Biblical Critical Theory— An Oxymoron?? (with Christopher Watkin)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What is a critical theory? Aren’t various critical theories used widely in the academy and the culture to deconstruct Christian faith? Is there something to be learned from various critical theories in the way the critique culture? How does the Bible engage in cultural critique and provide resources for doing so? This is not just an academic discussion but one that has ripple effects throughout the general culture. Join Scott and Sean for this illuminating discussion w...

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0:00.0	A lot of discussion today in the culture at large about different forms of critical
0:07.2	theory, critical race theory. There's a whole slew of critical theories today that goes way back historically to the
0:16.3	advent of postmodernism. But today we want to talk about we've got a biblical critical
0:21.4	theory and what exactly that is and what do the various
0:27.2	aspects of our of our theological stands such as the image of God the doctrine of
0:32.2	sin the exodus.
0:34.1	How do those provide resources for us
0:37.1	to do the kind of cultural critique that the Bible calls us to?
0:41.3	How do the prophets engage in cultural critique? What's the political
0:44.7	impact of the exodus and things like that? We'll talk about these questions and
0:49.1	much more with our guest. Dr. Chris Watkins with a remarkable new book called biblical critical theory.
0:56.0	This is Think Biblically from tablet school of theology by only university.
1:00.0	I'm your host Scott Ray.
1:02.0	I'm your co-host Sean McDow. And Chris, welcome, glad to have you with us. For our
1:07.6	listeners who are not really familiar with the notion of critical theory, why don't we
1:12.4	start with this? what is a critical theory and
1:16.1	what does it attempt to accomplish?
1:18.1	Yeah thank you Scott Sean it's lovely to be with today. Thank you for inviting me on.
1:24.0	A critical theory at its most basic is really an attempt
1:30.0	to take a step back from society and to question the way that we do things in whatever
1:37.5	society we find ourselves at the moment and to see what's wrong with that
1:41.5	society and the ways that it could be improved.
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