The Bleak Theology Podcast

Host Burke Gerstenschlager introduces bleak theology and himself, explains the importance that all theology is autobiographical, and shares what's in store.

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Has the "biblical worldview" always existed? Can the exvangelical escape evangelicalism? Why does "deconstruction" sound so familiar? So many questions. My answers will probably trouble you. But it wouldn’t be bleak theology if Plato, Nietzsche, and Derrida didn’t show up, right? And there’s even some Marx, just for fun. I can’t say that it’s postmodern Marxism, but maybe? Judge for yourselves!

• Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, The Republic, Book VII.
• The School of Life video: PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Cave
• “The Evangelical Roots of our Post-Truth Society”, by Molly Worthen
• "Fundamentalism Turns 100, A Landmark for the Religious Right, by William Trollinger,
• Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin Du Mez.
• The Rise of the #Exvangelical, by Bradley Onishi for Religion and Politics
• The Deconstructionist Podcast, Episode 1 – “Deconstruction: What? And Why?” (Cited section begins approximately at 5:15)
• The Deconstructionist Podcast, Episode 136 – Adam Narloch “What is Deconstruction 2022?” (Cited sections begins approximately at 50:30 to about 1:15:00)
• Jacques Derrida explains deconstruction in “Letter to a Japanese Friend”
• Richard Marx - Should've Known Better (Official Video)
• “4 Causes of Deconstruction" by Joshua Ryan Butler for The Gospel Coalition
• Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Horizon of the Infinite” from The Gay Science

(Sorry for the sound. I'm still figuring this out.)

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Something terrible is coming: the Bleak Theology Podcast!
Introducing a new podcast about God, existential angst, culture, and the arts hosted by Burke Gerstenschlager. If you are tired of cheap optimism, platitudes, and feel-good stories about Christianity and the human condition, this podcast is for you. Listen and find out that despair is in the air!

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