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Author: Chris Watkin
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Thinking Through Creation Q&A, and Tim Keller on Diagonalization
I recently had the honour of taking in part in a Q&A session on my book Thinking Through Creation, organised by the Crosslands Forum and Dr. Dan Strange. Here is a clip in which I respond to a question about diagonalization: Tim Keller also recently discussed “diagonalization” in an episode of the Mere Fidelity podcast
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Grove book on Christianity and the Social Contract
The Grove Ethics booklet I wrote on Christianity and the Social Contract is now available on the Grove website. Here is the table of contents:
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Video: Social and Cultural Implications of the Creator-Creature Distinction
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in December 2021. The second in a two-part mini-series, this session develops the idea of biblical “figures” introduced in the previous session. We focus on one biblical figure in particular, the
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Video: An introduction to biblical figures
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in December 2021. The first in a two-part mini-series, this session introduces the notion of biblical “figures”: repeated patterns and rhythms that become the Bible’s “signature moves” and inform Christian social
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Video on God, Culture and Society–Paradigm Shift Episode 2 Pilot Video
This is a pilot episode for a video series about how the Bible shapes a Christian’s understanding of the world, culture, identity and society. In this episode I discuss how the Bible’s particular understanding of God gives Christians a distinctive way of engaging with social and cultural issues. I discuss foundational biblical ideas such as
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Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam
I was recently sent a pile of books to review for the 2022 Christianity Today book awards, including William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam. I’ve seen the controversy bubbling up around Craig’s book in recent days, especially in relation to his category of “mytho-history” and what it means for our interpretation of
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Developing a biblical critical theory
Since the mid-twentieth century, critical theory has dominated much of academia and deeply influenced wider society. This talk develops four ideas: 1) What is critical theory? 2) What is a biblical critical theory? 3) What sort of moves will a biblical critical theory make? 4) Why is developing a biblical critical theory an important task
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Video: On being a Christian academic
A short interview with Christian academic Christopher Watkin about faith and the academy, made for the Simeon Network (http://simeonnetwork.org/).
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Video talk: Contributing to your field in the light of the gospel
This talk was given to the Sydney University Evangelical Union Postgraduate Society in June 2021. I reflect on how being a Christian shapes our approach to the academic life not just in the work we do, but in four interlocking ways that build a holistic approach to glorifying God in academic study.
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Let’s do it again! Second podcast on cultural Marxism for the Gospel Coalition
A little while ago, I got back together with Mikey Lynch, Brianna McClean and Rob Smith to continue our discussion of Christianity and cultural Marxism. You can find it on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Here are the show notes: Our most popular episode of the season featured Christopher Watkin, Rob Smith and Mikey Lynch
