Deconstructionology with Jim Palmer

Deconstructionology with Jim Palmer

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The Dark Side of Deconstruction

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Jim Palmer
Sep 08, 2025
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The mass migration out of religion in recent years has a dark side. It’s been given many names: “meaning crisis”, “nihilism”, “existential dread”. It’s not a new phenomenon and a fairly predictable one.

It can be useful to pull back the lens for a wider view on any given phenomenon - in this case, the leaving-religion process of religious deconstruction…

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