Deep Talks | Cultural Theology with Paul Anleitner

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Deep Talks is a podcast dedicated to exploring the integral relationship between religion, culture, philosophy, and science. Fostering nuanced, non-combative dialogue about theology and culture, science, the arts, entertainment, and philosophy within a broad, historic Christian perspective. Paul Anleitner is a cultural theologian who writes and speaks on religion and culture. He has degrees in history from the University of Michigan and a Master of Christian Thought from Bethel Seminary, where he graduated with highest honors.

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Is Wrestling America's Best Philosophy?
Jan 20, 2025
How Postmodernism Killed Superman | Parker Settecase
Jan 13, 2025
Fallen Angels Backstory? "Gabriel and the Guardians" creator Jason Moody
Jan 02, 2025
The Culture Shift | Paul talks with Tudor Dixon, former Michigan candidate for governor
Dec 10, 2024
Are We a Spiritual Species? (Part 2) | Dr. Clay Routledge
Nov 26, 2024
Are We a Spiritual Species? (Part 1) | Dr. Clay Routledge
Nov 20, 2024
Joe Rogan is Changing His Mind on Religion
Nov 12, 2024
Halloween: Why We Long to Be Haunted
Oct 29, 2024
Psychedelics & Christianity: Roundtable Discussion with Ashley Lande, Paul Risse, and Joe Welker
Oct 08, 2024
Faith Beyond Nihilism & Naivety | Andy Squyres
Oct 01, 2024
What's the Relationship between Religion, Culture, & Meaning?
Sep 24, 2024
What is Metamodernism? | Brett McCracken
Sep 16, 2024
Is the Hero's Journey True? | Justin Wells- Filmmaker and Professor of Film
Sep 09, 2024
Explaining David Bentley Hart's "All Things are Full of Gods" (Part 2)
Sep 05, 2024
Explaining David Bentley Hart's "All Things are Full of Gods" (Part 1)
Aug 29, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Mind Software- How Culture Programs Your Values (Part 2)
Aug 05, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Mind Software- How Culture Programs Your Values (Part1)
Jul 29, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Metamodernism (Part 3)
Jul 22, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Metamodernism (Part 2)
Jul 15, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Metamodernism (Part 1)
Jul 08, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: John Vervaeke and Paul VanderKlay
Jul 01, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Dr. John Walton- Answers in Genesis?
Jun 24, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Christ and Culture (Part 3)
Jun 17, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Christ and Culture (Part 2)
Jun 10, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Christ and Culture (Part 1)
Jun 03, 2024
Deep Talks Essentials: Andy Squyres, John Mark McMillan, and Ted Kim
May 27, 2024
The Science and Theology of the Flow State (Part 2)
May 14, 2024
Does Evolution Point to Christ? | Sam Tideman
Apr 16, 2024
The Science and Theology of the Flow State (Part 1)
Apr 08, 2024
The Disenchantment of the World & The Loss of Story
Mar 26, 2024
Theology and Anime | Kaz Hayashi
Feb 27, 2024
Justin Wells | A Story Above All Stories?
Feb 06, 2024
Can We Teach A.I. to be Christian? (Part 2) Sam Tideman
Jan 23, 2024
Can We Teach A.I. to be Christian? (Part 1) | Sam Tideman
Jan 16, 2024
Brendan Graham Dempsey | Understanding Metamodernism
Dec 18, 2023
Rafe Kelley | Training Our Bodies to Pursue the Highest Good
Dec 05, 2023
Dru Johnson | Is Darwin and the Bible Telling the Same Story?
Nov 20, 2023
Metamodernism & The Meaning of Sigma Male Culture | A Conversation with Theohopracy
Nov 07, 2023
Halloween: God & The Universal Monsters
Oct 31, 2023
Metamodernism, Part 4 | Metamodern Christianity?
Oct 24, 2023
Video Episode: Metamodernism & Creed
Oct 10, 2023
Metamodernism, Part 3 | The Metamodern Hero’s Journey
Sep 18, 2023
Metamodernism, Part 2 | A Longing for Mundane Transcendence
Aug 29, 2023
Metamodernism, Part 1 | What’s happening & why is this happening?
Aug 15, 2023
Oppenheimer: Christopher Nolan, Nihilism, and the Human Condition
Jul 24, 2023
John Vervaeke & Paul Vander Klay
Jun 13, 2023
Evolution & The Slain Lamb
Jun 06, 2023
Parker Settecase | Is God Writing a Good Story?
