The world doesn’t need another religion podcast, but I started one, anyway.
COVID, war, racism, existential angst, climate collapse, economic injustice, genocide, fascism, sexism, racial injustice, trans- and homophobia, general malaise and anxiety, etc., etc. Things look pretty bleak, right now. Let’s talk about that.
If you’re into Christianity, existential crises, and the seemingly insurmountable abyss between the human and the divine, then this is your podcast.
First episode drops, unsurprisingly, on Good Friday.
S1 E2 Exvangelicals, Deconstruction, and World's End – The Bleak Theology Podcast
Has the "biblical worldview" always existed? Can the exvangelical escape evangelicalism? Why does "deconstruction" sound so familiar? So many questions. My answers will probably trouble you. But it wouldnโt be bleak theology if Plato, Nietzsche, and Derrida didnโt show up, right? And thereโs even some Marx, just for fun. I canโt say that itโs postmodern Marxism, but maybe? Judge for yourselves!ย Platoโs Allegory of the Cave, The Republic, Book VII.ย The School of Life video: PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Caveย โThe Evangelical Roots of our Post-Truth Societyโ, by Molly Worthen ย "Fundamentalism Turns 100, A Landmark for the Religious Right, by William Trollinger,ย Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin Du Mez.The Rise of the #Exvangelical, by Bradley Onishi for Religion and Politics ย The Deconstructionist Podcast, Episode 1 โ โDeconstruction: What? And Why?โ (Cited section begins approximately at 5:15)The Deconstructionist Podcast, Episode 136 โ Adam Narloch โWhat is Deconstruction 2022?โ (Cited sections begins approximately at 50:30 to about 1:15:00)Jacques Derrida explains deconstruction in โLetter to a Japanese Friendโย Richard Marx – Should've Known Better (Official Video)ย โ4 Causes of Deconstruction" by Joshua Ryan Butler for The Gospel CoalitionFriedrich Nietzsche, โThe Horizon of the Infiniteโ from The Gay Scienceย (Sorry for the sound. I'm still figuring this out.)Support the show
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