Bulwarks of Unbelief, with Joe Minich
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In Bulwarks of Unbelief, Joseph Minich argues that a felt absence of God, as experienced by the modern individual, offers a better explanation for the rise in atheism. Recent technological and cultural shifts in the modern West have produced a perceived challenge to God’s existence. Andrew, Alastair, and Derek jump right to the heart of the matter and ask some very penetrating and practical questions about Minich’s thesis. Full show notes at www.merefidelity.com. Timestamps: Dun Dun Dunnn! [0:00] Technology and the Alienation of Labor [2:20] Charles Taylor’s Argument [5:30] Individual Symptoms [9:24] Disorientation [13:45] Sacred Agents [19:53] A… Proposal… [21:11] The Narrative of Maturity [28:46] Simultaneous Renegotiation of All Human Culture [30:41] Performative Atheism [36:00] Technological Spirituality [40:48]
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