A Critical Look at Critical Theory with Carl Trueman

Life and Books and Everything

Clearly Reformed

Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In his new book To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse, Carl Trueman argues that “Critical theory [sees] any notion of human nature as merely an ideological or social construct, a function of discourses of power.” Even though critical theory makes for dense reading, and is probably very little read by people in the pew, the ideas and assumptions of critical theory have shaped our world in undeniable ways. Listen in as Kevin and Carl talk about what critical theory is, where it came from, and how the church can provide a better, truer, and more beautiful alternative.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Sponsors

4:48 What Kind of Historian Are You?

9:03 Why Talk About These Things?

24:23 The Critical Question

46:04 Sponsor Break

47:46 How Do These Ideas Shape Christians?

1:02:43 Closing Questions

1:13:18 Until Next Time….

Books & Everything:

ESV Men's Study Bible

Here We Stand

Puritan Treasures for Today

Westminster Theological Seminary Biblical Language Certificate

To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse

From Frankfurt to Fox: The Strange Career of Critical Theory

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1:26.6	Greetings and salutations.
1:28.9	Welcome back to life and books and everything.
1:31.4	I'm Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ's Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, right next door to Charlotte.
1:38.9	And I am joined today by my special guest and good friend.
1:44.8	People throw those words around, but Carl actually is a friend, I'm glad to say.
1:49.9	So Carl, glad to have you back, and the two of us were just hanging out is not quite the right word,
1:57.0	but we're just together in Savannah with a whole bunch of other people over the weekend
2:01.5	at a reformed worship conference. So we could have done this then, but I didn't bring a camera.
2:09.5	It's actually become easier. I'm sure you have something to say about this technologically.
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