Christianity & Politics: Classical Liberalism [The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation]
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🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this, the second instalment of our newest Podcast for Cultural Reformation series on Christianity & Politics, Dr. Joe Boot is joined by Dr. P. Andrew Sandlin, Ezra Fellow for Public Theology & Cultural Philosophy, to discuss classical liberalism, its Christian roots, its strengths and weaknesses, and whether or not it's biblical. Tune in for this riveting discussion.
Episode Resources: Virtuous Liberty ed. Dr. P. Andrew Sandlin: https://www.amazon.com/Virtuous-Liberty-Christian-Classical-Liberalism/dp/B0CN4MDQ5L; Center for Cultural Leadership: https://www.christianculture.com.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Opening
0:40 Intro
01:00 Welcome
02:43 Recap of Last Week's Show
03:45 The Background for the Rise of Classical Liberalism
07:30 The Idea(s) of Classical Liberalism
11:00 The Nature of Human Beings in Relation to the State
11:55 The Resurgence of Aristotelian Statism on the "Right" & the "Left"
17:36 The Unbiblical Foundation of Aristotelian Statism & the Christian Alternative
22:01 The Kingdom of God as the Totalizing Christian Principle
22:34 The Failure of the Pagan & Synthesized Anthropology & Teleology
25:26 The Impact of the Fall and its Relationship to Reformational Thought & Classical Liberalism
29:38 A Ditch on Both Sides
31:46 The Swiss Ditch
36:17 Silver Lining AD
38:03 The Breakdown of Classical Liberalism
42:04 Classical Liberalism, Limited Government & Sphere Sovereignty
47:22 The Inherent Liability of Classical Liberalism
50:55 The Absolutism of the Common Good
53:11 Christianity's Influence on the State
55:29 The Religious Root of the State and Western Apostasy
58:11 Conclusion
01:00:29 Outro
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| 0:00.0 | Well, welcome back everyone to the podcast for Cultural Reformation brought to you by the Ezra Institute. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Dr. Joe Booth and the Ezra Institute is committed to advancing a Christian world and life view for every sphere of life and we do that |
| 0:16.2 | through print and digital resources and in-person training and on today's episode we are talking to Ezra Fellow, Dr Andrew Sandlin, about classical liberalism. You're going to be. The Well, welcome back everyone, and it is good to be with you again. |
| 1:05.0 | And as I said today we have a special guest on the show, |
| 1:09.0 | although he will not be unfamiliar to most of you if you have been following the Ezra |
| 1:14.7 | Institute's podcast for Cultural Reformation for some time. The name Andrew Sandlin |
| 1:20.4 | will not be unfamiliar to you. |
| 1:23.4 | Andrew is our fellow for public theology and cultural philosophy at the |
| 1:30.0 | Ezra Institute, a dear friend of the ministry and somebody who teaches at our |
| 1:34.8 | programs in various parts of the world. We're very grateful to have you joining us |
| 1:39.6 | on the show today, Andrew. Thank you very much. |
| 1:48.0 | Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Joe. I have nothing but the highest regard for you and Ezra. I appreciate you so much. Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:52.0 | Well, it's good to have you Andrew and we have |
| 1:55.6 | just begun as hopefully most of our listeners will know a new series last week |
| 2:02.1 | looking at Christianity and politics. |
| 2:06.0 | Topical issue because we have recently had a general election |
| 2:09.8 | in the United Kingdom. |
| 2:12.4 | Of course in November, there is a general election happening in |
| 2:16.0 | the United States. I think most Canadians are praying for an election soon in |
| 2:21.4 | Canada. So we thought this was a great opportunity to talk about |
| 2:28.0 | Christianity and its relationship to politics, but also what Christians have made of a political life over the centuries |
| 2:39.4 | and how we can think about politics Christianly. |
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