28. Culture, Plurality, Faith, Will (w/ Jonathan Rowson)

Jonathan Rowson of Perspectiva joins Brendan for a conversation about the nature of spirituality in the contemporary public square, the boundaries of the social imaginary, the thirst for spiritual conversation and community in a secular world, religion and epistemic justification, the religious impulse of submission vs. the modern ego, what taking the meta view on a multi-perspectival religious landscape might mean, the divine contribution of the individual/individuating will, and much else.0:00 Introduction2:04 Exploring (the Absence of) Spirituality in Public Space Today9:47 Defining Spirituality14:22 The Elephant in the Room20:24 A More Justified Worldview? Modernity vs. Traditional Religion31:26 Truth and Value in the Public Domain36:02 Transrational Submission or Individuation?44:50 Both Both/And and Either/Or: Religion, Committment, and Multi-Perspectival Awareness53:32 Mystery, Reality, Plurality, and Transcendence57:35 Pluralism, Committment, and the Creative Will of the Metamodern Self1:08:43 Metamodernity as Spirituality1:14:38 Closing Remarks Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe