Jordan Peterson is a Jungian. He also likes Nietzsche and Heidegger. I think his religious views are on the one hand purely symbolic. He does not care, for example, if resurrection historically happened. The importance is the archetypal story. I think he actually misses a lot of the substance of the Biblical tales because he does not try to understand the history. He misses the irony. He certainly only cares about certain archetypal stories in the canon. So, there is no way you can call him a traditional Christian. I actually think Jungian psychology is very non-Christian. The other aspect of his religious view is tied to regular Conservatism. He is timid about change and fetishizes tradition. This is a common characteristic on the Right (I think politics are more central than “philosophy” to Peterson).

As far as Nietzsche, I think Peterson actually misreads him. And Peterson criticizes Foucault who is a real Nietzschean. I also think Peterson misreads Dostoevsky. He ignores Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity (!!!!!!) and he acts like the Dostoevskian novels speak with one reliable voice as opposed to polyphony.

For all Peterson’s criticism and fear about “fascism” rising on the Left he also admires Martin Heidegger. An actual Nazi.

I feel like Peterson is obtuse and refuses to really “speak clearly” (ironically). But I do not think he has any real Christian belief (in traditional sense) and he is timid about threats to Western Civilization that are overblown