Deep Talks: Exploring Theology and Meaning Making
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Dr. Clay Routledge is a brilliant psychological scientist who's primary area of research explores the psychological needs of humans to find and meaning & purpose. He's published over 100 scholarly scientific papers, several books, and has written for the New York Times and Quillette Magazine. His work has been all over the media including CNN, BBC News, CBS News, Men's Health Magazine and more.
In this conversation, we'll explore subjects like:
-why America is experiencing a meaning-crisis while many poorer nations report much lower suicide rates and much higher scores in personal meaning and happiness
- the science behind the growing fascination with ghosts, the paranormal, and aliens & whether there are substitute religions for "secular" people
-the link between experiencing despair & one's openness to transcendent sources of meaning
- the difference between "intuitive" thinking and rational thinking and how they relate to art, music, and religious experience
-how movie and tv "reboots", revived interest among Russians in vintage Soviet Union era merchandise, and other forms of nostalgia are attempts at recovering a sense of meaning & purpose
and much more fascinating stuff!!
You can check out more of Dr. Clay Routledge's work at:
https://www.clayroutledge.com
or follow him on twitter at:
https://twitter.com/clayroutledge
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Ep 59: Andy Squyres- Apocalyptic Art & The Unveiling of the Invisible God
Ep 58: Reconstruction Stories- The Psychedelic Christian? Paul Risse
Ep 57: Reconstruction Stories- Rick Guttersohn, LLMSW
Ep 56: How to do Theology While Binging Pop Culture
Embrace the Threshing Floor (A brief encouragement during this Coronavirus pandemic)
Ep 55: The Plague & The Crucified God
Ep 54: An Easy Bible Mistake That Keeps Us From Seeing Jesus
Ep 53: Ecclesiastes-Making Meaning Out of the Meaningless
Ep 52: Is 1 Corinthians 3 talking about purgatory? Did Paul believe in purgatory? (Patreon Q&A)
Ep 51: Justin Brierley- From Richard Dawkins to Jordan Peterson. The Shifting Conversation about God and Religion
Ep 50: The Problem of Evil (Part 9)- Objections to Molinism, Christians Creating Suffering, & the Rise of Natural Theology
Ep 49: Jen Meyerson- The Middle East, War, & Hope
Ep 48: The Problem of Evil (Part 8)- A Strange, Wonderful Molinist Life? Molinism Explained
Ep 47: The Problem of Evil (Part 7)- Martin Luther, John Calvin, & Evil as the Alien Acts of God
Ep 46: The Problem of Evil (Part 6)- Aquinas, Evil, & The Existence of God
Ep 45: The Problem of Evil (Part 5)- Will Evil Ever End? Do We Get Sinful Souls from Sex? Do We Have Free Will? (Gregory of Nyssa & Augustine)
Ep 44: The Problem of Evil (Part 4)- Third Century Theodicies (Tertullian, Plotinus, Origen)
Ep 43: The Problem of Evil (Part 3)- The Gnostic Matrix & the Early Church Fathers
Ep 42: The Problem of Evil (Part 2)- Fallen Angel Backstories, Nephilim Legends, & Cosmic Conflict in the Bible & Dead Sea Scrolls.
Ep 41: The Problem of Evil (Part 1)- Intro & Job
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