Subversive Orthodoxy
Outlaws, Revolutionaries, and Other Christians in Disguise
Subversive Orthodoxy is a place for people who are burned by politics. We're tired of culture wars and worn-out ideologies, but still have some hope that the Judeo-Christian story has something real to offer the modern world.
We take a clear-eyed look at how an ancient faith, often written off as outdated or oppressive, might actually help renew our public life, our imagination, and the way we treat one another.
This is not about nostalgia or picking political sides, rather its about undercutting polarization and re-humanizing ourselves in civic love and respect.
These voices provide a grounded, generous, honest faith that does not bow to the usual powers, whether that is the empire, the enlightenment, or the myth of endless progress.
It is about bringing back humility.
It is about re-humanizing our neighbors in a distracted age.
We try to do this through thoughtful conversation, reflection, and creativity.
If this resonates, we would be glad to have you along for the journey.
Hosted by:
Travis Mullen and Robert "Larry" Inchausti, Professor Emeritus of English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Episodes
Field Notes #1: Reflections On Existentialism
Episode #14: The Brothers Karamazov & the Grand Inquisitor: Fyodor Dostoevsky (Part Three)
Episode #13: Is Redemption Even Possible? Escaping the Underground with Dostoevsky (Part Two)
Episode #12: The Underground Inspired Scorsese: Dostoevsky (Part One)
Episode #11: Avoiding Spiritual Nihilism, Deconstructing Systems Without Losing Faith: Nikolai Berdyaev (part two)
Episode #10: No System Can Contain the Soul: On Freedom, the Creative Act, and the Person: Nikolai Berdyaev (part one)
Episode #9: Laughing into the Abyss: G.K. Chesterton on Deconstruction, Nihilism & Technology (Part Two)
Episode #8: Joy As Resistance: G.K. Chesterton, the Prophetic Rebel of Laughter (part one)
Episode #7: The Patron Saint of Deconstruction, The Apostle of Paradox & Radical Faith: Soren Kierkegaard
Episode #6: Striving Without Rest: The Coming-of-Age Crisis and the Gift of Grace: Goethe
Episode #5: Imagination as Divine: Blake's Revolutionary Spirituality: William Blake (part two)
Episode #4: Psychedelic Bible Visions and Divine Madness: William Blake (part one)
Episode #3: Losing Faith In Atheism: Boris Pasternak
Episode #2: Surviving the Gulag: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Episode #1: Intro to Subversive Orthodoxy - Outlaws, Revolutionaries, and Other Christians in Disguise