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Oct 2024
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Ryan Hemmer - The Question of Culture em...

Paul Axton
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In the repeat episode, Ryan Hemmer has explored key thinkers on the question of Christ and culture. In this episode Ryan explains the significance of Paul Ricoeur, René Girard, and Sigmund Freud, in regard to the role of culture. What role for evil and desire or goodness and deity in language and culture?

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