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Category: Biblical Critical Theory
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VIDEO: Developing a Christian Social Theory, with Christopher Watkin
Jay Harvey hosts Christopher Watkin, Gray Sutanto, and Mark McDowell in an online discussion with Q&A on Dr. Watkin’s forthcoming book, Biblical Critical Theory, from Zondervan Academic. In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique
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VIDEO: Thinking Biblically about Faith & Politics, An Interview with Christopher Watkin
Dustin+ Messer talks about faith, culture, and politics with Christopher Watkin, author of Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture.
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AUDIO: Biblical Critical Theory on the Undeceptions podcast
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr John Dickson on his Undeceptions podcast about my book Biblical Critical Theory.
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Biblical Critical Theory webpage with interview and videos
Biblical Critical Theory now has its own page on the Zondervan Academic website. It includes a written interview with me about the book, a video in which I introduce some of its themes, some endorsements, and an offer of 30 chapter summary videos to anyone who orders before November 11, 2022.
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VIDEO: Talking with Mike Bird about an Augustinian approach to Critical Theory
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Dr Mike Bird on his Early Christian History YouTube channel about Biblical Critical Theory. Here’s a summary of what we covered: 00:40 – Who is Chris Watkin? 01:40 – Is Derrida the bad guy? 04:00 – What is “Critical Theory”? 13:48 – What is “Biblical Critical Theory”?
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VIDEO. Biblical Critical Theory: Tools for Cultural Critique
In this talk I present the rationale for a biblical critical theory, drawing heavily on Augustine’s City of God and Paul’s engagement with Greek and Jewish values in 1 Corinthians 1. After discussing six principles of cultural critique drawn from The City of God, I define what a critical theory is, show in what sense
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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
