Jordan Peterson

Psychologist, author, and commentator.

Few thinkers in the modern West have stirred such reflection, admiration, and controversy as Dr. Jordan Peterson. A clinical psychologist and professor by training, Peterson’s rise to prominence began in 2016 when he opposed compelled speech legislation in Canada. What followed was a global cultural moment. Through bestselling books, sold-out speaking tours, and viral Bible lectures, Peterson emerged as a lightning rod in the battle over the soul of Western Civilisation.

His work cuts across disciplines—psychology, philosophy, theology—and his central thesis is deceptively simple: meaning comes through responsibility, not self-expression. His intellectual journey, increasingly shaped by religious inquiry, has brought millions of listeners into deeper engagement with the biblical tradition, often for the first time.

Why did we invite him on?

Jordan has done more than perhaps any public figure to reawaken serious moral and spiritual inquiry in the modern West. He has helped young men and women find direction, intellectuals recover reverence, and conservatives articulate what they stand for, not just what they oppose.

What did we talk about?

In this conversation, we wanted to go deeper. We asked: Why does the biblical story still matter? Can sacrifice remain a coherent idea in a post-Christian world? And what, if anything, lies beyond liberalism?

We began with story. Peterson explained why narrative (not data) is our primary mode of meaning-making, and why the biblical stories, particularly those of sacrifice, are the deepest ever told. Drawing on Genesis, Exodus, and the Gospels, we explored how civilization is built on the logic of voluntary suffering: giving up what is lesser for the sake of what is higher.

We then turned to politics, with a warning that Western societies, having forgotten the sacred nature of limits, are collapsing into whim-worship. Sexual freedom, untethered from responsibility, is just another golden calf. The result isn’t liberation, it’s misery.

From consciousness and metaphysics to the moral structure of sacrifice, Peterson laid out a vision of human nature that is neither cynical nor naïve. It’s tragic, ordered, and ultimately hopeful.

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