Sermon: Peace of the Intimate Universal

About this episode

Paul Axton discusses Jesus' promise of peace and its implications for an alternative subjectivity.

Paul Axton preaches: Jesus' promise of peace, not as the world gives but his peace, is the beginning of an alternative subjectivity which William Desmond calls the "intimate universal" or an opening of a communicative subjectivity with the transcendent. (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 Christian life. The course will run from 2026/6/20–2026/9/19. Sign up here: https://pbi.forgingploughshares.org/offerings) If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!

People in this episode

Host: Paul Axton

Topics covered

• peace
• Christianity
• philosophy
• theology
• subjectivity
• ethics

Keywords

• peace
• intimate universal
• William Desmond
• Christian life
• ethics
• aesthetics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Metaxology

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