Peter Rollins - The Archive show

Peter Rollins - The Archive

Summary: This is an archive of various talks and reflections that Peter has given in recent years. The archive is constantly being updated with old and new material, so subscribe to be kept up to date.

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 The Obsessive and the Hysteric: Žižek on Peterson | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:46:48

Here I unpack Žižek's analysis of Jordan Peterson in The Independent, with reference to Peterson's Channel 4 interview with Cathy Newman

 When Atheism isn't Atheistic Enough: Radical Theology and the Death of God | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:29:44

In this video I look briefly at week 6 of Atheism for Lent, which introduces how the previous material interacts with Pyrotheology.

 Religionless Christianity The Existential Theologians | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:09

In this session I look at week 4 of atheism for Lent. A week that focuses on Tillich, Daly, Bonhoeffer and the Radical Theologians of the 1960's.

 Salvation For Zombies (Lecture At The Brehm Center) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:40:47

In June 2014 gave a lecture where he offers some thoughts on modern Christianity and some of his theological explorations, followed by a Q&A time with Pete and Barry Taylor, Brehm Center professor of arts and culture.

 Proof in the Pudding: Materialist Readings of Religion | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:25:21

Here I introduce and outline the 18th and 19th century critique of religion.

 Encircling the Nothing: Mysticism, Truth and the Unknowable | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:27:17

Here I introduce the mystics and explore their understanding of atheism. I also touch on how the mystical system was the forerunner of many contemporary sciences.

 Priests Make the Best Atheists | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:17:02

Here I touch on the purpose of Atheism for Lent and some of the reflections that will be in week two.

 Time in a Bottle: On Confronting the Other | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:16:20

Here I talk about the first week of Atheism for Lent with reference to a little known comic book called Knight and Squire

 When Everything Isn't Enough: On Providence, Osteen and Anxiety | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:24:53

In this short reflection I explore the theological conception of Providence and attempt to excavate its existential meaning.

 The Failure Of Love: MacGyver, Desire and the Art of Making Love | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:08

This is a short reflection I gave on desire at Sunday Service. A community in LA run by Barry Taylor. The music in this reflection is by Adrian Romero.

 Be Optimistic, Expect Chaos | Faith and the End of Meaning | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:26

I recently finished a nine week book study on a text called Christ and the End of Meaning, by Paul Hessert. The book itself argues that Christianity, far from offering a set of beliefs about the meaning of the world, is a form of existence that embraces and celebrates the end of meaning. In this seminar I outline his argument and draw out how it has been important to the development of Pyrotheology.

 How to Gain Clients and Extract Wealth: The End of Transference and Traversing the Fantasy | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:23:46

In this FB Live, I introduce the concepts of Transference and Fantasy, as well as exploring how they can be overcome.

 Becoming an Ethical Subject: In Defense of Predestination | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:19:47

Here I explore how the doctrine of Predestination is one of the most powerful theological moves to escape economic forms of moral action.

 I Don't Know What You Want Because you Don't Know: Freedom from the Big Other | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:31:56

Here I look at the concepts of Alienation and Separation and how they relate to Pyrotheology

 Stationary Movement: On Grace, Law and Pyrotheology | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:25:54

Here I talk a little about how grace functions in the everyday sense, and how this needs to be distinguished from its offense theological meaning. If you'd like to get more content like this and be involved in our "Non-Membership" community, click the link: peterrollins.com/patreon

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