# William Desmond

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David Dawson on the Word as the Recovery of Language

In this final class with David Dawson, David answers key question regarding Christ's recovery of language as the Word, the exposure of the victim, and the overcoming of religion.   (Register for the course, Metaxology, taught by William Desmond, which will cover the philosophy and theology of Will…

Sermon: The Intimate Universal Logos

Paul Axton preaches: This sermon develops John Behr's understanding of the Logos along with William Desmond's picture of the betweenness of the intimate universal. (Register for the course, Metaxology, taught by William Desmond, which will cover the philosophy and theology of William Desmond as it…

William Desmond Introduces Metaxology and His Course with Ploughshares

William Desmond introduces his metaxological philosophy and its implications for religion, ethics and aesthetics. (Register for the course, Metaxology, taught by William Desmond, which will cover the philosophy and theology of William Desmond as it applies to ethics, aesthetics, peace, and the Chr…

Why Wonder Is More Than Curiosity with William Desmond

What happens when wonder is reduced to curiosity, and curiosity becomes a drive to master everything? In this second conversation with William Desmond, John Vervaeke returns to the question of astonishment: not as a passing emotional state, but as a deeper opening of the mind to reality. Desmond f…

Sermon: Stretched Out in the Between

Paul Axton preaches: This sermon brings together Paul's picture of creation ex-nihilo and resurrection as the thought behind his notion of epektasis or being stretched out, in the sense of going beyond the self, as further developed by William Desmond in conjunction with John Scotus Eriugena.   (…

Sermon: The Inevitable Process of Spiritual Sickness in the First Adam to Being Found in the Second Adam

Paul Axton preaches: Behind this sermon on the fall and summing up of all things in Christ, including everything about the first Adam, is the approach to metaphysics found in William Desmond and Anthony Bartlett. The orientation of a sick metaphysics (Girard and Bartlett) provides the possibility o…

A Comparison and Contrast of William Desmond and René Girard

Brad and Paul discuss the anti-metaphysical stance of René Girard as compared to William Desmond's renewal of metaphysics, with each bringing a necessary critique to modern metaphysics and surpassing this metaphysic in two needed but perhaps contrasting understandings. If you enjoyed this podcast,…

John Vervaeke & Guy Sengstock: Why Modernity Can't See the Sacred Anymore

What does it mean to "see God again" after modernity has taught us to look for the sacred in all the wrong ways? In this special Lectern conversation, John Vervaeke is joined by Guy Sengstock for a deep reflection on John's three-part course trilogy, Seeing God Again for the First Time. John invit…

Desmond's Metaxology as an Extension of Bulgakov's Sophiology

Brad and Paul discuss the convergence of the work of William Desmond with that of Sergius Bulgakov, noting that Desmond's work can be read as on a continuum through Maximus, Hegel, and Bulgakov, which is perhaps the most serious contemporary attempt to think out philosophically and theologically th…

William Desmond's Ethical Empowerment and Paul's Fruits of the Spirit

Brad and Paul discuss the convergence of William Desmond's understanding of the potencies of the ethical with Paul's depiction of the fruits of the Spirit, both of which would displace ethical systems with ethical realities. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work…