164. The End

What begins as an exercise in classifying religion ends in a deeply personal conversation about the impacts of eschatological theology. We adopt a comparative lens to view modern Christianity against its ancient expression, asking questions like "Is it a failed apocalyptic project?" and "As such, was it inevitable that it became a dominant-state religion?" And then Josh makes it personal and ask Stephen how he's thinking about his recent apocalypse of faith.Our Sponsor: NOCD.com: effective, evidence-based treatment breaking the cycle of religious OCDMentioned in the episode: Major religious groups WikiThe Silmarillion by JRR TolkienShane Claiborne and Red Letter ChristiansRachel Held Evans Website13. On the Origin of Spiritual Truth Ravel EpisodeBuddhist eschatology Wiki163. Is This All Idle Talk? Ravel EpisodeSupport us:Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at [email protected]! Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Follow on Threads, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!Credits:Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and BandcampArtwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedrawsProduced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily RettinghouseEditing/Audio Engineering by Stephen HenningSocial Media by Josh LieuallenCertified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★