Today’s episode is a thought-provoking conversation between Ryan and Paul Axton, one of the founders of Forging Ploughshares, a communal initiative striving to cultivate the Peaceable Kingdom through ministry in biblical study, community outreach, media productions, and international outreach. After a brief conversation about racquetball, Dr. Axton gives us an overview of his book, The Psychotheology of Sin and Salvation, which T&T Clark just released in paperback and Kindle Edition. The conversation pivots into a nuanced, wide-ranging exploration of the interconnections and mutually illuminating convergences and divergences between biblical theology, psychoanalytic theory, various theories of atonement, and the paschal mystery. Paul then gives us an introduction to how Forging Ploughshares is helping to establish a community ordered toward overcoming the deception of sin. Lastly, Paul shares his Treasures Old & New, and then we say goodbye.

Learn more about Forging Ploughshares by visiting https://forgingploughshares.org

You can purchase a paperback copy of Paul’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Psychotheology-Sin-Salvation-Paul-Axton/dp/0567682498/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1542639195

To listen to Ryan being interviewed on the Forging Ploughshares Podcast, visit http://podcast.forgingploughshares.org/category/ryan-hemmer/

TITLES NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT

Anselm. Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works. Edited by Brian Davies and G. R. Evans. Reissue edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Axton, Paul V. The Psychotheology of Sin and Salvation: An Analysis of the Meaning of the Death of Christ in Light of the Psychoanalytical Reading of Paul. Paperback Edition. London: T&T Clark, 2018.

Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Revised edition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2007.

Doi, Takeo. The Anatomy of Dependence. Reprint edition. Kodansha International, 2014.

Doi, Takeo. Understanding Amae. Kent: Global Oriental, 2005.

Freud, Sigmund. The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud. Translated by A. A. Brill. New York: Modern Library, 1995.

Lacan, Jacques. Ecrits: The First Complete Edition in English. Translated by Bruce Fink. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007.

Moltmann, Jurgen. The Crucified God. 40th Anniversary Edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015.

Zizek, Slavoj. The Essential Zizek: The Complete Set. London: Verso, 2009.

Zizek, Slavoj, and Simon Critchley. How to Read Lacan. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007.

“TREASURES OLD AND NEW”

Hauerwas, Stanley. The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer In Christian Ethics. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.

Irenæus. The Writings of Irenæus. Aeterna Press, 2015.

Our theme music is “14 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails, available at https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV

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