Ryan Duns: Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Ryan G. Duns, SJ, is a Jesuit priest and an assistant professor of theology at Marquette University. His locates his work the intersection of philosophy and systematic theology and is interested in regarding theology as practice or "way of life." He has published on Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion, René Girard, and his most recent work has involved a sustained engagement with William Desmond’s metaphysics. His monograph “Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God" argues that, when read as a form of spiritual exercise (Pierre Hadot), Desmond’s philosophy can re-awaken a sense of the Transcendent. In the conversation we discuss... the possibility of a return to Narnia problems with cranky Thomism what is happening in the cultural fascination with Zombies 5 Commandments for doing Metaphysics... after the death of Metaphysics Want to read a summary of the book and see some stellar scholars engage it? Head over here to the Syndicate consortium. Sacramental hermenutics how spiritual formation is like karaoke & why you don't have to be Bob Dylan there's a little bit of Susan Boyle in each of us Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh yeah, what is up theology nerds? This is Trippin. You're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:13.5	And today, coming to us from Marquette University is Jesuit priest, assistant professor of theology, Ryan Dunst. And we are talking about
0:22.6	his most, most zesty book, spiritual exercises for a secular age. That's right. I absolutely
0:30.3	love this book. It was so excited to get to talk to him. And we have ourselves a good, old, nerdy
0:36.8	time. Yeah. We talk about our problems with
0:41.0	cranky tomism, maybe five metaphysics for doing metaphysics after the death of metaphysics.
0:46.1	And what's going on with our cultural fascination of zombies on the possibility of a return to Narnia,
0:53.1	sacramental hermeneutics, how spiritual formation is like karaoke,
0:58.7	and why we all don't need to be Bob Dylan in order to rock it. Why? Because there's a little bit of
1:04.4	Susan Boyle in each of us. And if that is not the lure you needed to nerd out, I'm sorry.
1:10.4	But that's why I told you because
1:12.1	I'm just excited about this conversation. All right, all right. So get, get, get, get,
1:16.7	get pumped. Before we jump in, dear listeners, I want to thank you for listening. I have loved
1:23.6	doing this podcast since we started it in 2008. I am passionate about it bringing the best
1:29.6	resources from the ivory tower, dropping them right into your earbuds. Why? Well, because I want
1:37.5	you to reflect, ask questions, and think about life's biggest questions, the challenges in such
1:42.7	a faith, and do it with all the
1:45.1	nerdiness the academy has without the student loans. Anyway, if you, if you are sitting here on
1:52.7	the edge of the Lenton season and want to have some fun, you can join Diana Butler Bass and I,
1:58.3	scholar of American religion, as we spend all of Lent six weeks
2:03.2	on a class called Jesus Deconstructed.
2:06.5	All you got to do is go to Jesus Deconstructed.com and you will be able to join up.
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