Category: Culture
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Why Christians Should Watch Horror Movies with Dr. Murray Stiller (Podcast)
Read more: Why Christians Should Watch Horror Movies with Dr. Murray Stiller (Podcast)In this episode we discuss horror films with Dr. Murray Stiller, who is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Redeemer University (Hamilton, Ontario). Over the course of our conversation we talk about why horror movies are so popular and why it’s important to be having a discussion like this. We address the tropes and…
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Black Apologetics with Lisa Fields (Podcast)
Read more: Black Apologetics with Lisa Fields (Podcast)In this episode of our Apologetics series, we’re joined by Lisa Fields, the founder of the Jude 3 Project, whose mission is “to help the Christian community know what they believe and why they believe it. Distinctive in its strong emphasis in equipping those of African descent in the United States and abroad.” In our…
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Resurrection & Rationality with Dr. James T. Turner (Podcast)
Read more: Resurrection & Rationality with Dr. James T. Turner (Podcast)Carrying on our broader conversation on Apologetics, we are joined by an analytic theologian, Dr. James T. Turner, who is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Anderson University and the author of On the Resurrection of the Dead: A New Metaphysics of Afterlife for Christian Thought (published by Routledge). In this conversation we touch on the…
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Reimagining Apologetics with Dr. Justin Bailey (Podcast)
Read more: Reimagining Apologetics with Dr. Justin Bailey (Podcast)Continuing our apologetics series, we are joined by Dr. Justin Bailey, who is Assistant Professor of Theology at Dordt University and the author of Reimagining Apologetics: The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age (IVP Academic). In our conversation, Dr. Bailey offers his constructive proposal for what apologetics could look like that gets beyond a…
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Evidence & Disagreement with Dr. Greta Turnbull (Podcast)
Read more: Evidence & Disagreement with Dr. Greta Turnbull (Podcast)On this episode in our apologetics series we address matters of evidence. What counts as “evidence,” and how do we interpret it? Moreover, what do we do when people interpret the evidence differently or don’t find it to be relevant to the claim being made? Specifically, how should we understand religious disagreement? How should we…
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Around the Table: Reflections on Cultural Identity (Podcast)
Read more: Around the Table: Reflections on Cultural Identity (Podcast)On this episode we reflect back on our Cultural Identity series and the things that stood out to us the most. We use the analogy of the table to highlight that these conversations need to happen in an egalitarian way, where we all bring something to the table for others to enjoy. The series began…
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After Whiteness with Dr. Willie James Jennings (Podcast)
Read more: After Whiteness with Dr. Willie James Jennings (Podcast)Concluding our series on Cultural Identity, we are joined by Dr. Willie James Jennings, who is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School, and the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale University Press), and, more recently, After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Eerdmans). Dr.…
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Latin American Theology and Identity with Norlan Hernandez (Podcast)
Read more: Latin American Theology and Identity with Norlan Hernandez (Podcast)Continuing our series on Cultural Identity, we are joined by Norlan Hernandez, who is the Director of the Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership at Vanguard University and a PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies at the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University. Norlan joins us on the podcast for a second episode on…
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Journeying Through Latin American Theology with Dr. Octavio Esqueda (Podcast)
Read more: Journeying Through Latin American Theology with Dr. Octavio Esqueda (Podcast)Continuing our series on Cultural Identity we are joined by Dr. Octavio Esqueda for a discussion on Latin American Theology. Dr. Esqueda is Professor of Christian Higher Education and the Director of the EdD and PhD programs at Biola University. As an expert in higher education and the Spanish Reformation, Dr. Esqueda provides a helpful…
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George Floyd: Reflections on Race One Year Later with Dr. Walter Augustine (Podcast)
Read more: George Floyd: Reflections on Race One Year Later with Dr. Walter Augustine (Podcast)In our third episode on Cultural Identity, we are joined by Dr. Walter Augustine, who is the Director of Intercultural Education and Research in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion at BIOLA University, to discuss the topic of race one year after the dehumanizing murder of George Floyd. To start Dr. Augustine shares some encouraging…