The Symbolic World 417 - Three Things Christians Must Do to Rebuild Culture (Touchstone talk)
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Oct 25, 2025 Explore how today's culture is fraying at the seams, offering Christians a chance for renewal. Delve into the crisis caused by a century of disruption and the hunger for continuity. Discover a threefold program: remember, celebrate, and create, aiming to rebuild culture. Jonathan emphasizes the importance of reclaiming historical memory and the role of worship in shaping art and public life. He advocates for high-quality Christian art, urging artists to adapt secular techniques while preserving truth and beauty. This is a call to transform culture through creativity!
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The Problem Of Perpetual Disruption
- Modern culture made disruption the core value, creating accelerating novelty cycles that consume their own origins.
- This deconstructive pattern produces fragmentation and identity-as-difference, which cannot sustain a healthy society.
Rebellion Often Flips Back
- The 'double inversion' means subversion eventually turns on itself and reasserts normality.
- Watch ironic, rebellious figures because their self-subversion often points to emerging returns to tradition.
The 'Super Straight' Provocation
- A TikToker created 'super straight' as a provocation to claim cis-hetero attraction within LGBT discourse.
- Pageau uses it to show how chaotic culture can reveal clear, resonant 'pearls' amid fragmentation.
