On September 9th, 2023, Dr. Dustin J. Byrd sat down with Ekpyrosis Press author, Rudolf J. Siebert, to discuss his long academic collaboration and friendship with the critical theologian, Gregory Baum. They discusses Gregory’s conversion to Catholicism, his work as a “peritus” (theological advisor) to the Second Vatican Council, as well as his relationship to the critical theory of religion, as developed by Rudolf J. Siebert and the Frankfurt School. The full video of the discourse can be found on Ekpyrosis Press’ YouTube channel.
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Liberation Theology: Past, Present, and Future, with Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert
In this video, Ekpyrosis Press author, Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert, discusses the history and development of Liberation Theology, both in Latin America and Europe. In dialogue with the Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press, Dr. Dustin J. Byrd, Siebert discusses the influence of Marx and Marxism on Liberation Theology, as well as the influence of the Frankfurt School. The opposition Liberation Theology experience from the institutional Catholic Church is also a major theme of discussion. This event was also sponsored by the Institute for Critical Social Theory.
“The End of the Constantinian Church,” with Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert
In this video, the Ekpyrosis Press author, Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert, discusses the history and possible end of the Constantinian Church, which was instituted when Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire during the 4th century. Since then, the Church and the State have often found themselves wedded within Western civilization, which has been detrimental for millions. This discourse was sponsored by Ekpyrosis Press and the Institute for Critical Social Theory.
“The Frankfurt School and the Dialectics of Religion” – Conversation with Dr. Rudolf J. Siebert
Ekpyrosis Press author, Rudolf J. Siebert, sat down with Dr. Dustin J. Byrd to discuss the Frankfurt School’s relationship with religion, especially Judaism and Christianity. Unlike their predecessors, especially Feuerbach, Marx, Lenin, Nietzsche, and Freud, the first generation of Critical Theorists saw something worthy of being rescued in religion. As such, Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Fromm, and Löwenthal, all attempted to translate religion semantics and semiotics into post-metaphysical language – language assessable outside of the closed semantic universe of religion and theology. This project was later carried on by the second generation critical theorists, such as Jürgen Habermas and Rudolf J. Siebert. This discourse was sponsored by Ekpyrosis Press and the Institute for Critical Social Theory.