Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism | Joshua McNall, PhD

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🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On this episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, Eric Skwarczynski interviews Joshua McNall (PhD, University of Manchester) – an associate professor of pastoral theology, ambassador of church relations, and director of the honors program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Mosaic of Atonement: An Integrated Approach to Christ's Work, Long Story Short: The Bible in Six Simple Movements, and A Free Corrector: Colin Gunton and the Legacy of Augustine. He also hosts the blog Outpost Theology.

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0:45.7	Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski. All right, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher
0:53.2	Boys podcast. Josh, thank you so much for joining me on today's show.
0:57.2	Yeah, Eric, thanks for having me. Yeah, I'm excited to chat with you. And your book is coming at a pretty timely moment because I would say the word of the, the word of the year, flavor of the month, whatever you want to say in evangelicalism right now
1:12.0	is deconstructionism. You know, it's people talking about deconstructing their faith. People are
1:17.1	talking a lot about doubt. And in your book, you know, you mentioned doubt is not a new concept.
1:23.4	You mentioned people like Jonathan Edwards. You know, you mentioned people like Martin Luther
1:27.2	that have doubted their faith.
1:29.2	But I'm kind of curious about your specific faith journey.
1:32.5	Like what are the moments that led you to writing a book on doubt and faith?
1:38.3	Yeah, I'm a, I'm a professor.
1:40.7	And so I deal with a lot of college students.
1:43.5	I work at a Christian liberal arts university. And so I deal with a lot of college students. I work at a Christian liberal arts
1:45.7	university. And so I deal with students, many of whom are coming out of, you know, evangelical or
1:53.0	Christian households, youth groups, but also some that have no faith background whatsoever. And so for me, the book came partly out of just conversations with students in my office,
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