This is a conversation with Waco, Texas based podcast host, author and scholar Gerhard Stubben. We discuss the message of the biblical book Ecclesiastes, how the Buddhist mindfulness tradition intersects with Christian spirituality, the dangers of hope and much more.

Show Notes

Gerhard Stubben (https://twitter.com/gerhardstuebben)

Gerhard's work: The Augustinian (https://theaugustinian.com/) Podcastica Patristica(https://pca.st/NtQ5) The Cultural Revolution Read-Along (open.spotify.com/show/558FqDkxo8NECMHke6wzeX)

Ecclesiastes (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=NIV)

Albert Camus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus)

Jacques Derrida (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida)

Stoicism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism)

Transhumanism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism)

Friedrich Nietzsche (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

A Significant Life by Todd Mays (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo19636092.html)

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11987.The_Myth_of_Sisyphus_and_Other_Essays)

The Teaching of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209574.The_Heart_of_the_Buddha_s_Teaching)

Vanity Karma by Jayadvaita Sawmi (https://vanitykarma.com/)

Eric Andre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andre)