ZACHARY WAGNER is a writer, researcher, ordained minister––thinker of thoughts and feeler of feelings. Originally from Chicagoland, he now lives in Oxford, England, pursuing a DPhil (Ph.D.) in New Testament studies at Keble College, University of Oxford. He also serves as the editorial director of the Center for Pastor Theologians, where he co-hosts the CPT Podcast. His research interests include economics in the ancient world, divine wages in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, Pauline epistles, the Gospel of Matthew, and New Testament masculinities. His first book, Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality, was published in 2023 with Intervarsity Press. Zach’s other writing interests include evangelical and “post-vangelical” Christian discipleship, theological formation, and speaking against church-based abuse.

Culture, Philosophy, SocietyErich WenzelMarch 26, 2023Zach Wagner, Non-Toxic Masculinity, ReligionComment

Joe Jackowski on Religion, Symbolism, and The Wellspring of Wisdom

Today on the podcast, I'm joined by my friend, Joe Jackowski. Joe now holds a bachelor's from the University of Michigan in biopsychology cognition and neuroscience.

As he finished up his degree, he took it upon himself to continue exploring where his interests have taken him in psychology specifically. He's been exploring two very influential psychologists and psychotherapists, Erich Neumann and Camille Paglia.

So in this conversation, he lays out some of the ideas that he's been exploring for himself while using these greats before him to provide a foundation. In some sense, that's what we do in this conversation because we don't spend enough time looking back at humanity's past at the where the ways of being that we all can share or learn from at a symbolic level.

SpiritualityErich WenzelApril 28, 2021Joe Jackowski, Religion, Symbollism, The Wellspring of Wisdom, Erich Neumann, Camille Paglia, Sagrada Familia, Mount Koya, St. Francis, The Ideal Good, Madonna and ChildComment