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Category: Philosophy and theology
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Video: Critical Theory: Biblical or Secular? With Dr Christopher Watkin an Dr Eric Gregory
This conversation was recorded at the First Things Editorial Office, 9 East 40th Street, 10th Floor, New York, on Wednesday, January 24 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Drs Watkin and Gregory discussed the topic of critical theory and how, if at all, the concerns of critical theorists can be addressed by the church. Dr. Christopher Watkin
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Video: The Social Contract–Chris Watkin @ Queens Connexus
This talk and discussion took place in Queens, New York City, on 24 January 2024, at a meeting of Queens Connexus: https://queensconnexus.org/. Dr Christopher Watkin talks about the term “counter-culture” as a way of describing what churches are building, and discusses how Christians can cultivate the common good in society. Queens Connexus is an inter-denominational
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VIDEO: Obedient Subversiveness: How the Bible Creates Cultural Critics
If Christians sometimes fall short of practising discerning cultural engagement, Dr Chris Watkin argues that it is because they have wandered away from the nature and teaching of the Christian Scriptures. In this webinar, Chris explores how the Bible embodies and encourages cultural engagement of the broadest and most penetrating sort, revealing how we
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VIDEO: Paul’s “Foolish Wisdom” as a Model of Christian Cultural Critique
This is a recording of a talk I gave for the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Greece in March 2022. I draw a model for cultural critique out of Paul’s treatment of Greek wisdom and Jewish signs in 1 Corinthians 1, and then reflect on our own culture’s deepest values, which I argue are
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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 and podcast: What Did Derrida Really Mean? with Parker Settecase
I recently had the great pleasure of discussing Derrida and theology with Parker Settecase on his podcast Parker’s Pensées. We covered some key Derridean terms such as deconstruction, iterability, violence and incommensurability, and we considered how Derrida’s thought relates to biblical concepts in genreal and the ideas of Cornelius Van Til in particular.
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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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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
