Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Todd is pretty excited to have today’s guest on “his podcast,” who is none other than his Mortification of Spin co-host, Carl Trueman. Together, they discuss Carl’s latest book, To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse, where Carl examines the historical roots of critical theory, its evolution, and its impact on contemporary culture. I wanted to produce a book that was not a kind of “goodies” and “baddies” book…Everybody coming to critical theory has their opinion on whether the critical theorists are good guys or bad guys. I didn’t really want to address that. What I wanted to do was look at critical theory through the historical lens and say, okay, why did this group of men start thinking this way? What was going on? What sources are they using? What problems are they trying to address or questions are they asking in order to get below the surface? – Carl Trueman Todd and Carl discuss some key figures of critical theory, such as Marx, Hegel, and Freud, and how they and other early critical theorists shaped modern thought. What are the implications for Christians today? Tune in to find out! Thanks to the generosity of B&H Academics, we are pleased to offer a copy of Carl’s book to our listeners. Enter here for the opportunity to win one. Show Notes: To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse https://reformedresources.org/to-change-all-worlds-critical-theory-from-marx-to-marcuse-hardcover/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt, a podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:29.2	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:31.6	Thank you. You are listening to Mortification of Spin. My name is Todd Pruitt. I'm the pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and I'm joined as always by my co-host, Carl Truman, who teaches at Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania. Now, we're doing something a little bit different here because Carl is not just the co-host.
1:11.7	He is the guest today.
1:15.7	Carl, how does it feel to be a guest on my podcast?
1:20.4	It's a great honor, man.
1:21.9	As you know, I've been a listener to the podcast for many, many years and to actually be the guest.
1:29.4	Yeah. It's a huge honor.
1:35.5	I can't imagine. Yeah, yeah, it would be neat. Yeah, I'm looking forward to the larger guest fee that we routinely give to the guests who come on at the end. That's right. That's right. Yes, when I, when I, um,
1:42.4	write my book on the theology of Striper, I will expect you to interview me for that.
1:50.9	We will. We will.
1:52.6	Striper, as you know, they have a special place in my heart.
1:56.2	You love 1980s American contemporary Christian metal. I know that. Yeah. Yeah. You only have to look at my
2:03.9	head to know that I'm a big hair rock. Yeah. Well, Carl, you've gone and you've done it again. You've
2:11.1	written another book. Not that you turn these things out. I mean, it's been like you worked on
2:15.8	this one for a number of years.
2:19.2	And if there's anyone in our audience that doesn't know it, Carl's book, his new book,
2:26.3	which is brought to us by Broadman and Holman publishers, the good Southern Baptist folks.
2:31.9	And they had approached you several years back to see if you would consider writing
2:37.9	sort of an introduction to critical theory.
2:41.9	And that is what we have now from you.
2:45.2	I just got mine about a week ago.
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