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Episode 136: John H. Walton: How Can We Understand the Bible Today? Going Beyond Fundamentalism

Dr John H. Walton is an Old Testament scholar. He is Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College and was a Moody Bible Institute professor previously. He specializes in the relationship between religion and science, and the Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds of the Old Testament.Buy his brilliant books, here:Amazon.co.uk: John H. Walton: books, biography, latest updateSee more at Seedbed:John Walton: Interpreting the Creation StoryCheck out Inspiring Philosophy too:(1) InspiringPhilosophy - YouTube

Episode 135: Louis Markos: What is Classical Christian Education and Why Does it Matter Today?

Louis Markos is Professor in English at Houston Christian University, where he holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities.At Houston Christian University (where he has taught since 1991), Markos offers courses in poetry, including Victorian Poetry and Prose, 17th-century Poetry and Prose, Mythology, Epic and Film. He also teaches classes on Ancient Greece and Rome for HBU’s Honors College along with courses on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Classics.This wonderful new book is available here:Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education: Amazon.co.uk: Markos, Louis: 9781514011300: Books

Episode 134: Alister McGrath: The Meaning Crisis, the End of New Atheism, and the Christian Story

In this conversation, I’m honoured to be joined by Dr. Alister McGrath – one of the leading voices in contemporary Christian theology and apologetics. We focus especially on his insightful book Why We Believe, exploring how faith, reason, and imagination come together to illuminate human life, purpose, and truth.Dr. McGrath is a professor at Oxford University, an accomplished scientist-theologian, and a prolific author whose work continues to shape Christian thought worldwide. You can learn more about him and access his writings and talks at:https://alistermcgrath.org

Episode 133: Christina Bieber Lake: C.S. Lewis, American Literature and How Storytelling Reveals God

Dr Christina Bieber Lake is an American author. Now retired, she was the Clyde S. Kilby professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where she taught classes in contemporary American literature and literary theory. Her books include Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood (University of Notre Dame Press), a book that draws upon theological resources as it investigates, through fiction, the motivations for human enhancement. Prophets of the Posthuman won the 2014 Aldersgate prize for integrative Christian scholarship. She followed this up with the brilliant Beyond the Story: American Literary Fiction and the Limits of Materialism. Dr Bieber Lake frequently contributes essays on fiction, ethics, and film to Books & Culture, Comment Magazine, and The Cresset, as well as scholarly journals. You can read some of her articles here: Christina Bieber Lake - Comment MagazineShe is a frequent contributor to scholarly work on Flannery O'Connor, and her book The Incarnational Art of Flannery O’Connor (Mercer University Press), describes how O’Connor viewed fiction as an ideal way to fight Gnostic dualisms prevalent in American intellectual and religious life. Her work on teaching as a vocation includes The Flourishing Teacher. Learn more at her website, here:https://christinabieberlake.com/

Episode 132: Kevin Vanhoozer: C.S. Lewis, Mere Christian Hermeneutics and the Adventure of the Bible

Dr Kevin Jon Vanhoozer is an American theologian and current research professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) in Deerfield, Illinois. Much of Vanhoozer's work focuses on systematic theology, hermeneutics, and postmodern theology. I've been a fan of Kevin's for many years and was delighted to finally speak to him. I think his work is of utmost importance. For more, please see: https://www.kevinjvanhoozer.com/ Kevin J. Vanhoozer - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) On My Shelf: Life and Books with Kevin Vanhoozer Kevin Vanhoozer (@VanhoozerKevin) / X Amazon.co.uk: Kevin J. Vanhoozer: books, biography, latest update NEW BOOK: Mere Christian Hermeneutics --- Kevin Vanhoozer