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Actually, It's Good

Actually, It's Good

By Actually, It's Good

The podcast where we show that some of the things you've been told are bad in philosophy and theology are actually good.

Produced by A.S. Wilson (aswilson.bandcamp.com)
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Episode 3: Gnosticism... It's Good (feat. David Bentley Hart)

Actually, It's GoodNov 18, 2020

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Episode 4: Psychoanalysis... It's Good (feat. Adam A.J. DeVille)

Episode 4: Psychoanalysis... It's Good (feat. Adam A.J. DeVille)

The boys talk to Dr. Adam A.J. DeVille about psychoanalysis and why it's actually good.

Recommended Reading:

Adam A.J. DeVille, "The shrink and the spiritual director: Freud and the Jesuits" (America Magazine); https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/12/13/shrink-and-spiritual-director-freud-and-jesuits

Adam A.J. DeVille, "Orthodoxy and Freud: Is a Conversation Possible?" (Orthodoxy in Dialogue); https://orthodoxyindialogue.com/2017/11/21/orthodoxy-and-freud-is-a-conversation-possible-by-a-a-j-deville/

Adam A.J. DeVille, "Learning to Hate the Church?," The Wheel 20 (2020): 17-20; https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d0df1ee4b036ef1e44b144/t/5e7927cffb066b2d1e93a133/1584998353388/Wheel20_03_DeVille.pdf

Adam A.J. DeVille, Everything Hidden Shall Be Revealed: Ridding the Church of Abuses of Sex and Power (Angelico Press, 2019)


Music:

1. Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "Blank Generation"

2. Marcy Playground, "Sex and Candy"

Production:

A.S. Wilson (aswilson.bandcamp.com)

Jan 11, 202101:41:10
Episode 3: Gnosticism... It's Good (feat. David Bentley Hart)

Episode 3: Gnosticism... It's Good (feat. David Bentley Hart)

The boys talk to David Bentley Hart about Gnosticism and why it's actually good.


Recommended Reading:

David Bentley Hart, Theological Territories: A David Bentley Hart Digest (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020).


Music:

1. Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "Blank Generation"

2. Juss James, "Sweet Jesus"


Production:

A.S. Wilson (aswilson.bandcamp.com)

Nov 18, 202001:56:46
Episode 2: Neochalcedonianism... It's Good (pt. 2)

Episode 2: Neochalcedonianism... It's Good (pt. 2)

The boys show that neochalcedonianism is good... even in modern theology.


Recommended reading:

1. Dennis Ferrara, "'Hypostatized in the Logos': Leontius of Byzantium, Leontius of Jerusalem, and the Unfinished Business of the Council of Chalcedon" (1997).

2. U.M. Lang, "Anhypostatos-Enhypostatos: Church Fathers, Protestant Orthodoxy, and Karl Barth" (1998).

3. Robert Jenson, "Jesus in the Trinity" (1999).


Music:

1. Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "Blank Generation"

2. New Riders of the Purple Sage, "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy"


Production:

A.S. Wilson (aswilson.bandcamp.com)

Nov 10, 202001:28:48
Episode 1: Neochalcedonianism... It's Good (pt. 1)

Episode 1: Neochalcedonianism... It's Good (pt. 1)

The boys show that neochalcedonianism is actually good.


Recommended reading:

1. Alois Grillmeier, “Der Neu-Chalkedonismus: Um die Berechtigung eines neuen Kapitels in der Dogmengeschichte” in Mit ihm und in ihm: christologische Forschungen und Perspektiven (Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1975), 371-385

2. Johannes Zachhuber, “Christology after Chalcedon and the Transformation of the Philosophical Tradition: Reflections on a Neglected Topic” in The Ways of Byzantine Philosophy, ed. Mikonja Knežević (Alhambra: Sebastian Press, 2015), 89-110


Music:

1. Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "Blank Generation"

2. A.S. Wilson, "All at Once"


Production:

A.S. Wilson (https://aswilson.bandcamp.com)

Nov 10, 202001:24:40