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S1E23 Paul Ricoeur on Freud's Psychology of Religion
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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