Deep Talks | Cultural Theology with Paul Anleitner Rafe Kelley | Training Our Bodies to Pursue the Highest Good
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Dec 5, 2023 Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play, discusses the transformative benefits of physical fitness and embodied spiritual disciplines. Topics include counterculture upbringing, wrestling with pictures of Christ, modern gnosticism, physical participation in Christianity, navigating sexual ethics, original sin, finding shared pursuit, paganism, reflecting on Jordan Peterson, and becoming Christ-like.
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Modern Gnosticism in Evangelicalism
- Paul Anleitner's evangelical upbringing fostered a modern Gnosticism, emphasizing correct doctrinal knowledge for an afterlife escape.
- This disembodied theology lacked a framework for valuing physical existence and its transformative potential.
Transformative Dance in Pentecostalism
- Paul Anleitner found transformative experiences in charismatic Pentecostal settings, particularly through intense, embodied dancing during worship.
- He contrasts this with his general aversion to dancing, highlighting the unique power of these embodied practices.
Evolutionary Hardware vs. Aspirational Myth
- Rafe Kelley discusses the tension between evolutionary "hardware" and aspirational myth.
- He suggests monogamy, while not evolutionarily "natural," can be the highest expression of human love and connection.