Why Are We Obsessed with the End Times? (#264)

Religion on the Mind

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Matt Halstead about his new book “The End of the World as You Know It” which focuses on End Times prophecies and apocalyptic literature. We touched on everything from the psychological drives behind our fascination with the future to the importance of maintaining a questioning mindset in matters of faith. We kicked things off by acknowledging the trauma and anxiety that can often accompany these teachings, especially for those who grew up in conservative evangelical circles. Matt shared how he was never encouraged to ask critical questions about these topics but rather was expected to simply accept what he was told. We also got into the history of apocalyptic literature and how it has been interpreted throughout the centuries. Matt pointed out that these texts were originally written from the perspective of oppressed groups, not the privileged empires of the day. Matt’s Book “The End of the World as You Know It”: https://www.amazon.com/End-World-You-Know-Really/dp/1683597125 Matt’s Faculty Page: https://eternity.edu/meet-dr-halsted/ Revelation Lectures by Craig S. Keener: https://masterlectures.zondervanacademic.com/revelation-craig-s-keener ___________________________________________ Get Tickets for Theology Beer Camp 2024 Use Code ReturnofYHP for $50 off your ticket! ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.7	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:24.5	Maths. A Woman of Substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9. Matthew Hallstead.
0:26.0	Welcome to the podcast.
0:27.5	Thank you for writing your book, The End of the World, as you know it, right?
0:32.0	As we know it?
0:32.8	The end of the world as you know it.
0:34.3	That's right.
0:34.8	It's the end of the world as we know it that's right i'm the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine uh i will
0:43.6	have had josh our producer drop in the r em clip to kind of lead us into things here i if other
0:52.2	podcast hosts didn't do that then what what the hell are they doing? That's
0:56.5	low-hanging fruit. We got a built-in musical transition into our conversation. It's like,
1:02.1	come on, guys. No, it's good, man. Thanks for having me on the show. Appreciate it. Looking forward
1:07.1	to the conversation. And yeah, it was was fun book to write i think talking about
1:11.7	all the stuff that people have been talking about for a long time but especially these past what
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