3 episodes
Reconstruct John Raines and Dan Koch
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 240 Ratings
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John Raines and Dan Koch explore philosophical and theological topics to help individuals who have deconstructed their worldviews through the process of reconstructing their worldviews.
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Kevin Vanhoozer—Postmodern Philosophy & Christian Theology
John and Dan speak with theologian Kevin Vanhoozer about postmodern philosophy and Christian theology. Vanhoozer is the author of several serious works of philosophical theology, all of which can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-J.-Vanhoozer/e/B001HCYU2O%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share.
Of particular interest is his book "Is There a Meaning in this Text?" If you enjoyed this episode, you will similarly enjoy this book. Very thought-provoking and highly recommended. -
Postmodernism, The Bible, and Truth
John and Dan share their responses to their interview with theologian Kevin Vanhoozer. Most of their discussion revolves around the validity of postmodernism, the interpretation of the Bible, and the nature of truth.
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Deconstruction and Reconstruction
John Raines and Dan Koch provide updates on their recent processes of deconstruction and reconstruction.
Customer Reviews
Finally!
Love the engaging, intellectual discussion. It’s tough being a thinking believer without resources like this. Thanks and keep this program going.
Very thoughtful and engaging
Love this podcast. Very nice intellectually stimulating
Asks the Right Questions
The guys ask the right questions. They ask hermeneutical/interpretive questions assessing how we get to a particular understanding of Scripture rather skipping this step and demanding the text to tell us something. I see this as the new wave of evangelical intellectualism (not sure if the guys would agree with that).
I think American evangelicalism is late to this game- a presupposition of modernist inerrancy is not debated in most of the rest of the evangelical world. But this podcast is an excellent grappling with the right questions to place American theology back on track. Great guests, great ideas. Two setbacks however: 1. Many of the guys’ notions of authority are humanist and individualistic. While inerrancy is bad, authority is not, yet it often seems that the guys place Scripture’s attributes as subservient to reason and philosophy. I suppose this is a legitimate approach to theology, but it undermines Scripture’s authority to some degree.
2. It often sounds like it’s being shared from a script- But it’s also too informal to be a lecture. You can’t passively listen.
Bottom line- listen to this podcast if you’re an American evangelical because it will ask the question you never knew needed to be asked.