Deconstructing Everything All the Time Leaving the Self Looking for a Home

00:00 Harold Bloom's The American Religion & American Gnosticism06:00 The Sovereign Self vs. Historical Cradle Christianity09:00 TLC Live Streams, Community Hierarchies, & Estuary Groups15:00 Culture of Sincerity vs. Culture of Authenticity17:05 Raj on Sikh Attire, Family Lineage, & Generational Sacrifice21:34 Tim Blackmon & Raj on Rituals & The "Phantom" Internal Self30:52 External Stabilization: Orthodoxy, TLM, & Christian Nationalism33:56 Dan on Deconstruction Cycles & Epistemological Trust35:46 Urban Redevelopment, "Woke Mind Virus," & Institutional Unraveling41:06 Cultural Acceleration, Aaron Sorkin, & Missing Anchors46:50 Dan’s "Sports Liturgy" Theory: 2016 Cubs vs. 2020 Lockdowns47:57 Nihilism, Post-Modernity, & The Evolution of The Little Corner

@TheTheologyPugcast  Has Gnosticism Triumphed as the American Religion? : The Theology Pugcast Episode 413 https://youtu.be/r0zvTLJKePU?si=Dbeotc0WyWGDoEZj

Stabilizing the Self in a World of Collapsing Institutions https://youtu.be/SGflyU5KfjY?si=wpQNtCZGMk_ZKEjf

Sacramento Estuary Conference Oct 16 and 17 https://www.livingstonescrc.com/events/sacramento-estuary-conference-2026/2026-10-16

What is the TLC? ("This little corner of the Internet" also know as "the corner" https://youtu.be/Y3vqSjywot8?si=IVS3bnriwje5syPO

TLC Search tool. https://thislittlecorner.netThe Flotilla List: https://thislittlecorner.net/channels

https://www.livingstonescrc.com/give

Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg

https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-estuary/

My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/

Bridges of meaning https://discord.gg/UKg8k93c

Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/