May 16, 2023
Mind Software: How Culture Programs Your Values (Part 2)
May 09, 2023
Mind Software- How Culture Programs Your Values (Part 1)
May 02, 2023
John Mark McMillan Wrestles with Our Violent Heroes (Part 2)
Apr 18, 2023
John Mark McMillan Wrestles with Our Violent Heroes (Part 1)
Apr 11, 2023
Dr. Chris Green | Christianity & The Complicated Cowboy Myth: Jesus, John Wayne, & Masculinity
Mar 27, 2023
The Inevitability of Death: A Lenten Theological Reflection
Mar 21, 2023
Prosperity Gospel, Open Theism, and the Problem of Evil with Dan Kent
Mar 07, 2023
John Mark McMillan, Stephen Roach, Ted Kim (Part 2) | Transcendence, Time, & Ecclesiastes
Feb 28, 2023
John Mark McMillan, Stephen Roach, Ted Kim (Part 1) | Longing & Survival | Makers & Mystics Roundtable
Feb 21, 2023
Strahan Coleman | Beyond Consumeristic Christianity (Part 2)
Feb 14, 2023
Strahan Coleman | A More Holistic Charismatic (Part 1)
Feb 08, 2023
Spiritual Species (Part 4)- Damien Walter | Transcendence & Story
Jan 31, 2023
Spiritual Species (Part 3) - Damien Walter | The Role of Story
Jan 24, 2023
A Quest for Meaning as a Spiritual Species (Part 2)- Dr. Clay Routledge & Ben Wilterdink
Jan 17, 2023
A Quest for Meaning as a Spiritual Species (Part 1)- Dr. Clay Routledge & Ben Wilterdink
Jan 10, 2023
Gen Z Wrestles with the Problem of Evil (Part 2)
Jan 02, 2023
Gen Z Wrestles with the Problem of Evil (Part I)
Dec 28, 2022
How Political Tribalism Distorts Our Ability to See the Truth | Patrick Miller | Truth Over Tribe
Oct 18, 2022
The Hive Switch & The Experience of God: The Science Behind our Transcendent Experiences
Oct 05, 2022
Where Are You, God? Why the Problem of Evil is a Problem
Sep 13, 2022
John Walton- Answers in Genesis? Genesis, Creation, & Evolution
Sep 05, 2022
Leaving Psychedelics to Follow Jesus | Paul Risse author of ”The Psychedelic Christian”
Aug 30, 2022
Jesus Beats ”The Universe” in an Evolutionary Tournament of the Gods | Jonathan Haidt, Daniell Dennett, & more
Aug 23, 2022
Bonnie Kristian | Conspiracy Culture, Fake News, & the Knowledge Crisis
Aug 16, 2022
Re-Understanding the Good News (It Ain’t About Your After-Life!)| BONUS Q & A Episode
Jul 27, 2022
Stephen Roach | Music & Altered States of Consciousness in the Bible
May 17, 2022
Finding God After Psychedelics | Ashley Lande
May 03, 2022
Glenn Packiam & Andrew Root | Deeper Reasons for Church Decline in America
Apr 25, 2022
Culture War Christianity- Live Lecture (Part 2)
Apr 19, 2022
Culture War Christianity- Live Lecture (Part 1)
Apr 12, 2022
Have Movies Replaced Church? | Searching for God and Meaning at the Movies | Feat. Movies While They Sleep
Mar 23, 2022
Re-enchantment, Beauty, & the Death of the Secular Age | Paul Anleitner on THE VAST podcast
Mar 15, 2022
A Sermon on Ecclesiastes | Is Everything Meaningless?
Feb 15, 2022
Dwight Hopkins | Black Theologian Raised in Segregation | Liberation Theology & The Good News
Feb 02, 2022
Star Trek, Christ, and The True Transcultural Story
Jan 21, 2022
Andy Squyres, John Mark McMillan, & Ted Kim | Searching for God in the Post-Secular Age
Jan 11, 2022
Jordan Peterson vs. John Walton on Genesis 1 | Creation, Evolution, & Genesis
Jan 03, 2022
Discerning God‘s Intended Order for Reality | Paul on ”The Meaning Code” YouTube Channel
Dec 22, 2021
Paul VanderKlay & John Vervaeke - What Does ”God” Mean?
Dec 14, 2021
Jordan Peterson‘s Psychedelic Claim about the Bible
Nov 30, 2021
Dr. Matthew J. Thomas- Have We Completely Misunderstood the Apostle Paul?
