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A chronological record of essays, thinking tools, and interventions.
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Video: Chris Watkin on The Bible as a Tool for Changing Culture
The question of the relationship between Christianity and culture increasingly takes centre stage in debates both within and outside the church today. This talk reflects on how a constructive, nuanced and—to many modern ears—fresh vision for contemporary society can be drawn from a rich engagement with the Bible’s storyline, guided by Augustine’s magisterial work City
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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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Mere Fidelity podcast: Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin
Apple Podcasts | Spotify Critical Race Theory is not the only sort of critical theory out there. As a matter of fact, Augustine’s City of God may be the first example of critical theory. How can this kind of academic exercise be understood Biblically? What benefit can it give to theology? Dr. Christopher Watkin, author
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Critical Theory, Race, and the Gospel, with Sho Baraka and Christopher Watkin
This interview was recorded at the MYBLVD conference in October 2023. The recording was made from ambient sound in the auditorium, and is of poor quality. Subtitles have been added for ease of comprehension. It is offered as is, in the hope that it might be useful or encouraging to someone, despite the poor sound
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Podcast: The Inspiration Project, with guest Dr Chris Watkin
Podcast webpage | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts On this episode of The Inspiration Project, Brendan Corr talks to Dr Chris Watkin about his latest book Biblical Critical Theory. They also discuss why Dr Watkin studies medieval languages in French and German, how Dr Watkin became a Christian after growing up a “happy
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Truth Over Tribe podcast: How Should Christians Engage with the Culture? with Christopher Watkin
What is culture anyway? Despite being a cultural commentary podcast, we’ve never quite teased out the seemingly-simple-yet-actually-complicated definition. So today, Patrick teams up with Christopher Watkin, author of Biblical Critical Theory, to define and make sense of “culture.” The two discuss what culture is (and what it isn’t) and what it looks like for Christians
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Podcast: Reading the Bible in Australia Today
In this episode of ABC Soul Search I discuss with Meredith Lake why it’s a great idea for atheists to read the Bible, the basis of cultural critique, and whether the Bible has a coherent message. My part begins around minute 29.
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Podcast: Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin, Moore College Center for Christian Living
Soundcloud Link Transcript At Moore College, we were recently joined by Professor Christopher Watkin to talk about his new book, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s unfolding story makes sense of modern life and culture, which recently won Australian Christian Book of the Year. In this episode of the CCL podcast, we bring you the recording of an interview
