#TBT: Reclaiming Religious Terminology

w/ Layman Pascal

On Thursdays, I post something from the archive.

Here’s a chat I did with

Layman Pascal

back in 2021, and a super important one too (maybe my favorite on the podcast!). It represented a crucial “aha” moment for me that really brought together many ideas and intuitions in a way that continues to influence my thought. When I think of what a “metamodern spirituality” means and how it can best re-conceive of traditional spiritual concepts/language, I find it encapsulated here. Enjoy!

How do we talk about metamodern spirituality, especially when traditional religious terminology is so fraught with baggage from the past? Do we rename our terms, or reclaim them? In this conversation, Layman Pascal defends the reclamation of religious language, offering his own definitions of words like "God," "spirit," "heaven and hell," and more. With this reformulation of familiar ideas, we can glimpse a vital and viable framework for a truly metamodern spirituality, one that retains its connection to the traditions of our ancestors and their age-old explorations of matters of ultimate concern.

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