Bruce Benson & Aaron Simmons: Faith After Deconstruction

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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I am THRILLED to have two remarkable philosophers join me to unpack philosophical deconstruction and how it can help reframe the ongoing process of deconstruction. Bruce Benson and Aaron Simmons are both accomplished postmodern philosophers, with a bunch of books on my bookshelf. This episode was even better than my high expectations! After you listen, I hope you feel the lure to come hang out with all three of us at Theology Beer Camp this October. Dr. Bruce Benson teaches Philosophy of Religions and Continental Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, as well as being Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vienna, as part of the project ‘Revenge of the Sacred: Phenomenology and the Ends of Christianity in Europe.’ Prior to that, Bruce was Senior Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews. Over the years, he has taught and engaged in research at Loyola Marymount University, Wheaton College, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Union Theological Seminary (NYC). He also serves as the Executive Director of the Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology, Philosophy of Religion editor for Syndicate Journal, editorial board member for Faith and Philosophy and the Journal of Continental Philosophy and Theology, and co-editor for the Eerdmans series ‘Prophetic Christianity’. Check out Bruce’s books here. Dr. Aaron Simmons is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University. Here’s Aaaron’s website with tons of resources & his newsletter His previous visits to the podcast include, Do I Have a Soul? & other cultural preferences in bold,Off-Road Religion & Pandemic Philosophizing, Smells Like Teenage Phenomenology & Whose Christianity, Which Postmodernism?, Philosophy & the Experience of God Youtube Channel, Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves TedX Speaker: The Failure of Success check out Aaron’s books here Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	What is up theology nerds?
0:37.2	This is Tripp. You're listening to Homebrewed Christianity. We're since the year of 2008. We've been bringing you audiological goodness interviews with scholars across the disciplines. So you can think reflect and brew your own faith in today. On the podcast, you get not one but two. Philosophers of religion, not just any kind of philosophers, people that specialize in, you know, postmodern deconstruction.
1:02.2	Anyway, you know that scary word? It's got popular on the interwebs. Well, it has an origin story in the history of philosophy. These two
1:13.1	individuals, Bruce Benson and Aaron Simmons, I spent a lot of time academically wrestling with
1:20.5	philosophical deconstruction in this conversation. We talk about deconstruction philosophically and what it can contribute to the
1:29.3	process of faith transition. It's a zesty one. It's a fun one. This is not one you're going to
1:34.5	want to miss. And let me tell you something, minute by minute, it gets. It gets more awesome.
1:40.1	We're going to talk about Gautimer. We're going to talk about Bruce's own coming to grips with his queer identity as an evangelical teaching philosophy at Wheaton. We're going to talk about the nature of tradition. How do you cultivate a gratitude for it? What is the positive purpose of prejudice? Ooh, you feel that lure. We're going to talk about how tradition enables us to ask
2:01.7	questions, but not all the questions at one time. And then what do you do? Why is deconstruction? Just what the task of living and interpreting our world means. Come on, there is so much fun stuff in this. You're going to go, whoa, whoa, whoa, trip. That's amazing. And also, you might want to come hang out with us at Theology Beer Camp. That's right. If you go to TheologyBeer. Camp, you can come
2:19.6	hang out with me at Theology Beer Camp. That's right. If you go to TheologyBeer.com, you can come hang out with me and Aaron Simmons and Bruce
2:21.8	Benson.
2:22.5	And if you use Bruce's code, Bruce Godpod, you'll get $25 off your ticket.
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