{"id":9863,"date":"2016-09-06T12:33:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T16:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:33:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T16:33:05","slug":"episode-184-david-m-carr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-184-david-m-carr","title":{"rendered":"Episode 184 – David M. Carr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #184: David M. Carr<\/a><\/p>\n

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“There’s a deeper music that runs through and beneath the Bible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"2803d239361d1148d0f5ff5ea09e7358\"<\/a>Biblical scholar David M. Carr<\/a> joins the show to talk about his book, Holy Resilience: The Bible’s Traumatic Origins<\/a>\"\"\u00a0(Yale University Press). We get into how the Hebrew and Christian scriptures were shaped, the parallels between trauma and religion, the personal trauma that led to his thesis, the perils of applying modern psychology to people in antiquity, how he balances his faith with his scholarship, the problems with seeing yourself as “chosen”, the personal and communal trauma of 9\/11 (it gets pretty heavy), and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And go buy Holy Resilience<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“I find Paul a fascinating figure. He’s incredibly irritating. He’s all over the place, in some ways. You can never pin him down. But he’s grappling with the reality of life, and life is itself untamable, so it’s an untamable text.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We also discuss his favorite parts of scripture (something Old, something New), the social justice work that drew him into biblical scholarship, the difference between writing for other scholars and writing for a lay audience, the conflicted nature of Paul the Apostle and the enormous ramifications of that conflict, the tension between monotheism and cosmotheism, and the uncanny nature of celebrating the Cross as a symbol. BONUS: I ramble about visiting a sculpture exhibition in a cow pasture<\/a>\u00a0(photoset over here<\/a>, plus these whitewalkers below)!<\/em>\u00a0Now go listen to the show!<\/a><\/p>\n

“For some people this may be their first encounter with seeing the Bible as a human product, and it can be a little shocking.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n