One Faith No Longer (with George Yancey)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In his new book, One Faith No Longer, sociologist George Yancey looks at the polarization within Christianity that reflects the divides in the broader culture. He looks at what he calls "conservative" and "progressive" Christianity, and concludes that they are not two branches of the same tree, but two entirely different religious trees. Join Scott and Sean for this insightful discussion with this eminent sociologist. Dr. George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. He ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Talbot School of Theology of Biola University.
0:09.0	I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Christian Ethics.
0:13.0	I'm your co-host Sean McDow, Professor of Christian Apologetics.
0:17.0	We're here with our guest, Dr. George Yancey, who is Professor of Sociology at Baylor University, as had a long... of He's well known as a sociologist and has been a specialist in some of the social dynamics of American religion.
0:37.0	And has published a new book that we have, Sean and I both found just fascinating and we wanted to have Dr. Yancey on with us on
0:45.8	several occasions, but this provided a great opportunity for us to do that.
0:49.2	It's called One Faith No Longer.
0:52.4	And it's a study of the divide that it exists today between various
0:57.4	factions within Christianity, particularly within the evangelical wing of Christianity. So Dr. Yancey, thank you so much for
1:05.7	joining us and for coming on with us. We really appreciate you taking the time to
1:10.0	talk to us about some of the really insightful stuff that's in your book.
1:15.4	Thanks for having me.
1:17.4	So let me start with this.
1:18.8	How would you, if you had to summarize the one main idea of your book that you wanted to get across to
1:24.0	readers what would it be? I think the notion of Christianity being this
1:29.7	monolithic group where Christians identify with one another is a false notion.
1:36.0	If it ever truly existed, it no longer exists and it's probably going to become
1:42.0	more divisive in the future.
1:44.0	So the big idea is I think we're talking about Christianity and Christians,
1:49.0	I think we're seeing two religions, not one.
1:51.0	We're talking about Christians here in the United States.
1:54.0	Okay, would so would it be fair to say that that the polarization in the culture is
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