# People are Alienated from Religion and the Real (Clip) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real-clip Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real-clip.md Podcast: [Podcast Benomtad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193) Published: 2026-04-15T02:24:08+00:00 Episode link: https://benomtad.podbean.com/e/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxcai6dz9ww6he4m/People_are_Alienated_from_Religion95y7e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podcast-benomtad-7087193/episodes/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real-clip Duration seconds: 546 ## Resource I summarize John Vervaeke (& Allan Bloom) on problems of religion in modernism. They often focus on identity, dogma, or stand for nothing. People don't go to it because it does not speak to them. So why are people turning more to Orthodox Christianity? (From a discussion on Religious Revival and Renewal) Pew Article: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/12/08/religion-holds-steady-in-america/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Richard Reeves’ Post: ​​https://x.com/RichardvReeves/status/2002400790208463046?s=20 AP Article about Modern Orthodoxy: https://apnews.com/article/young-converts-online-eastern-orthodoxy-eef496dcd83a061d90a0b7aba33b6113 Thank you for watching! I love and have faith in dialogue. Please leave a suggestion for new guests, topics, or this conversation. How I can expand this Open Minded Thought and Discussion? And if you’re interested, please check out the following: The full video episode: https://youtu.be/LP-tJ1JhOyg Audio episode: https://benomtad.podbean.com/e/religious-revival-for-cultural-renewal/ The Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIlJwXEK2vqfEOVgfclRgZNXO4boyP3T The Episode Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIlJwXEK2vr3DwaH1OZBg239-GJ7AE6x For more in this podcast, please go to: Podbean: https://benomtad.podbean.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-benomtad/id1748320863 YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@scissorsandpaper/videos Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kJPGlaJjGVyLa9AKhci6t?si=8XXrX9FUT3CU71reCfA5kQ X: https://x.com/Benomtad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benomtad I plan to conduct more interviews with various guests, so please check back later for those. Cathedral Photo: Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podcast-benomtad-7087193/episodes/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real-clip/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/people-are-alienated-from-religion-and-the-real-clip.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.