Joseph Minich is the author of the recent Bulwarks of Unbelief: Atheism and Divine Absence in a Secular Age. He teaches for the Davenant Institute and is also the author of Enduring Divine Absence: The Challenge of Modern Atheism. You can also hear him on the Pilgrim Faith podcast. Joseph joins me to discuss his recent book and some of the causes of the felt absence of God in modern society.
Category: Culture
The Story of Abortion in America (with Leah Savas)
Leah Savas reports on abortion for WORLD News Group. She recently co-wrote a book with Marvin Olasky, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022. She joins me and my wife, Susannah Black Roberts, to discuss the book and the subject of abortion more broadly.
Protestants & History (with Paul Gutacker)
Paul Gutacker, the author of The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past, joined us for a discussion of how American Protestant understandings of sola scriptura and biblical authority played out in the context of the Civil War and debates around slavery.
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Chapters 18 & 19 (Through New Eyes)
We finish our discussion of James Jordan’s Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World, talking about its final two chapters.
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The Genesis of Gender (with Abigail Favale)
Abigail Favale joins us for a discussion of her book The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory, exploring the contemporary ‘gender paradigm’ its character, its dangers, and how we ought best respond to it.
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Tolkien Dogmatics (with Austin Freeman)
Austin Freeman, the author of the fantastic recent book Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology Through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-earth, joins Matt, Derek, and me to discuss theology through Tolkien’s eyes.
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MAID in Canada
Susannah joins Derek, Matt, and me to discuss Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), recently discussed in a New Atlantis piece and in a Substack post by Richard Hanania.
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American Nationhood And Nationalisms (with Miles Smith)
Dr Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, joins me for a discussion of American nationhood and nationalism. We discuss the distinctive historical and cultural background that should ground contemporary discussions of so-called American Christian nationalism.
Anadromist Dialogue on Imagination
Byrne Power over on the Anadromist YouTube channel invited me to join him for a wide-ranging conversation about imagination. I also appear on his recent New Year’s video.
Chapter 10 (Through New Eyes)
In this episode in our series on James Jordan’s Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World, Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers, and I discuss the tenth chapter of the book, ‘Breaking Bread: The Rite of Transformation’.
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