Forging Ploughshares

By Paul AxtonReligion & Spirituality Christianity

Forging Ploughshares episodes

October 18, 2021 The Bicameral Mind and the Bible
In this interview, part 2, with Brian McVeigh, a leading expert and student of Julian Jaynes and his theory of the bicameral mind, we discuss possible biblical and therapeutic applications of Jaynes' theory.
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38 min
October 16, 2021 Sermon: The Primacy of the Spirit in Experience of God and Self
Paul Axton preaches - There is an inadvertent tendency to subordinate the role of the Holy Spirit but Romans 8 opens the depth of the Trinity on the basis of a prayerful experience in which the reality of God's self-hood completes human self-hood in a triadic unity of experience.
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33 min
October 11, 2021 Interview with Dr. Brian McVeigh on the Psychology of Japanese Nationalism
In this discussion with Brian J. McVeigh, who is the premiere student of Julian Jaynes and also a scholar of Asia who specializes in Japanese pop art, education, politics, and history, Paul and Brian discuss the formation and manipulation of Japaneseness through psychology.
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47 min
October 09, 2021 Sermon: The Desire of God
Paul Axton Preaches - The church is in a sexual crisis which might be partly explained by a misunderstanding of desire. Desire is greater than gender or human eroticism, though it accounts for both, as desire originates in God's desiring love.
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33 min
October 04, 2021 The Discovery of the Death Instinct
Scott McNay interviews Paul Axton, discussing their history in Japan and introducing the role of the death drive or death instinct into theology.
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48 min
October 02, 2021 Sermon: Martyrdom in the 21st Century?
Paul Axton Preaches - The biblical definition and early concept of martyrdom as compared to modern martyrs, particularly Dietrich Bonhoeffer, calls for a reconceptualization of the term.
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31 min
September 27, 2021 Was Bonhoeffer a Martyr?
Jon and Paul conclude their series on Dietrich Bonhoeffer by discussing his contested status as a martyr and the implications for Christian witness, who God is, and the nature of faith if he is or is not considered a martyr.
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September 25, 2021 Sermon: Christ as Mediator of Divine Love
Paul Axton Preaches - In this time in which the church and Christianity may seem to be failing, the example of both Bonhoeffer and Kierkegaard in their response to a failed Christianity is key. Both turn to an understanding that Christ mediates the love of God within the life of the individual.
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29 min
September 20, 2021 Bonhoeffer‘s Development of Kierkegaard
Jon and Paul continue their discussion of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by linking his thought to a development of the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, meaning that religionless Christianity is linked to a critique of Christendom, and cheap and costly grace, worldliness, and obedience are all also Kierkegaardian concepts developed by Bonhoeffer.
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56 min
September 18, 2021 Sermon: Religionless Christianity
Paul Axton Preaches - 20 years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, evangelicalism has given into a cult of personality and religious nationalism, not unlike that of Nazi Germany. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's call for a religionless Christianity may be the answer.
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33 min