Interfaith Easter: Paul Beaumont - An Atheist Easter (NS20)

Nomad Podcast

Nomad

Deconstruction, Christian Mysticism, Post-evangelical, Liberation Theology, Progressive Christianity, Christianity, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Religious Trauma Healing, Religion & Spirituality, Faith Shift, Reconstruction, Spiritual Direction, Embodied Spirituality, Evolving Faith

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2015

⏱️ 18 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For our sixth Easter reflection we've asked Paul Beaumont to mull over what Easter means for someone who has lost their faith. Paul was a committed evangelical Christian for 25 years, but when he began to be honest about his lack of spiritual...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Nomad Spirituality
0:16.2	Welcome back to Nomad podcast and another edition of our Interfaith Easter.
0:23.1	These are very good.
0:24.3	Yeah, they are good, aren't they?
0:25.4	They're working out well.
0:26.8	And when we talk about interfaith, this one actually is sort of a lack of faith,
0:31.7	because we've asked an atheist to give us an Easter reflection.
0:36.4	Which is, it's a real challenge, one and it's a risky one to do as well, isn't it?
0:43.0	Yeah, but we asked Paul Beaumont, who was a fully committed evangelical Christian, you know, did youth work, committed to local church, 25 years a Christian and lost his faith.
0:58.6	I actually found this one really interesting.
1:01.1	Yeah, I did.
1:02.3	And there was the sort of thing that I wanted to go and have a coffee with a guy, you know, and really chat about.
1:07.8	I definitely think we should interview him at some point.
1:09.6	It would be good.
1:10.4	I loved his...
1:11.0	In the reflection, I love just...
1:12.2	He's just totally honest, isn't he?
1:13.3	He just lays it all out there.
1:14.3	Yeah.
1:14.7	And I really like that.
1:15.4	And I have some really challenging questions of our faith.
1:18.3	So he talks about the absence of God.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nomad, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nomad and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.