Disillusionment, Pyrotheology, and the Death of God: Peter Rollins, Part 1

A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar

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Break out your dictionaries folks, this one got in the weeds a bit. But if you're familiar with Peter Rollins, you're probably not too surprised by that. Peter is a philosopher, public intellectual, and self-described anti-guru who writes and speaks extensively about concepts like the death of God, negative theology, "pyrotheology," and Atheism for Lent. He's been on our list to talk to since we started the podcast, and we're finally making it happen. And wouldn't you know it, we had so much to dig into that we had to talk to him again, so this will be a two-parter.
Fair warning: Peter has some challenging things to say, pretty much regardless of where you land on the religious or political spectrum. His ideas are not easy to swallow or to understand, but we did our best to get to the bottom of some of them. And we had a great time doing it. Let us know what you think!
You can find the transcript for this episode here.
The bourbon we taste in this episode is Weller 12.
Content note: This episode has some adult themes and mild profanity.

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Chapters

1. Disillusionment, Pyrotheology, and the Death of God: Peter Rollins, Part 1 (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:41)

3. Beverage Tasting (00:04:26)

4. Interview (00:08:05)