This is not the first time, and it will not be the last, that I grapple with the rather fuzzy line between belief and unbelief. In this episode, I take a closer look at an experience that more thoughtful Christians will be familiar with: the experience of wanting to step away from the religious tradition that you grew up in. I take a look at three ideas offered by three philosophers—Hegel, Derrida, and Žižek—and explore how these may contribute to the journey: from belief, through unbelief, and towards a kind of transcendent, renewed faith. JM Fritzman's to-the-point exposition of Hegel's dialectic was particularly helpful here. A book on Derrida that I found particularly brilliant for its theological insights is Steven Shakespeare's "Derrida and Theology".
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