565: The Vegan Bible, Loveless Christianity, & Spiritual Narcissism with Rainn Wilson

Ethicist, David Gushee, says we are seeing the emergence of a new kind of loveless Christianity. But those who practice it say their anger, culture warring, and pursuit of power are actually how they’re loving their neighbors. Then, Skye talks to actor Rainn Wilson, best known as Dwight Schrute from “The Office,” about religious pluralism, spiritual narcissism, why Hollywood misrepresents Christians, and how he became a follower of the Baha’i faith. Wilson’s new book is “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution.” Also this week—A.I. has rewritten Genesis to be vegan-friendly, and does God really hate yoga pants?

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0.00 - Intro

2:33 - Theme Song

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4:03 - A Vegan Bible

15:23 - Yoga Pants & Christian Modesty

25:37 - Christianity without Love

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43:14 - Interview Intro

48:26 - Rainn’s journey to becoming Baha’i

53:30 - Why people are shifting away from religion

1:02:43 - Avoiding “self-help” spirituality

1:08:35 - How can people of different faiths work together

1:22:55 - End Credits

Links mentioned in news segment:

PETA Rewrites the Bible With ChatGPT: ‘A Loving God Would Never Endorse Exploitation’

https://vegnews.com/vegan-health-wellness/activism/peta-bible-chatgpt-god-vegan

‘Women’s leggings are too revealing’: Men of the Christian right deem yoga pants too scandalous to wear outside

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/yoga-pants-twitter-debate-womens-clothing-mom-misogyny/

Christianity without love

https://baptistnews.com/article/christianity-without-love/

Other resources:

Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution by Rainn Wilson

https://amzn.to/3pJKIVG

The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity by Skye Jethani

https://amzn.to/41GGZWe

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