We interrupt this regularly scheduled YouTube video-embedding to bring you... more video-embedding! But what's interesting about this guy's commentary is how similar it is to my own, to the point where I have to say in my own defense that I did not see this video before watching "Nosferatu" and writing my own review. I watched this gent's video below only a few minutes ago. Incredible. Almost point for point in some areas, but with a richer evocation of religious imagery. I feel weirdly vindicated.
So I looked up the guy's Substack (he has links to his other online presences on his YouTube page), and sure enough—he seems to have a background in theology. So I'd say that 90% of what he says in the video is content I've heard (or said myself) before. Wow. A religion bro. Most people's eyes just glaze over when I start talking about what interests me.
Of course, I've been out of the religious-studies game for decades (and religious studies is not the same as theology), so I doubt a conversation with this guy would be fruitful. If anything, my brain would end up overtaxed. I've been away from the wellspring for too long.
Are you able to discern where he lives? You two would probably enjoy a meet-up, and you wouldn't even notice the brain tax. You probably share more common interests than religious studies.
ReplyDeleteHis accent seems English, but I don't know whether he's in England.
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