I was recently reading Slavoj Zizek’s excellent essay “The Ambiguity of the Masochist Social Link” and was struck by his reflection on how symptoms can represent forgotten failures to act. I would like to reflect upon this in relation to what we see in so much of the actually existing church today. In order to [...]
The Revolutionary Potential of the Actually Existing Church
posted 9/12/11Pyro-Theology at Mars Hill
posted 1/7/11Pyro-theology Talk from Mars Hill based on the book of Ecclesiastes.
Pyro-theology lectures (part 4)
posted 4/4/11Watch live streaming video from ssuca at livestream.com This is part 4 of a series of lectures I gave at St. Stephen’s University on the subject of Pyro-theology.
Pyro-theology lectures (part 3)
posted 4/4/11Watch live streaming video from ssuca at livestream.com This is part 3 of a series of lectures I gave at St. Stephen’s University on the subject of Pyro-theology.
What is Pyro-theology?
posted 8/3/11More recently I have been trying out a new term that might help to differentiate my own theological project for those of others. The term, which we developed and used in ikon, is pyro-theology. My next book will seek to describe what pyro-theology is and show how it can revolutionize faith structures, but for now I thought I would attempt [...]
Pyro-theology video clips
posted 10/9/09Ben Jones from ikon was able to capture some clips from our Greenbelt Gathering. There is rumor of a longer video in existence, but until we track it down this will give you a tiny taste of how the evening looked and felt.
Ikon presents: Pyro-theology
posted 30/5/09On 28th August ikon will be offering a transformance art event at Greenbelt music festival entitled ‘Pyro-theology’. The gathering itself is inspired by Buenaventura Durutti’s provocative phrase, ‘The only church that illuminates is a burning church’ Hope you can join us
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Trailer for The Idolatry of God
posted 11/1/13Here is a little taster of the content from my new book The Idolatry of God which has just be released in the UK and US
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The Virtual Reality of Demons
posted 28/5/13Here is a talk I gave at RevolutionNYC exploring the relationship between Virtual Reality, the Demonic, Scapegoating and Conversion.
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