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Where did the sacred go? This podcast is focused on the philosophical study of religion and will center on books, both historical and contemporary. Each book will get a 15 minute Book Brief episode and then a Deep Dive episode. The Book Briefs are high-level overviews of the main arguments of the book and why the book is relevant to us today. The Deep Dive episodes will not have the time constraint and will be where I spend time discussing various arguments and themes from the book, as well as offering critiques if I have them. Twitter: https://twitter.com/therspod Substack: https://thereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/ Email: [email protected]

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S1E23 Paul Ricoeur on Freud's Psychology of Religion

Dec 29, 2024

In this episode we discuss a few sections in Ricoeur's collection of essays titled "The Conflict of Interpretation". We discuss why Ricoeur sees Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud as masters of suspicion and…

S1E22 Max Stirner's The Unique and Its Own, Deep Dive Part 2

Oct 07, 2024

We begin this episode going over Stirner’s critique of philosophers and the Enlightenment. It’s important to keep in mind that whatever problem he has with religion, he also has that problem with…

S1E21 Max Stirner's The Unique and its Own, Deep Dive Part 1

Sep 21, 2024

Topics Discussed: The relationship between particulars and universals Demon posession and god possession The religious discontent with the present The Sacred and when ideas overtake us When our…

S1E20 Gabriel Marcel's The Mystery of Being, Deep Dive

Aug 21, 2024

Topics Discussed: Gabriel Marcel Martin Heidegger Phenomenology Psychology Sections: Intro: 00:00:55 1 Marcel's Philosophical Framework: 00:06:45 2 Realworld Examples from Marcel: 00:47:25

S1E19 Rene Girard's I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Deep Dive

Apr 24, 2024

Topics Discussed: Jesus Satan Philosophy Peter Thiel Curtis Yarvin Psychology Desire Sections: (00:01:20) Intro I. (00:06:05) Overview of Girard's theory and his interpretation of two bible…

S1E18 Rene Girard's The Scapegoat, Deep Dive

Mar 08, 2024

Topics Discussed: The Bible John the Baptist Rene Girard Freud Psychology Sections: Intro (00:01:05) Girard's General Theory and the story of Caiaphas (00:05:20) The Beheading of John the Baptist…

S1E17 Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Deep Dive

Feb 11, 2024

Topics Discussed: God Psychoanalysis Moses Judaism Religion Freud Atheism Darwin Sections: Intro (00:00:55) I. Moses the Egyptian (00:05:24) II. Psychoanalyzing Human History (00:24:56) III. Why…

S1E16 Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Book Brief

Jan 26, 2024

Topics Discussed: Psychoanalysis Freud Girard Moses Judaism Sections: Intro: 00:00:53 Freud's Method: 00:03:34 Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email:…

S1E15 Rene Girard, Barbie, and Identity

Nov 29, 2023

Topics Discussed: Barbie movie Identity Girard Feminism Sections: intro (00:00:20) Girard and Identity (00:16:15) Jokes reveal the truth (00:31:30) The Daughter (00:46:50) Motherhood…

S1E14 Friedrich Nietzsche's The AntiChrist Deep Dive

Nov 25, 2023

Topics Discussed: Nietzsche Jesus Atheism Christianity Sections: Intro (00:04:33) Nietzsche's Philosophy and Christianity (00:10:37) Jesus (00:37:15) Power and Christianity (00:44:16) The…

S1E13 Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist

Nov 16, 2023

Topics Discussed: Sections: Nietzsche Jesus Christianity Morality Nihilism Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: [email protected] Music by The IMG,…

S1E12 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 3

Nov 09, 2023

Topics Discussed: Sexual identity Jesus Desire Holocausts Sections: General Remarks (00:00:54) The State of Desire Today (00:07:40) Society Today and in the Future (00:46:30) Transcript/Outline…

S1E11 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 2

Apr 09, 2023

Topics Discussed: Jesus Identity Moral Judgment Sections: General Remarks (00:00:54) Girard's General Reading of the Bible (00:07:30) Girard's Reading of Particular Bible Stories (00:18:40) What…

S1E10 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 1

Mar 22, 2023

Topics Discussed: Religion Violence Jesus The Matrix Eyes Wide Shut The Great Gatsby Sections: General Remarks, explaining the title of the book, and Jesus talking in parables (00:01:25) In-depth…

S1E9 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Book Brief

Mar 15, 2023

Topics Discussed: mimesis, anthropology, Christianity, Religion, scapegoat, the movie I am Legend Sections: General Remarks (00:00:51) Girard’s Fundamental Theory (00:03:10) The Priority of Religion…

S1E8 Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District, Deep Dive

Feb 27, 2023

Sections: --- General Remarks (00:00:51) --- The Context of the Burned-Over District (00:08:57) --- New Measures (00:27:17) --- Apocalypticism and Heaven on Earth (00:56:05) Outline Link Topics…

S1E7 Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District Book Brief

Feb 21, 2023

Sections: Secular or Sacred Causes of the Burned-Over District (00:07:02) Orthodoxy and the many Sects of the Burned-Over District (00:10:20) Topics Discussed: Second Greak…

S1E6 George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology, Deep Dive

Jan 30, 2023

Sections: Intro (00:00:22) Cause-god (00:14:40) Godless age and Technology (00:28:06) New Possibility (00:37:56) Topics…

S1E5 George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology Book Brief

Jan 11, 2023

Sections: Heidegger, Western Metaphysics and his phenomenology (00:02:54) Beyond A/theism (00:09:15) The Notion of God (00:11:10) Topics…

S1E4 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 2

Jan 01, 2023

Sections: Intro (00:00:54) Morality and The Modern Therapeutic Authority (00:01:35) Meaning and Our Conception of Time (00:23:45) Religion Today and a Path Forward (01:02:10) Topics…

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