Westworld

In a recent article in The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber analyzes several pop-culture TV shows and movies (The OA, Westworld, Stranger Things, Doctor Strange) and concludes that the “search for the metaphysical” (afterlife) is alive and well in the minds of viewing audiences.  This analysis aptly points out that in our post-Christian culture, there is an obsession with a different kind of spirituality-search than what existed several decades ago.  In these days, spirituality involves a search for realities beyond what you can SEE with your physical eyes.  Meaning is created from your own fantasy and the living of this experience in what is […]