Paul Kingsnorth: Beyond the Protest

Kingsnorth is an English writer and thinker currently living in Ireland. Growing up he was actively involved in protests, at one point going so far to chain himself to a bridge. He has worked for Greenpeace, openDemocracy, and EarthAction, is an honorary member of the Lani tribe and was infamously named one of Britain's top 10 troublemakers. He is also a recent convert to Orthodoxy. Today John and Kingsnorth talk about the journey from protest to humbleness and seeing the divine around us.

Links:
The Cross and the Machine (https://www.firstthings.com/article/2...)
Paul Kingsnorth (https://www.paulkingsnorth.net/)

The Abbey of Misrule (https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/w...)
Oswald Spengler - Decline of Western Civilization (https://www.amazon.com/Decline-West-V...)
Light-O-Meter Test (https://first-things.org/lightometer)

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