

Peter Rollins - The Archive
Peter Rollins
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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Sep 15, 2017 • 24min
How to Gain Clients and Extract Wealth: The End of Transference and Traversing the Fantasy
In this FB Live, I introduce the concepts of Transference and Fantasy, as well as exploring how they can be overcome.

Sep 13, 2017 • 20min
Becoming an Ethical Subject: In Defense of Predestination
Here I explore how the doctrine of Predestination is one of the most powerful theological moves to escape economic forms of moral action.

Sep 8, 2017 • 32min
I Don't Know What You Want Because you Don't Know: Freedom from the Big Other
Here I look at the concepts of Alienation and Separation and how they relate to Pyrotheology

Sep 3, 2017 • 26min
Stationary Movement: On Grace, Law and Pyrotheology
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.
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Sep 3, 2017 • 21min
The Tyranny of Self-Help: Coveting and the Body of Death
In this FB live, I talk a little about the idea of coveting as inherently caught up in notions of the self, and contrast this with the idea of Soul..

Aug 31, 2017 • 1h 1min
Losing the Lost Object | On Scapegoating, Ideology and Conversion
With traumatic events like those witnessed in Charlottesville, we’re faced with the challenge of how to read, and respond to, the rise of right wing organizations. In the current climate of political unrest, there are groups who wish to mobilize discontent around the figure of a scapegoat. Some group that can be held responsible for real political, economic and cultural antagonisms.
In this seminar we explore a theoretical framework that can help us interpret the rise of extremism and understand how to develop an effective response. Beyond condemnation and calls for love, we look at how a pyrotheological reading of Christianity can help us actively forge micro-societies of resistance that can positively transform our political landscape.

Jul 30, 2017 • 51min
Into the Wilderness: A Conversation with Kent Dobson
In this live video I chat with Kent Dobson about disruption, Jung, Freud and his new book Bitten by a Camel.

Jul 25, 2017 • 26min
The Art of Wanting Want: Christianity and Desire
In this Live video I look at what it might mean to actively desire what we don't have, and how this connects with Christianity.

Jul 18, 2017 • 20min
Maybe Reality is Fuzzy: Faith and Nihilism
Here I touch on the main difference between faith and nihilism.

Jul 13, 2017 • 12min
Circle of Reality (Excerpt from week 1 of Christ and the End of Meaning
This is an excerpt from the first week of my 8 week book study on Christ and the End of Meaning. Sign up to my book study via pyrotheology.com