The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture WOF 340: Strange New Religions w/ Tara Isabella Burton
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Jun 27, 2022 AI Snips
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Keep Intuition And Institution In Play
- Balance intuition and institution to keep religious life alive and avoid collapse.
- Use prophetic creativity and institutional structure together to sustain communities.
Eschatology Takes A Back Seat
- New spiritualities rarely emphasize the afterlife and focus instead on earthly fulfillment or mystery.
- Death and eschatology are often sidelined in favor of living your best life now.
Internet-Fueled, American Remix Culture
- The internet and algorithmic curation democratized religious remixing, mirroring American individualism.
- Fandom culture lets consumers co-create and re-narrate spiritual texts and practices.