Prohibition
Theology
Get the tools to read the Biblical texts as they were meant to be read.
You assume you can trust your church to interpret the Bible well. What if that trust is misplaced? And how can you know? If interpreted badly, the Bible loses both relevance and credibility. So does your church's theology! You need to learn the basics yourselves - which is exactly what you're getting here. Scholarly in quality, but accessible in its presentation. Have fun exploring the tools! The results will empower you and build up your community by reconnecting much more meaningfully with Jesus of Nazareth! The goal is not to make you suspicious of your church, but to transform you into a competent Bible reader.
So what exactly does PROHIBITION THEOLOGY offer you?
Our appetizers: A newsletter and LIVE video meetups (Zoom style) with Dr. Thorsten Moritz
Main course choices: The cohort-based course and coaching experiences - scroll down!
The cherry on top:
Exquisite boutique experiences across the US where community 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've done my homework, including decades of university and seminary teaching in biblical teaching. Also hands-on church involvement in numerous countries.
Let’s collaborate on better quality theology for transformation and actual community! Time to revisit how theology and community should relate. Let's build relationships and co-create something!
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 at the direction it has taken. Here is where that leaves me now: "Jesus yes. Church as institution? Not so much."
THE TOOLS YOU NEED FOR
QUALITY THEOLOGICAL THINKING:
As you scroll, first up is our live Video link called SIDECAR. Pay only once (black button) and get access to our Zoom style LIVE meetings and recordings, both now and in future.
Below that, SPEAKEASY, our newsletter. Again, pay only once!
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.
THE FLAGSHIP COURSE:
Next up, our foundational interpretation course. A feast of must-knows and approaches for intelligent Bible readers. THE NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE. Also, a communal cohort experience that elevates your biblical understanding immeasurably!
THE NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE
The last cohort will tell you to a person: This package transforms 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 BOUTIQUE IN-PERSON 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 (and new friendships formed!)
Get the NARRATIVE EXPERIENCEFOUR FOCUSED COURSES ON BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
Each of these focuses on a crucial big picture aspect of Biblical Theology: Jesus' return parables, Theology of church, Apocalyptic texts, Culture and idolatry.
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
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.
Get ANCIENT FUTURE
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 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 (how knowledge works!) of both Testaments, also the re-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 - a seemingly obvious but almost always badly misunderstood aspect of Christian theology, even in seminaries!
Get NO MORE IDOLATRY
AND FINALLY...
PROJECT JESUS: Our digital and interpretively curated alternative to the old fashioned Study Bible: Lose there overwhelm of Bible references in crowded margins, and get instead over one hundred three-minute MINI LECTURES on how to read each New Testament book on its own merits. You shouldn't have to plow through hundred of so-called Biblical parallels and then wonder which ones matter. Same for biblical context. Project Jesus does the work for you! Digitally!
PROJECT JESUS: The Study Bible alternative that actually works!
Lose the overwhelm and denominational indoctrination of Study Bibles. Learn instead the curated essentials for reading each New Testament book on its own terms instead. For each New Testament book you get 3-5 mini lectures exploring [in this order:] (1) Three must-knows for that book; (2) How these must-knows improve your theological comprehension of the book; (3) Connections to other biblical books; (4) A narrative big picture understanding of the book and (5) How the book relates to us today! -- No Study Bible will do this work for you, but Project Jesus will!
