Deep Talks: Exploring Theology and Meaning Making
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
What are the points of resonance & dissonance between Christian theology & the latest in cognitive science surrounding personal meaning & spiritual transformation?
In this series, we'll examine the work of one of the world's most important voices in the field cognitive science and in it's intersection with philosophy & religion- Dr. John Vervaeke at the University of Toronto. In this series, I'm going to take you through some of the highlights of Vervaeke's popular "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" lecture series and examine where there may be harmony with historic Christian theology, as well as highlight places where I may have question or concern with it's compatibility.
In part one, we'll discuss the necessity of "disrupting the frame" in order for one to experience genuine metanoia (a change of mind/ the Greek word for "repentance" in the New Testament) and why "self-transcendence" can still lead to harmartia (missing the mark/ the Greek word for "sin" in the New Testament).
Plus, what about psychedelics? They seem to reliably produce altered states of consciousness & spiritual experience. Why have traditional religions been reluctant to incorporate them into their spiritual disciplines?
I propose one theory....
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John Vervaeke and I have two wonderful discussions in the past. You can check them out here:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cuaty-f7d11a
and here:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q3ccv-107e94b
AS I MENTION IN TODAY'S EPISODE, there a free visual aides you can download here :
https://www.patreon.com/posts/visual-aides-for-54677036?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
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TAGS: John Vervaeke, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, Jordan Peterson, Cognitive Science, Psychology, theology and cognitive science, Paul Vander Klay, psychedelic theology, Christianity and psychedelics, theology and science, Christian mysticism, meaning crisis, meaning making
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