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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Critical/Cynical Theories (with Helen Pluckrose)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Since the summer of 2020, Critical Race Theory, and Critical Theory in general, have come out from the academic world and moved into popular culture. Helen Pluckrose, a self-described "exile from the humanities" and James Lindsay, have co-authored a detailed assessment of these Critical Theories. Join Scott and Sean as they interview Helen and she makes a complex subject accessible for those unfamiliar with the topic. Helen Pluckrose is Editor in Chief of Areo Magazine, devoted to free ...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically,

0:04.3

for Conversations on Faith and Culture.

0:06.2

I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics

0:09.4

at Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University.

0:12.4

And I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell, Professor of a Paul. School of Theology here at Biola University.

0:12.6

And I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell,

0:14.2

Professor of Apologetics at Towell School

0:16.3

Theology, Biola University.

0:18.6

We're here with our guest today.

0:20.3

Her name is Helen Pluckrose.

0:22.3

You may detect from her accent that she's from across the pond in the UK.

0:27.6

She is the editor-in-chief of what's called Ario magazine.

0:32.8

It's a digital opinion and analysis magazine focused on current affairs.

0:37.7

In particular having to do with humanism, reasons, science, politics, culture, and

0:41.6

human rights committed to the defense of free speech.

0:46.3

And so Helen, you'll be pleased to know that Sean and I've just subscribed to it.

0:50.3

Yes.

0:51.3

Just in the last few minutes and have found it to be very insightful.

0:56.0

We're here interviewing Helen today because she and her colleague James Lindsay have provided a very helpful new book called critical but really slashed through

1:07.8

cynical theories, subtitle how activist scholarship made everything

1:12.4

about race, gender, and identity and why this harms everybody.

1:16.0

So it's a fascinating book, a terrific read, very insightful in a lot of the current cultural trend, the philosophical

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