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August 02, 2015 —
Robert Wright & Karl Giberson
The Wright Show
- Why Adam is crucial to Christian theology
- What happens when the Biblical Adam encounters modern genetics
- The "slippery slope" of critical inquiry
- What do you need to believe to be a Christian?
- Trying to reconcile God as Creator with natural selection
- Evolutionary psychology and the doctrine of original sin
February 26, 2020 —
Robert Wright & David Bentley Hart
The Wright Show
- David's new book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
- What does the New Testament actually say about Hell?
- Original sin and the crucifixion of Jesus
- David's case against eternal damnation
- Free will, sin, and freedom
- What did "the Kingdom of Heaven" mean to Jesus?
- David: Envisioning the afterlife "always results in a kind of cartoon"
- David's quick thoughts on the mind-body problem
- Mysticism in the Eastern Orthodox Church
June 27, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Alissa Wilkinson
Culturally Determined
- First Reformed, Paul Schrader's new film that takes Christianity seriously
- Schrader's European art-house influences
- The film contrasts two versions of American Protestantism
- Ethan Hawke's restrained lead performance
- Spoiler alert! Analyzing the film's shocking twists
- The intentionally ambiguous ending
- Reaction to the film from the Christian press
September 21, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Christopher White
Culturally Determined
- The new sex abuse crisis enveloping the Catholic Church
- An explosive letter claims Pope Francis helped a known abuser
- The allegations against the powerful Archbishop McCarrick
- What does #MeToo reveal about the Church?
- Assessing Archbishop Vigano's accusations against Francis
- Can Francis implement real reforms?
March 02, 2018 —
Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell
Sophia
- Crispin's "Why They Suck" essay series
- Why in particular does Michelangelo suck?
- The contrasts in humanism represented in Italian and Northern Renaissance art
- The "ennobling quality" of human emotion in early Renaissance art
- Why Dan is a humanist and Crispin is not
- Identifying the internal incoherence of Michelangelo's work
- Dan: Judaism's approach to moral agency begins in the Garden of Eden
- Crispin questions emphasizing human endeavors over all others
June 21, 2018 —
William R. Black & Jemar Tisby
- Jemar's path from educator to historian
- How racial history shapes the landscape of the Deep South
- The "quiet exodus" of black Christians from white evangelical churches
- Not a "skin problem," but a "sin problem"
- Jemar: Kindness isn't just being polite to avoid offense
- Bill explains the historic racial divide within the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
November 08, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Roger Haight
The Wright Show
- Why Pope John Paul II did not like Roger's book Jesus Symbol of God
- Roger's new book, Faith and Evolution: Grace-Filled Naturalism
- The intractability of the problem of evil
- Ways to understand God not as a big person in the sky
- Is natural selection an instrument of divine creation?
- Roger's heterodox view of Jesus of Nazareth
- Roger's problem with original sin
- What is a "grace-filled naturalism"?