The Catholic Herald Podcast: Merely Catholic with Gavin Ashenden

49: Confronting "the Machine": a strategy for Church renewal, with Paul Kingsnorth

Jun 2, 2023

48:30

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Paul Kingsnorth

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Going Back to the Source: Finding Wisdom at the Margins of Society

03:01

The Frustration with Jordan Peterson's Ambiguity on Christianity

01:03

Introduction

2min

The Hound of Heaven Poem

4min

The Component Relationship Between East and Western Historic Christianity

5min

The Problem With the Western Church

4min

The Rise and Fall of the Russian Orthodox Church

2min

The Mystery of the Restoration of the Church

3min

The Importance of Orthodoxy

3min

The Importance of a More Muscular Laity

3min

The Counter-Cultural Effect of Subscribing to Traditions

3min

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The Strengths and Weaknesses of Secularism

4min

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The Seduction of Power and Fear

4min

12.

The Impossibility of Living in the Circumstances of Modernity

3min

13.

The Importance of Agnostic Virtues

3min

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The Vulnerability of Secular Culture Without God

3min

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The Importance of Prayer and Holiness in the West

3min

In the 49th episode of Merely Catholic, Paul Kingsnorth joins Gavin Ashenden to talk about his journey from environmentalism, on an exploration through Buddhism and paganism which led him to Christ.

Hailed as one of the most incisive and perceptive thinkers of his generation, Paul Kingsnorth examines the fragility of Western culture and the emergence of what he terms ‘the machine’ – the delegation to technology of the control and fulfilment of human desire.

All choices are ‘religious’ now he suggests. It’s a choice between God and the archetypal path of rebellion with its inevitable consequences.

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