Selden College (with Dr Timothy Edwards)

October 21, 2024 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Dr Timothy Edwards is Principal and Academic Dean of Selden College, a new Christian liberal arts college, which opens its doors to students in October 2025. He joins me to discuss his vision for Selden College, the work that has already been undertaken to found it, and what lies ahead. Over the course of our conversation, we also consider the distinctive character of Christian education and the way it can benefit the UK.

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Interview with Christian Heritage London

November 2, 2023 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

A couple of years ago, I was interviewed by Christian Heritage London. They published the interview a few weeks ago. You can listen to the interview here. Here is a short taster:

Digital Liturgies (with Samuel James)

October 4, 2023 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age is a superb new book by Samuel James. Within it he explores some of the ways that the Internet, especially social media, is shaping us and what we might do about this. It is very readable and accessible and will be valuable for a wide audience. He joins me to discuss it.

Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight Video

August 8, 2023 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Davenant Hall is doing a series of spotlight videos for faculty members. Nathan Johnson, our new Provost, recently interviewed me for one.

There are also spotlight videos for Ryan Hurd and Matthew Hoskin.

Conversation on the Anadromist

February 20, 2022 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Byrne Power recently invited me to join him for a very wide-ranging conversation over on the Anadromist YouTube channel. Take a look!

The Complementarity of Men and Women (with Dr Paul Vitz)

August 21, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Paul Vitz is the Professor Emeritus of Psychology at New York University. He is a Catholic scholar, whose work explores the relationship between psychology and Christian faith. He has recently edited a book, The Complementarity of Women and Men: Philosophy, Theology, Psychology & Art, with contributions from some leading Catholic voices in the conversation: J Budziszewski, Sr Prudence Allen, Deborah Savage, and Elizabeth Lev. He joins me to discuss the book and the differences and relation between the sexes more generally.

Music and Exodus: A Conversation with Derek Fiedler

March 15, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

I recently was invited on Derek Fiedler’s podcast to discuss symbolism, typology, the Exodus pattern in Scripture, and music as a conceptual metaphor for the reading of Scripture.

Interview on Typology, Symbolism, Exodus, and Music with Derek Fiedler

March 8, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Derek Fiedler invited me on his YouTube channel for a long discussion of typology, symbolism, music as a conceptual metaphor, and the patterns of Scripture.

What Does the Bible Say About Gender?

February 18, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Aaron Renn of The Masculinist invited me to join him for a livestreamed conversation yesterday. We started off with a discussion of how to learn from the Bible’s teaching about gender and then got into a host of other questions.