Deep Talks: Exploring Theology and Meaning Making

Brett McCracken is a senior editor and director of communications at The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of several books, including The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World and Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community.

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In this conversation, Paul Anleitner and Brett McCracken explore the concept of metamodernism as a response to postmodernism, discussing its implications in storytelling, culture, and spirituality. They delve into the characteristics of modernism and postmodernism, the cultural shifts observed in cinema, and the search for authenticity and resonance in a world saturated with superficial content. The discussion also touches on the challenges faced by Christianity in a post-Christian culture, emphasizing the need for the church to engage meaningfully with contemporary cultural longings while maintaining its core beliefs.

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For the lecture series on Metamodernism: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EZScsHowQFM32YIYXZ3ch?si=2CCbm5mMT_arZBSAtzsn7w

Justin Wells teaches documentary filmmaking at Biola Unversity and is the author of How to Film Truth. He has a Master's in Philosophy from California State University- Long Beach, a Master of Theology and Art from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Master's in Art and Documentary Film from the Art Center College of Design.

In today's episode, we discuss the concept of the hero's journey in storytelling & popular film and assess how we can discern whether the stories we consume are universally true.

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In this series, we'll attempt to distill the essential ideas and arguments from each chapter of David Bentley Hart's new book "All Things are Full of Gods."

This episode focuses on Chapters 2-3. It's also available on YouTube:

For Part 1 on the introduction and Chapter 1:

https://youtu.be/YBNnZiu-D2g

Tell me in the comments what you thought about this chapter! Ask questions! Share counterpoints! Let's get our own dialogue going.

To support on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/deeptalkstheologypodcast 

In this series, we'll attempt to distill the essential ideas and arguments from each chapter of David Bentley Hart's new book "All Things are Full of Gods."

This episode is also available on video:

To support on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/deeptalkstheologypodcast

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.

This summer, we'll be replaying some of the essential episodes from the past six years of Deep Talks.