Nov 23, 2021
Hierarchies & Jesus: Behavioral Science & The Gospel of Matthew
Nov 09, 2021
Dr. Jeannine K. Brown- A Better Way to Read the Bible
Nov 02, 2021
Is Hell Biblical?
Oct 25, 2021
Dr. Jeremy Perigo- The Deep Connection Between Our Guiding Stories, the Arts, Music, & The Liturgies of Church & Culture
Oct 12, 2021
Christ & Culture Pt. 3- Battle of the Gods
Oct 05, 2021
Christ & Culture Pt. 2- Synthesis, Paradox, or Metamorphosis?
Sep 28, 2021
Christ & Culture Pt. 1- From Jesus Freaks to Christian Nazis
Sep 21, 2021
From the Vault: Christ & The Culture War
Sep 13, 2021
Ep 105: Jesus and John Vervaeke (Part 3- N.T. Wright ”epistemology of love, De-Centering, & Agape)
Sep 06, 2021
Ep 104: Jesus and John Vervaeke (Part 2- The Mystical & Metanoia)
Aug 17, 2021
Ep 103: Jesus and John Vervaeke- Theology, Cognitive Science, Psychedelics & Genuine Awakening ( Part 1- Disrupting the Frame)
Aug 09, 2021
Ep 102: Gods, Wizards, Witches & The End of Secularity III- Red Pill Suspicion of Immanence, Wanda the Witch, Loki Enchants the Void
Jul 20, 2021
Ep 101: John Vervaeke Returns! (Psycho-technologies, Consciousness, Evaluating Religious Experience)
Jul 05, 2021
Ep 100: Invisible Stories Manifest in Visible Institutions (Behind the Image Leadership Podcast interview)
Jun 28, 2021
Ep 99: Paul Vander Klay - Did Blockbuster Video Kill Church?
Jun 21, 2021
Ep 98: Gods, Wizards, Witches, & the End of Secularity - HERE COMES THE NEW GODS (Part 2)
May 25, 2021
Ep 97: Fr. Kenneth Tanner- Discovering a Better Christian Story
May 17, 2021
Ep 96: Gods, Wizards, Witches, & the End of Secularity (part 1)
May 11, 2021
Ep 95: Ted Kim, John Mark McMillan, & Andy Squyres- RE-ENCHANTMENT
May 03, 2021
Ep 94: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Part 3/Conclusion)
Apr 26, 2021
Ep 93: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World- For the Bible Tells Me So (Part 2)
Apr 19, 2021
Ep 92: In Christ Alone? Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Part 1)
Apr 12, 2021
Ep 91: Jon Guerra- When Beauty Disarms Our Cynicism
Apr 05, 2021
Ep 90: Dan Kent & Paul debate Open Theism, Satan & Spiritual Warfare, & The Problem of Evil
Mar 29, 2021
Ep 89- Dr. John Walton- Answers in Genesis? Creation, Evolution, & The Lost Biblical World
Mar 15, 2021
Ep 88: The Problem of Evil Finale- The Most Beautiful of All Possible Songs
Mar 08, 2021
Ep 87: The Problem of Evil (Part 17)- In Conclusion | The Bible, Right-Ordered, Non-Ordered, & Dis-Ordered Suffering
Feb 28, 2021
Ep 86: Ted Kim- Finding the True Story in a Post-Secular, Cross-Cultural World
Feb 22, 2021
Ep 85: American Civil Religion- How Did We Get Here? w/ Adam Russell & The Ferment Podcast
Feb 01, 2021
Ep 84: The Problem of Evil- Greg Boyd & Thomas Jay Oord Conversation. Open Theism Vs. Essential Kenosis/God Can't
Jan 26, 2021
Ep 83: John Vervaeke - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Jan 18, 2021
Ep 82: The Problem of Evil (Part 16)- Open Theism
Jan 11, 2021
Ep 81: The Problem of Evil (Part 15)- Process Theism | Creative Solution or A New Gnosticism?
