555: "The Article" & Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
The Gospel Coalition published an article last week that brought together every divergent faction of the church to say, "Ick!" While many are discussing the troubling content of the article on social media, the Holy Post crew examines what is says about the troubling state of evangelical publishing. Then, new data finds liberal teens are struggling with depression at higher rates on average than conservative teens. What's the explanation? And Phil talks to professor Christopher Watkin about his book, "Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture." Is critical theory really as evil as some culture warriors say it is? Watkin offers a more thoughtful and Christian perspective on how to critique society. Plus, Japan discovers 7,000 new islands.
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0:44 - Intro
3:46 - Islands found
9:40 - The Article
29:23 - Teen mental health and politics
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50:47 - Interview intro
Interview with Christopher Watkin
https://christopherwatkin.com/
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53:13 - Social contract
56:20 - Christopher's story
1:01:32 - Biblical Critical Theory
Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture - https://amzn.to/3YkH1kJ
1:04:28 - Defining critical theory
1:10:50 - Augustine
1:16:29 - Analyzing culture through the bible
1:21:50 - Eternal destiny and culture
1:24:28 - Diagonalizing
1:35:31 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn't know it had - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/asia/japan-islands-double-report-intl-hnk/index.html
Please understand that I was the first one who was upset by the bad article - https://mpierce.substack.com/p/please-understand-that-i-was-the
Esau McCaulley tweet link - https://twitter.com/esaumccaulley/status/1631380537892806669
Why are young liberals so depressed? - https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressed?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Other resources:
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism by Carl Henry - https://amzn.to/3IRhhH8
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| 0:44.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post, the gospel coalition published an article last week that brought together |
| 0:49.3 | every divergent faction of the church to say, eugh. While many are discussing the troubling content |
| 0:55.2 | of the article, today we examine what it says about the troubling state of evangelical publishing. |
| 1:00.6 | Then, new data finds liberal teens are struggling with depression at much higher rates on average |
| 1:06.4 | than conservative teens. What's the explanation? And Phil talks to Professor Christopher Watkin |
| 1:12.3 | about his book Biblical Critical Theory, How the Bibles Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life |
| 1:18.3 | and Culture. All of that plus Japan discovers 7,000 new islands. Before we get started, |
| 1:25.2 | I've got a new feature to announce in which you, our listeners, get to participate. |
| 1:29.4 | We cover a lot of topics on the Holy Post, but we never get to all of the questions that you have. |
| 1:33.9 | I know that because I see your questions on our website or on social media. |
| 1:38.3 | While our new feature is an opportunity for you to submit questions to us that we will answer |
| 1:43.3 | for everyone. Here's how it works. Between now and March 15th, you can submit a question to us |
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