Biblical Critical Theory Audio Lectures, Part 2: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

Written by Christopher Watkin

Narrated by Christopher Watkin

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Biblical Critical Theory Audio Lectures, Part 2 includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.

A bold vision for Christians engaging the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive.

In Biblical Critical Theory Audio Lectures, Part 2, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture.

Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them.

Biblical Critical Theory Audio Lectures, Part 2 exposes and evaluates the often-hidden assumptions and concepts that shape late-modern society, examining them through the lens of the biblical story running from Matthew to Revelation. Lessons illuminate how the patterns of the Bible's storyline can provide incisive, fresh, and nuanced ways of intervening in today's debates on everything from science, the arts, and politics to dignity, multiculturalism, and equality, showing Christians the moves to make and the tools to use in analyzing and engaging with all sorts of cultural artifacts and events in a way that is both biblically faithful and culturally relevant.

It is not enough for Christians to explain the Bible to the culture or cultures in which we live. We must also explain the culture in which we live within the framework and categories of the Bible. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging, and dynamic voice in the marketplace of ideas today, we need to mine the unique treasures of the distinctive biblical storyline.

Session titles and Runtimes: 

15 - Incarnation, Space, and Time (29 min)

16 - Incarnation, Materiality, and Personality (38 min)

17 - The Ministry of Jesus, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor (41 min)

18 - The Cross, Subversion, and Grace (38 min)

19 - The Cross, Asymmetry, and Paradox (36 min)

20 - The Resurrection, Transformation, and Power (40 min)

21 - The Last Days, Church, and Society (35 min)

22 - The Last Days and Parallax Living (44 min)

23 - The Last Days and Giving to Caesar What Is Caesar's (32 min)

24 - The Last Days and Modernity (40 min)

25 - Eschatology and Apocalyptic (33 min)

26 - Eschatology and Time (43 min)

27 - Eschatology and Identity (41 min)

28 - Eschatology and Culture (27 min)

29 - Conclusion (24 min)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Release date: Jul 2, 2024
• ISBN: 9780310175209

Christopher Watkin

Christopher Watkin (PhD, University of Cambridge) is senior lecturer in French studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a scholar with an international reputation in the area of modern and contemporary European thought, atheism, and the relationship between the Bible and philosophy. His published work runs the spectrum from academic monographs on contemporary philosophy to books written for general readers, both Christian and secular, and include Difficult Atheism, From Plato to Postmodernism, Great Thinkers: Jacques Derrida, and others.