Ep 62: Stephen Backhouse on the life of Kierkegaard

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Stephen Backhouse is a author, theologian, and teacher and the author of Kierkegaard: A Single Life, a biography and survey of the work of the iconoclastic Danish writer Soren Kierkegaard. You can purchase Kierkegaard: A Single Life on Amazon by clicking on the link and you can find out more about Stephen's Tent Theology teaching program at: https://www.tenttheology.com/

While our conversation is mostly about Kierkegaard and his work, we also discuss the dangers of Christian Nationalism (or Christendom)—including a segment on whether or not American Christians should recite the Pledge of Allegiance—,the dangers of being an ordained minister within the institution of the Church, and how Arcade Fire's album Reflektor was inspired by Kierkegaard (Here is the Postconsumer article about that subject: Postconsumer Reports article of Arcade Fire and Kierkegaard). 


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More interviews with Stephen Backhouse:
Another interview with Stephen Backhouse
Info on the book Kierkegaard and Political Theology
Why Go Kierkegaard? with Stephen Backhouse
Unbelievable? Kierkegaard interview with Stephen Backhouse and Jane Williams


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You can cry, I won't go
You can scream, I won't go
Every man that you know
Would have run at the word go...

Has monogamy ever seemed sexier than on Arcade Fire's "Porno" from 2013's Reflektor?

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It's just a reflection of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection...

You can be sure of this: Arcade Fire albums never happen by accident. From the themes of each song all the way down to how those songs are dispersed and promoted, their music is a well-planned event. It might even be the case that each album they have ever released has been part of some master plan decided on from their inception (You can go to this article or this article to see what I might mean by that).