The Crisis of Meaning: John Vervaeke and Malcolm Guite hosted by John Nelson

In this episode of Unbelievable?, host John Nelson explores the “meaning crisis” with John Vervaeke and Malcolm Guite. Together, they examine the deeper forces behind rising loneliness, anxiety, addiction and cultural fragmentation, and consider why so many people today are searching for depth, belonging and transcendence. 00:00:00 What Is the Meaning Crisis? 00:01:01 Loneliness, Anxiety and Spiritual Disconnection 00:05:28 Did the Enlightenment Cause the Meaning Crisis? 00:10:17 Imagination, Poetry and the Search for Meaning 00:13:49 How Modernity Broke Meaning Apart 00:19:58 Myth, Christianity and the Search for Truth 00:28:26 Relevance, Truth and Why Meaning Matters 00:35:23 Information, Knowledge and the Wisdom Famine 00:53:43 Can Religion Solve the Meaning Crisis? 00:57:05 The Return of the Sacred John Vervaeke (University of Toronto) argues that modern life suffers from a “propositional tyranny”, over-privileging facts and analysis while neglecting other ways of knowing procedural, perspectival and participatory that bind us to reality, one another, and ourselves. Poet and priest Malcolm Guite agrees, tracing the crisis to modernity’s split between mind and world, and making a passionate case for imagination, myth and poetry as truth-bearing, meaning-making faculties. Together they explore logos, “religio” as binding, the limits of “spiritual but not religious”, and why practices, community and pilgrimage may be part of the way back. John Vervaeke and Malcolm Guite Galahad and The Grail [https://amzn.to/4pxU93F] John's platform website can be found here: https://lectern.johnvervaeke.com/ YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke X profile: https://x.com/DrJohnVervaeke John's latest book: https://amzn.to/3Udpgox Subscribe & Support 👉 Support thought-provoking conversations and help keep the show going at www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donate💡 🎧 Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast a  www.premier.plus/unbelievable 🎙️ 🔗 Get bonus content, updates, fascinating articles, and early access to new episodes - absolutely free! Join now at www.premierunbelievable.com 📢 Follow usInstagram: https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Facebook: https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable X: https://x.com/UnbelievableFE