Deep Talks: Exploring Theology and Meaning Making
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
What are the points of resonance & dissonance between Christian theology & the latest in cognitive science surrounding personal meaning & spiritual transformation?
In this series, we'll examine the work of one of the world's most important voices in the field cognitive science and in it's intersection with philosophy & religion- Dr. John Vervaeke at the University of Toronto. In this series, I'm going to take you through some of the highlights of Vervaeke's popular "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" lecture series and examine where there may be harmony with historic Christian theology, as well as highlight places where I may have question or concern with it's compatibility.
In part one, we'll discuss the necessity of "disrupting the frame" in order for one to experience genuine metanoia (a change of mind/ the Greek word for "repentance" in the New Testament) and why "self-transcendence" can still lead to harmartia (missing the mark/ the Greek word for "sin" in the New Testament).
Plus, what about psychedelics? They seem to reliably produce altered states of consciousness & spiritual experience. Why have traditional religions been reluctant to incorporate them into their spiritual disciplines?
I propose one theory....
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John Vervaeke and I have two wonderful discussions in the past. You can check them out here:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cuaty-f7d11a
and here:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q3ccv-107e94b
AS I MENTION IN TODAY'S EPISODE, there a free visual aides you can download here :
https://www.patreon.com/posts/visual-aides-for-54677036?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
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TAGS: John Vervaeke, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, Jordan Peterson, Cognitive Science, Psychology, theology and cognitive science, Paul Vander Klay, psychedelic theology, Christianity and psychedelics, theology and science, Christian mysticism, meaning crisis, meaning making
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Ep 99: Paul Vander Klay - Did Blockbuster Video Kill Church?
Ep 98: Gods, Wizards, Witches, & the End of Secularity - HERE COMES THE NEW GODS (Part 2)
Ep 97: Fr. Kenneth Tanner- Discovering a Better Christian Story
Ep 96: Gods, Wizards, Witches, & the End of Secularity (part 1)
Ep 95: Ted Kim, John Mark McMillan, & Andy Squyres- RE-ENCHANTMENT
Ep 94: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Part 3/Conclusion)
Ep 93: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World- For the Bible Tells Me So (Part 2)
Ep 92: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Part 1)
Ep 91: Jon Guerra- When Beauty Disarms Our Cynicism
Ep 90: Dan Kent & Paul debate Open Theism, Satan & Spiritual Warfare, & The Problem of Evil
Ep 89- Dr. John Walton- Answers in Genesis? Creation, Evolution, & The Lost Biblical World
Ep 88: The Problem of Evil Finale- The Most Beautiful of All Possible Songs
Ep 87: The Problem of Evil (Part 17)- In Conclusion | The Bible, Right-Ordered, Non-Ordered, & Dis-Ordered Suffering
Ep 86: Ted Kim- Finding the True Story in a Post-Secular, Cross-Cultural World
Ep 85: American Civil Religion- How Did We Get Here? w/ Adam Russell & The Ferment Podcast
Ep 84: The Problem of Evil- Greg Boyd & Thomas Jay Oord Conversation. Open Theism Vs. Essential Kenosis/God Can't
Ep 83: John Vervaeke - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Ep 82: The Problem of Evil (Part 16)- Open Theism
Ep 81: The Problem of Evil (Part 15)- Process Theism | Creative Solution or A New Gnosticism?
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