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A chronological record of essays, thinking tools, and interventions.
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Why Do People Think Differently? 20Twenty Vision, with Neil Johnson
Why Do People Think Differently? With Assoc Prof Christopher Watkin (Author – Biblical Critical Theory) 20Twenty Vision, with Neil Johnson, 6 Dec 2022. Vision Radio.
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John Dickson on Biblical Critical Theory, for the Sydney launch event
John Dickson’s commendation of the book Biblical Critical Theory, by Christopher Watkin. The video was shown at the Sydney launch of the book, hosted by New College, Univeristy of New South Wales, on 21 November 2022. A video of the entire launch event can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHazwdR4src&t=0s
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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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Here’s a review of Biblical Critical Theory by Dan Strange, in the December 2022 issue of Evangelicals Now.
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Interview on Biblical Critical Theory in Evangelicals Now
There’s an interview with me in the December 2022 edition of Evangelicals Now, focusing on Biblical Critical Theory. Thank you to John Woods for a wonderfully constructive and probing conversation. It’sbehind a paywall, but you can sign up for a free trial.
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AUDIO: Guilt Grace Gratitude podcast on Biblical Critical Theory
#BookClub with Christopher Watkin (PhD, University of Cambridge), who is senior lecturer in French studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He a scholar with an international reputation in the area of modern and contemporary European thought, atheism, and the relationship between the Bible and philosophy. His published work runs the spectrum from
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AUDIO: Grace in Common podcast episodes on Biblical Critical Theory
Here are two episodes of the Grace in Common podcast in which we explore some of the ideas in Biblical Critical Theory. Biblical Critical Theory with Chris Watkin, Part 1 Chris Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory is one of most hotly-anticipated pieces of Christian scholarship in recent times. Join us for part 1 of an extended
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Two reviews of Biblical Critical Theory on The Gospel Coalition site
Here are two reviews of Biblical Critical Theory: by Rory Shiner for The Gospel Coalition Australia, and by Andrew Moody for The Gospel Coalition (US Edition).
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VIDEO: Biblical Critical Theory Sydney launch event
Chris Watkin launches his new book Biblical Critical Theory – How the bible’s unfolding story makes sense of modern life and culture at New College Postgraduate Village UNSW on 21st November, 2022. Guest speakers included Dr John Dickson – Distinguished Professor of Biblical Evangelism and Distinguished Scholar in Public Christianity at Wheaton College USA, Dr
