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The Alisa Childers Podcast

#41 Critical Theory and Intersectionality: What Every Christian Needs to Know —With Neil Shenvi

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Even if you haven't heard the terms "critical theory" or "intersectionality," you have most likely encountered these concepts in your every day life. These are philosophical ideas that permeate our culture. . .and they contradict Christianity. Our guest, Neil Shenvi will tell you everything you need to know about them.

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Hey friends, at least at Childers here. Even if you haven't heard the terms critical

0:16.2

theory or intersectionality, you have most likely encountered them in your everyday

0:21.0

life. These are philosophical ideas that are influencing our culture at a rapidly growing

0:26.2

rate and they contradict Christianity. We're going to talk about these ideas with a special

0:31.4

guest on today's podcast.

0:48.6

My guest today is Neil Shenvie, a home school theoretical chemist. He attended Princeton

0:54.6

and got his PhD from Berkeley in theoretical chemistry. Then he worked as a post-doctorate

1:00.2

associate at Yale where he researched, and I'm going to try to say this word right,

1:06.2

no-na-diabatic dynamics. Was that even close? Neil, did I get it?

1:09.7

Not an adiabatic dynamics. It's tough. It's a tough word.

1:12.9

It is a tough word. Well, also electron transfer in surface science. Eventually, he landed

1:18.5

at Duke to do some research there. In 2015, he quit his job at Duke to homeschool his

1:25.1

four children. Currently, he blogs at Shenvieapologetics.wordpress.com. You can find him on Twitter

1:31.5

at Neil Shenvie. So Neil, welcome to the show.

1:34.8

Thanks, Lisa.

1:36.1

I'm curious about you quitting your amazing job with all of your Ivy League education

1:42.2

to homeschool your kids. What was it that prompted you to do that? What's it been like

1:47.4

for you to be a homeschool dad of four?

1:49.9

Yeah, that's a great question. So we'd never planned my life and I. We'd never planned

1:54.2

a homeschool. I went to public school for K through 12, and I just kind of figured we'd

1:58.8

send our kids to public school, maybe a private school. So we kind of fell into homeschooling

2:04.5

almost accidentally. We went to church in New Haven, Connecticut when my wife was in

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