Jan 04, 2021
Ep 80: Special Q&A Episode- Paul's Journey, Defining Meaning-Making, Mind Software, Hyper-Objects & More
Dec 21, 2020
Ep 79: Mind Software-How Culture Programs Your Values (Part 2)
Dec 09, 2020
Ep 78: Mind Software- How Culture Programs Your Values (Part 1)
Dec 07, 2020
Ep 77: Cosmic Spiritual Powers, Hyper-Objects, and C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy
Nov 16, 2020
Ep 76: Paul Vander Klay- Culture War. The Jordan Peterson Moment. Faith-Killing Dinosaurs. Vervaeke, Kierkegaard, Darwin, Barth
Nov 04, 2020
Ep 75: The Problem of Evil (Part 14)- Karl Barth | The Chaos, The Shadow, & the Hidden God
Oct 27, 2020
Ep 74: The Problem of Evil (Part 13)- Frankenstein, Dinosaurs, & Darwin in the 19th Century
Oct 14, 2020
Ep 73: Christ & The Culture War (don't just leave republican jesus for democrat jesus)
Oct 05, 2020
Ep 72: Dr. Russell Moore - Truth Beyond Culture War & Reading Hero Myths in Exile
Sep 28, 2020
Ep 71: Dr. Andrew Root - Secular Pastors? Why Ministry in the Meaning Crisis Is So Difficult
Sep 15, 2020
Ep 70: Everyone (Yes, even Richard Dawkins) Believes in God. "Does God Exist?" is Dead.
Aug 31, 2020
Ep 69: The Problem of Evil (Part 12)- Friedrich Schleiermacher & Evil as an Obstacle to "God-Consciousness"
Aug 24, 2020
Ep 68: How Theology Starts Revolutions & Why We Need to Train for What's to Come
Aug 11, 2020
Ep 67: The Problem of Evil (Part 11)- The Limits of Reason | Deism & Immanuel Kant
Jul 27, 2020
Ep 66: Dr. Dwight Hopkins- Cultural Theology & the Good News
Jul 13, 2020
Ep 65: The Problem of Evil (Part 10)- Is This the Best Possible World? Leibniz's Theodicy
Jul 06, 2020
Ep 64: Why Horror Films & Nihilistic Comedies like "Rick and Morty" Are on the Rise- with JR. Forasteros
Jun 29, 2020
Ep 63: When Statues Fall- The Battle of the Gods, Revisited
Jun 22, 2020
Ep 62- The Q Conspiracy: QAnon, Trump, & the American Church with Bonnie Kristian
Jun 08, 2020
Ep 61: Adam Russell- Transcendent Experiences, Psychedelics, & Sex
May 19, 2020
Ep 60: The Role of Symbols as Idols or Icons
May 11, 2020
Ep 59: Andy Squyres- Apocalyptic Art & The Unveiling of the Invisible God
May 04, 2020
Ep 58: Reconstruction Stories- The Psychedelic Christian? Paul Risse
Apr 27, 2020
Ep 57: Reconstruction Stories- Rick Guttersohn, LLMSW
Apr 20, 2020
Ep 56: How to do Theology While Binging Pop Culture
Apr 02, 2020
Embrace the Threshing Floor (A brief encouragement during this Coronavirus pandemic)
Mar 19, 2020
Ep 55: The Plague & The Crucified God
Mar 17, 2020
Ep 54: An Easy Bible Mistake That Keeps Us From Seeing Jesus
Mar 03, 2020
Ep 53: Ecclesiastes-Making Meaning Out of the Meaningless
Feb 20, 2020
Ep 52: Is 1 Corinthians 3 talking about purgatory? Did Paul believe in purgatory? (Patreon Q&A)
Feb 09, 2020
Ep 51: Justin Brierley- From Richard Dawkins to Jordan Peterson. The Shifting Conversation about God and Religion
Feb 02, 2020
Ep 50: The Problem of Evil (Part 9)- Objections to Molinism, Christians Creating Suffering, & the Rise of Natural Theology
Jan 26, 2020
Ep 49: Jen Meyerson- The Middle East, War, & Hope
Jan 13, 2020
Ep 48: The Problem of Evil (Part 8)- A Strange, Wonderful Molinist Life? Molinism Explained
Jan 05, 2020
Ep 47: The Problem of Evil (Part 7)- Martin Luther, John Calvin, & Evil as the Alien Acts of God
Dec 12, 2019
Ep 46: The Problem of Evil (Part 6)- Aquinas, Evil, & The Existence of God
Dec 02, 2019
Ep 45: The Problem of Evil (Part 5)- Will Evil Ever End? Do We Get Sinful Souls from Sex? Do We Have Free Will? (Gregory of Nyssa & Augustine)
Nov 18, 2019
Ep 44: The Problem of Evil (Part 4)- Third Century Theodicies (Tertullian, Plotinus, Origen)
Nov 04, 2019
Ep 43: The Problem of Evil (Part 3)- The Gnostic Matrix & the Early Church Fathers
Oct 28, 2019
Ep 42: The Problem of Evil (Part 2)- Fallen Angel Backstories, Nephilim Legends, & Cosmic Conflict in the Bible & Dead Sea Scrolls.
