisms around you and you are looking for a fresh start and some sanity, you may want to become a better interpreter of the Bible and culture, SIDECAR is for you!
SPEAKEASY
This is our newsletter on all things Prohibition Theology. Live SIDECAR events are announced here. Same for new coaching experiences and communities. Also, additional information to back up claims in my social media videos.
God's return and the parables of Jesus
- A video series about the parables of Jesus through THEIR eyes at the time! -
The parables are FAR more interesting once interpreted from THEIR perspective at the time. They are not about Johnny down the road. They are about the communities you need for living meaningfully! This course will get you in the mindset of Jesus' actual audiences at the time - those crowds that gathered, full of hope for restoration and meaning! There is no better way to ensure that your imagination and faith are fueled by the actual biblical texts and informed by a close understanding of their times than by interpreting better. Ironically, in focusing on THEIR engagement with Jesus, WE actually find relevance that isn't mere modern narcissism.
Get the PARABLES series
This package will transform you. It includes THREE COMPONENTS, (1) The basecamp: We'll use our own dedicated and complete digital course on Hermeneutics (how to become a better interpreter - 30+ mini lectures uploaded so far). (2) The hike: We will have 15 successive dedicated LIVE WEBINARS that use the course as their foundation: We experience interpretive transformation communally. We clarify, we illustrate, we expand, we apply, we co-create! we learnt the kind of critical thinking skills school should have taught us, but never did! (3) The Summit: We plan a communal fun get-together at the conclusion of the Experience. To give you an idea: The latest fun social meetup was a weekend spent baking fun stuff in a vintage bakery making panettone and French ganache pastries near Pittsburgh with lots of theological conversations happening on the edges.
Get the Narrative Experience
WHAT ON EARTH?!
The Bible's apocalyptic texts explained
You must have been wondering what those colorful apocalyptic texts in Daniel, Ezekiel, the Gospels, Thessalonians, Peter's Letters and Revelation mean. Well, let's figure it out by reading through the eyes of those for whom they were written at the time. Suddenly they not only make sense - they actually become relevant for our communities! But it will likely mean serious changes to what you're used to! Are you up for it?
Get What on earth?
No more idolatry: Exposing the betrayal of Jesus that is Christian Nationalism
HISTORY - The history of christian nationalism is disturbing. We need to examine selectively the big sweep from the first century until today as well as the international state of affairs of today's world.
THOUGHT - A greater focus will be a theological critique of its core notions of imperialism, identity politics, relatively recent legal moves and the church/state dilemma.
SOCIOLOGY - A greater focus will be a theological critique of its core notions of imperialism, identity politics, relatively recent legal moves and the church/state dilemma.
BIBLE - Our greatest emphasis will fall on the biblical theological narrative of both Testaments, also the definition of Israel by Jesus and Paul and the deliberately decentralizing impulses of the first christians.
FINALLY - Let's clarify the purpose of Jesus-following communities in this world - an obvious but much overlooked aspect of Christian theology.
Get No more idolatry!
ANCIENT FUTURE
Imagine an organic community of believers where you actually belong and co-create
Church communities should be modeling God’s values for a renewed humanity. They rarely achieve even a fraction of that. Too much top-down management, strive, performance and theological shallowness. Can we learn from the first century how to do things better, but without copying them? Absolutely we can!
This course provides both, the much ignored biblical foundations and a practical blueprint for creating such communities.
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