Daniel Liechty's guest appearances

Daniel Liechty

End of the Road

Hermitix

Jasun Horsley

Eric Wargo

James Riley

Gordon White

Angel Millar

Carl Abrahamsson

Richard Gavin

Mark Stavish

James Howard Kunstler

Joe Moore

Noah Lampert

Carl Jung

John Cussans

Aaron French

Jennifer Iserloh

OwlTail

Ernest Becker

Daniel Liechty is a longtime reader and interpreter of Ernest Becker’s  writings. He is especially interested in the implications of Becker’s  work in religion and spirituality and its applications in psychotherapy. His Becker-related books include Theology in Postliberal Perspective (1990), Transference and  Transcendence (1995), Thinking about Faith in a Post-Christian Time  (2003), and The Ernest Becker Reader (2005). In this episode we discuss the work and life of Ernest Becker, touching on his bestselling The Denial of Death, alongside discussions on meaning, religion and faith. Happy New Year to all listeners, I hope it brings you what you're searching for...Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix TwitterHermitix DiscordSupport Hermitix:SubscribeHermitix PatreonHermitix MerchandiseOne off Donations at Ko-FiHermitix TwitterBitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

Daniel Liechty is a longtime reader and interpreter of Ernest Becker’s writings. He is especially interested in the implications of Becker’s work in religion and spirituality and its applications in psychotherapy. His Becker-related books include Theology in Postliberal Perspective (1990), Transference and Transcendence (1995), Thinking about Faith in a Post-Christian Time (2003), and The Ernest Becker Reader (2005). In this episode we discuss the work and life of Ernest Becker, touching on his bestselling The Denial of Death, alongside discussions on meaning, religion and faith. Happy New Year to all listeners, I hope it brings you what you're searching for... Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

The Work of Ernest Becker with Daniel Liechty

Professor Liechty teaches in the Department of Social Work at Illinois State University.  This year he was named as a College of Arts and Science Distinguished Lecturer for the 2018-19 Academic Year which is the highest honor awarded by the College based on faculty scholarship.  In this podcast, we discuss the following subjects:  the historical and contemporary relationship between social work and religion; the human experience predicated on the ability to refuse objective reality and prefer fictional reality; Ernest Becker's "Denial of Death;" Fear of Death; Fear of Life; the role of Culture in allaying anxiety; the existence of the Cultural "other;" Freud, Marx, Tillich, Sufism, drumming, chanting, dancing, trance, and psychedelics.

Professor Liechty teaches in the Department of Social Work at Illinois State University.  This year he was named as a College of Arts and Science Distinguished Lecturer for the 2018-19 Academic Year which is the highest honor awarded by the College based on faculty scholarship.  In this podcast, we discuss the following subjects:  the historical and contemporary relationship between social work and religion; the human experience predicated on the ability to refuse objective reality and prefer fictional reality; Ernest Becker's "Denial of Death;" Fear of Death; Fear of Life; the role of Culture in allaying anxiety; the existence of the Cultural "other;" Freud, Marx, Tillich, Sufism, drumming, chanting, dancing, trance, and psychedelics.

Ep. 59  Professor Daniel Liechty, Death and a Psychosocial Theory of Religion. 