Peter Rollins - The Archive

Peter Rollins
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Feb 12, 2018 • 30min

When Atheism isn't Atheistic Enough: Radical Theology and the Death of God

In this video I look briefly at week 6 of Atheism for Lent, which introduces how the previous material interacts with Pyrotheology.
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Feb 10, 2018 • 19min

Religionless Christianity The Existential Theologians

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.
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Feb 10, 2018 • 1h 41min

Salvation For Zombies (Lecture At The Brehm Center)

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.
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Feb 9, 2018 • 25min

Proof in the Pudding: Materialist Readings of Religion

Here I introduce and outline the 18th and 19th century critique of religion.
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Feb 9, 2018 • 27min

Encircling the Nothing: Mysticism, Truth and the Unknowable

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.
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Feb 8, 2018 • 17min

Priests Make the Best Atheists

Here I touch on the purpose of Atheism for Lent and some of the reflections that will be in week two.
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Feb 7, 2018 • 16min

Time in a Bottle: On Confronting the Other

Here I talk about the first week of Atheism for Lent with reference to a little known comic book called Knight and Squire
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Feb 5, 2018 • 25min

When Everything Isn't Enough: On Providence, Osteen and Anxiety

In this short reflection I explore the theological conception of Providence and attempt to excavate its existential meaning.
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Jan 31, 2018 • 10min

The Failure Of Love: MacGyver, Desire and the Art of Making Love

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.
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Sep 18, 2017 • 36min

Be Optimistic, Expect Chaos | Faith and the End of Meaning

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.

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