The Bleak Theology Podcast

Burke Gerstenschlager

An ongoing pessimistic and anxious conversation hosted by Burke Gerstenschlager about God and the human condition in culture, academia, and the arts. Episodes feature theological reflections, as well as interviews with scholars, writers, and artists. Prepare for despair!

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The Bleak Theology Podcast

Episodes (3)

May 6, 2022 S1 E2 Exvangelicals, Deconstruction, and World's End
Apr 15, 2022 S1 E1 Everything Is Terrible
Apr 11, 2022 S1 E0 The Bleak Theology Trailer

The Bleak Theology Podcast

May 6, 2022
34¾ minutes
23 MB

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...

The Bleak Theology Podcast

S1 E2 Exvangelicals, Deconstruction, and World's End

Burke Gerstenschlager

00:00 -32:55