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The Theology of Andrew Huberman and Self-Optimization

White Horse Inn

Sola Media

Christianity, History, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What is the theology of Andrew Huberman? And why are so many people craving a rule of life from a neuroscientist? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss the rise of the popular podcaster and tenured professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, Andrew Huberman. While Dr. Huberman is known for speaking about science and self-optimization, what kind of theological views permeate his public work? 



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Featuring:  Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, Bob Hiller

 

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Huberman needs a preacher.

0:05.0

Like he needs somebody who come along and give him the gospel because there's a sense in which here it's self-discovery, it's self-motivated, it's self-driven, and even then, when we're the ones who are trying

0:18.9

to drive ourselves to God, it can quickly delve into, I'm not getting there enough, I'm not doing enough,

0:25.6

I need to make this another pillar, and it becomes more regiment.

0:28.6

Like someone needs to come along and say, when everything else falls apart because you're doing everything you can for your body and then comes cancer or then comes an accident or then comes all these things you've sort of built your identity on are crushed and taken away, does the spirituality still stand?

0:46.0

Someone needs to come along and say, I know someone who's come to make all things right

0:49.7

ultimately and finally.

0:51.1

And these things are fleeting.

0:52.2

They're good, they're helpful, they're useful, and they pass

0:55.6

away like the grass. What you need is something that can be more eternal. So I love the fact

1:01.0

that what he's seeing is driving him into the scriptures and driving him

1:06.3

more into prayer and more into a Christian sort of spirituality.

1:10.9

But I hope someone comes along and gives him Christ. applying the riches of the Reformation to the modern church. This is Whitehorse Sin,

1:30.0

a weekly roundtable discussion about theology and culture. Welcome to this episode of White Horse Inn, where we continue our series called Theology

1:50.5

Of. In this series we're taking a close look at the teachings of various popular figures today,

1:56.1

exploring whether there's an implicit or explicit theology behind what they promote,

2:00.8

and how these ideas align or clash with our own theological beliefs and

2:05.4

commitments. Our approach is not to delegitimize these individuals or their work, but to

2:10.0

engage thoughtfully and respectfully as if they were here around the table with us.

2:15.2

And today we're diving into the world and work of Andrew Huberman.

2:19.1

He has a PhD.

2:20.7

He is a neuroscientist, a tenured professor at Stanford School of Medicine.

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