Ep 64 - Peter Rollins ”An Experiment in Criticism”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2017

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio: This week we speak with our friend the good Dr. Peter Rollins. Dr. Rollins is a provocative writer, philosopher, storyteller, and public speaker who has gained an international reputation for overturning traditional notions of religion and forming “churches” that preach the Good News that we can’t be satisfied, that life is difficult, and that we don’t know the secret. Peter gained his higher education from Queens University, Belfast and has earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons), Political Theory (MA) and Post-Structural thought (PhD). (Selected) Guest Publications: How (Not) to Speak of God; Insurrection: To Believe is Human To Doubt, Divine; The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction; The Orthodox Heretic: And Other Impossible Tales; & The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith. Guest Website/Social Media: www.peterrollins.net Twitter: @PeterRollins Facebook: OrthodoxHeretic Special guest music on this episode provided by: Eddie Berman www.eddiebermanmusic.com Facebook: @eddiebermanmusic Twitter: @_eddieberman Instagram: @_eddieberman Enjoy the songs? Songs featured on this episode were: “Along The Way, Not Enough, Sparrow, Untamed, & Running” from the album, “Before the Bridge.” Eddie Berman’s music is available on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, & Apple Music. Pick up Eddie’s music anywhere good music is sold! The Deconstructionist’s Podcast is mixed and edited by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information. www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com www.facebook.com/nationalaudiopreservationsociety Twitter: @napsrecording Donation: If you enjoy what we’re doing, consider becoming part of our Patreon family. We have some really great ways for you to be a part of what we’re doing and some really cool reward packages! Check us out at our website www.thedeconstructionists.com to join, listen to all of our episodes, subscribe to make sure you never miss a new episode, connect with us on social media, read our blog, or get your hands on one of our many cool t-shirts or pint glasses. Website designed by @ryanbattles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	In philosophy, one of the lessons of philosophy is the first thing you do when you encounter a thinker is try not to judge them, but try to let them judge you.
0:09.6	Try to ask yourself, what do I look like from their position?
0:13.3	Because what we do is we all look at, you know, what do I think of Hegel from my position?
0:17.9	But when you look at someone like Hegel and you go, no, what do we look like to him?
0:23.6	And so the first thing is to place yourself under the judgment of the other and then engage
0:28.6	critically.
0:29.6	And so, you know, if nothing else, I came away from that experience, deeply enriched.
0:34.6	I never knew her mother, I'd love to dance before it fluttered. deeply enriched. Curr, curve, you need the stars. The word come down from Houston
0:56.2	About opening up some scars.
1:05.0	Here we go.
1:06.1	I mean, they just don't even know.
1:09.2	Everybody listening to this, you just don't even know.
1:12.3	Strap that helmet on.
1:13.8	You know what I love about the fact that we are recording the intro to this diamond of an episode that people are about to hear?
1:20.9	Is that like years from now?
1:23.1	Some unsuspecting person is going to be just browsing the inner webs.
1:29.8	Yeah. You know, looking for some,
1:38.7	some, you know, existential despair wrapped in a beautiful Northern Irish accent. And he's going to come,
1:48.8	somebody's going to come across this episode years from now. Yeah. And just go, oh my, what? Yeah. This is gold. I need to sit down.
1:57.6	And this happened to just come to us. Yeah. This is our little present to the world. Well, the funny thing is you got to tell the backstory about how this came to happen. Yes. This is an idea. You just, you thought, you, you, you came up with this.
2:03.8	I was, okay, so real quick, everybody.
2:08.1	We have Dr. Peter Freakin-Rollins on the show again today, but a very special episode.
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