Free Solo, Strong Loves, and the Limits of Critique with Rusty Reno
10/19/20 • 58 min
Rusty Reno is author of several books and editor of First Things, an ecumenical journal of religion and public life. His conversation with Ryan covers his conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism, the scholars and books that have most influenced him, and why he thinks fear is an enemy to solidarity. They also discuss Rusty’s legendary climbing fall, his climbing escapades in Yosemite in the early 80s, and how he went from being a “climbing bum” to a Yale PhD student.
Biblical studies and modern theology
Why rock climbing is good for scholars
Vulnerability as a threat to freedom
Captivity to the resume
The danger of fear
Anti-globalization based on love of homeland
Fear as an enemy to solidarity and love
Links:
In the Ruins of the Church by Rusty Reno
“Theology in the Ruins of the Church” by Rusty Reno
Sanctified Vision: An introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible by John O’Keefe
Readings in St. John’s Gospel by William Temple
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
The Ordinary Transformed by Rusty Reno
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism and the Future of the West by Rusty Reno
Rusty Reno is author of several books and editor of First Things, an ecumenical journal of religion and public life. His conversation with Ryan covers his conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism, the scholars and books that have most influenced him, and why he thinks fear is an enemy to solidarity. They also discuss Rusty’s legendary climbing fall, his climbing escapades in Yosemite in the early 80s, and how he went from being a “climbing bum” to a Yale PhD student.
Biblical studies and modern theology
Why rock climbing is good for scholars
Vulnerability as a threat to freedom
Captivity to the resume
The danger of fear
Anti-globalization based on love of homeland
Fear as an enemy to solidarity and love
Links:
In the Ruins of the Church by Rusty Reno
“Theology in the Ruins of the Church” by Rusty Reno
Sanctified Vision: An introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible by John O’Keefe
Readings in St. John’s Gospel by William Temple
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
The Ordinary Transformed by Rusty Reno
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism and the Future of the West by Rusty Reno
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Luke Sheahan is an assistant professor of political science at Duquesne University and non-resident scholar at the program for research on religion and urban civil society at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins John to discuss his new book, Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism. Luke argues that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding of what associations are and that this has affected the Court’s ability to protect them. Luke talks about why we need to stop ignoring the assembly clause, social alienation in the modern world, and the relationship between sociology, philosophy, and political science.
Freedom of association
Membership
Expressive groups
Assembly clause versus the free speech clause
The work of John Inazu and Robert Nesbit
Freedom of association and civil rights
Textualism and dialectic
Links:
Why Associations Matter by Luke Sheahan
The Social Philosophers by Robert Nisbet
The Sociological Tradition by Robert Nisbet
Christian Legal Society versus Martinez
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The unique religiosity of New Orleans
Horror movies and haunting
A Christian look at grief
Memento mori
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Wrestling with the darkness of the human experience as an Easter people
St. Therese of Lisieux
What makes a good friendship
Writing as accompaniment
Links:
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