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Bonus Episode - A mischevious spring meditation on Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”
Season 1
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The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-mischevious-spring-meditation-on.html
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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
S01 #27 - Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go (End of Series One)
Season 1 Episode 27
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A few thoughts on why, as a minister of a small liberal-religious community, I need to stop being a player and adopt, instead, the role of umpire. In this piece, I draw considerably, an…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
S01 #26 - Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God
Season 1 Episode 26
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An exploration of Christian atheism that makes some connections with the Kyoto School of Buddhism via the theology and philosophy of Thomas J. J. Altizer and Don Cupitt.
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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
S01 #25 - Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood
Season 1 Episode 25
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A cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals.
The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
S01 #24 - Firm ground is not available ground
Season 1 Episode 24
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Why building one’s religion and philosophy on sand rather than rock might actually be a very good idea.
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
S01 #23 - The mother of matter is the matter of the mother - A poetic, supreme fiction for our age
Season 1 Episode 23
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I originally wrote this piece for Mothering Sunday back in March 2019 for the congregation of the Cambridge Unitarian Church and I offer it once again because I still think it says some…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
S01 #22 - More speed? More strength? More consumption? More Things?
Season 1 Episode 22
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Revisiting a meditation on love in the time of Coronavirus drawing on the work of the Italian philosopher, Franco 'Bifo' Berardi.
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
S01 #21 - What learning to play jazz can tell us about the need for a liberal religious discipline
Season 1 Episode 21
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The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-learning-to-play-jazz-can-tell-us.ht…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
S01 #20 - Overcoming Christianity by incorporation and verwindung
Season 1 Episode 20
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How might one best overcome, and move beyond, many of the problematic, supernaturalistic theological ideas which still attach themselves to our culture’s inherited, underlying religious…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
S01 #19 - Sappho’s time-scissored work—A new-materialist meditation for Valentine’s Day
Season 1 Episode 19
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A new-materialist meditation for Valentine’s Day.
The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:
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Published on 4 years, 4 months ago