Oct 14, 2019
Ep 41: The Problem of Evil (Part 1)- Intro & Job
Oct 07, 2019
Ep 40: John Mark McMillan - Finding God in the Transcendent & the Immanent
Sep 30, 2019
Ep 39: The Sermon on the God of War's Mount
Sep 23, 2019
Ep 38: Dr. Jeannine K. Brown- A Better Way to Read the Bible
Sep 16, 2019
Ep 36: Paul Vander Klay Returns! Stories from Charismatic culture, Communion, Jordan Peterson
Sep 09, 2019
Ep 35- Bruxy Cavey- Questions about Anabaptism
Sep 02, 2019
Ep 34- Faith Deconstruction & Why It May Be Scientifically Normal
Aug 26, 2019
Ep 33: Live from Ottertail, MN- Art, Work, and the God(s) We Worship
Aug 19, 2019
Ep 32: Dr. Jim Stump, VP of BioLogos- Evolutionary Creationism?
Aug 12, 2019
Ep 31: Micah Redding- SciFi Theology? Transhumanism & Christianity
Aug 05, 2019
Ep 30: July Q&A- Origins of Sin, Predestination & Prayer, Worshipping Mary, & More!
Jul 30, 2019
Ep 29: Christ & Culture (Pt. 3)- Battle of The Gods!
Jul 17, 2019
Ep 28: Christ & Culture (Pt. 2)- Synthesis, Paradox, or Metamorphosis?
Jul 03, 2019
Ep 27: Christ & Culture- From Jesus Freaks to Christian Nazis (Part 1)
Jun 25, 2019
Ep 26: The Afterlife- What Does It Really Say in the Bible?
Jun 18, 2019
Ep 25: Prophetic Dreams- The Bible, Science, Consciousness
Jun 10, 2019
Ep 24: Dr. Glenn Packiam conversation. Seeing the Sacred Everywhere
Jun 03, 2019
Ep 23: The Eucharist is Everywhere- Paul's story on The Ferment Podcast
May 28, 2019
Ep 22: Dr. Clay Routledge conversation- Science Behind Our Meaning Crisis
May 20, 2019
Ep 21: Dan Kent conversation. Theological Psychology of Pride, Shame, Humility
May 13, 2019
Ep 20: Greg Boyd Bonus Episode!
May 06, 2019
Ep 19: Greg Boyd Apologies & Explanations- Paul guest hosts!
Apr 29, 2019
Ep 18: Paul Vander Klay Conversation / Jordan Peterson, Theological Dark Web
Apr 22, 2019
Ep 17: Understanding Our Meaning Crisis (Pt 2)- No One's Actually An Atheist/ The Antidote to Meaning-Crisis
Apr 10, 2019
Ep 16: Dr. Matthew J. Thomas conversation/ Faith vs Works? Grace vs Law? Have we completely misunderstood the Apostle Paul?
Apr 02, 2019
Ep 15: Preston Sprinkle Conversation / non-violence, hell, and moving from what we believe to why we believe
Mar 27, 2019
Ep 14: Understanding Our Meaning Crisis (Pt 1)
Mar 14, 2019
Podcast Update!!! We've got new videos!
Mar 07, 2019
Ep 13: Deep Ideas in Film- Understanding Interstellar in a Secular Age
Feb 15, 2019
Ep 12: Is Life Just a Meaningless Joke? 6 Big Questions & the Answers that Shape a Joker Worldview
Feb 04, 2019
Ep 11: Deep Ideas in Film- Philosophy in the Dark Knight
Jan 30, 2019
Ep 10: Conversation with Andy Squyres / Wrestling with God & Sticking with the Church
Jan 22, 2019
Ep 9: Shower Thoughts- What's The Point of Evolution?
Jan 16, 2019
Ep 8: God of War?
Oct 29, 2018
Ep 7: Darwin, The Bible, Theology & Science (Part 4- Darwin the Theologian?)
Aug 29, 2018
Ep 6: Darwin, The Bible, Science & Theology (Part 3- Genesis 2-3)
Aug 08, 2018
Ep 5: Darwin, The Bible, Science & Theology (Part 2- Genesis 1)
Jul 25, 2018
Ep 4: Darwin, The Bible, Science & Theology (Part I)
Jul 18, 2018
Ep3; The Theology of Jordan Peterson (Part 3)
Jul 03, 2018
Ep2: The Theology of Jordan Peterson (Part 2)
Jun 25, 2018
Ep1: The Theology of Jordan Peterson (Part 1)
Jun 19, 2018