Symbolic Immortality and the Hatred of Others
I’ve often asked a variation of this question: Why do Christians fight each other so much? Think Rob Bell, John Piper and Mark Driscoll. I have a couple theories. The main one is this: selfishness....
View ArticleAsh Wednesday: The Day We Doubt Our Immortality
Ash Wednesday isn’t suppose to be comfortable. It’s a day when the church takes repentance public. A day when something we usually reserve for the private sphere get’s pushed into the public sphere....
View ArticleDeath and Political Fundamentalism
There are religious and political fundamentalists. Some people are both. Right now, many people are of the latter. Based on the works of Ernest Becker, a connection can be made between death and...
View ArticleComfort Cliches as Defense Mechanism
For Ernest Becker, the idea of transference is central to understanding the human condition. We are fallible and finite, destined to death and our works are destined to destruction. In order to...
View ArticleIf You’re Dealing with Complicated Grief, Seek First Your Therapist, Not Your...
Ernest Becker proposes that depressed individuals (specifically those depressed from death) suffer both doubt in their faith and doubt their value within their worldview. In other words, grieving...
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