Ep 72 - Kester Brewin ”Getting High”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Guest Bio: This week we speak with Kester Brewin! Kester is a mathematics teacher known as one of the leading thinkers in philosophy of religion and technology. The power of his work lies in the synthesis of ideas from disparate fields, playing the history of piracy off a psychotherapeutic reading of Star Wars, or pushing Harry Potter to play alongside both Batman and Shakespeare’s Prospero. Accessible, challenging and richly rewarding, his work has been hailed on both sides of the Atlantic as some of the most courageous and unflinching theological writing of recent years, charting his own path from the orthodox belief of his childhood to a radical death-of-God reading of Christian atheism. He is a sought-after speaker, and has presented at festivals throughout mainland Europe, the UK and the US. In 2013 he presented at the prestigious TEDx Exeter event on his work exploring our enduring fascination with pirates. He has also written and presented for BBC Radio 4, and is a regular contributor on technology in the Huffington Post. He has also written for Adbusters Magazine and the national education press in the UK. (Selected) Published Works: The Complex Christ; Other: Embracing Difference in a Fractured World; Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates and How They Can Save Us; After Magic: Moves Beyond Super-nature, from Batman to Shakespeare; and Getting Hight: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the Dream of Flight. Guest Website/Social Media: http://www.kesterbrewin.com Twitter: @kesterbrewin Facebook: @kesterbrewin Instagram: @kesterbrewin Special Guest Music Provide by: Workman Song www.workmansong.com https://workmansong.bandcamp.com twitter: @workmansong Facebook: @workmansong instagram: @workmansong Enjoy the songs? Songs featured on this episode were: “Rock and Roll” and “Lavender Tea” from the album, The Secret World of Ruben Smiley, Vol. 1. “No, It’s Not”, “Eden”, and “Patient Like a Lamb” from the album, Lamb. Workman Song’s music is available on: Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and anywhere good music is found! DECONSTRUCTIONISTS LIVE!!! We have a live event in Denver on April the 28th! Grab your tickets here: www.thedeconstructionists.com/events/ or at www.eventbright.com (search deconstructionists podcast live) Donate/Patreon: Check out our website www.thedeconstructionists.com to become part of our Patreon family, listen to all of our past episodes, subscribe for future episodes, 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 The Deconstructionists Podcast is produced 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 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	Each one of us at the table knows that one day will be part of the meal.
0:05.0	I just absolutely loved that.
0:09.0	It's like feel that we're in this position of great privilege of being, you know, here and cognizant for rest of it.
0:17.0	But you know what? Our atoms will dissolve away and they will eventually become part of the meal.
0:21.8	It's night.
0:29.6	I watched your fingers dancing on my guitar.
0:40.7	I watched the empire rams
0:42.7	Oh right, all right.
0:43.8	Oh, that was my Matthew McConaughey.
0:45.9	All right, oh, man.
0:47.8	Dang it.
0:48.5	Welcome to the Deconstructionist
0:49.7	podcast, everybody.
0:51.3	We are your hosts.
0:52.3	I'm Adam Narlock.
0:53.3	And I'm John Williamson, and boy, are we both exhausted.
0:57.7	John's in the middle of moving. I'm job transitioning. Neither of us have any rhythm in our life. And we have
1:03.2	large, dark circles under our eyes. But we're still smiling. We're still here. We're still here
1:08.3	for you. Bringing you the juice. Today we've got another friend of the good Dr. Peter Rollins.
1:13.7	Yeah.
1:14.5	Another kind of avant-garde philosopher and theologian.
1:19.4	Mathematician?
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