Thinking Christianly

In this episode, we explore the nuances of religious epistemology, focusing on Internalism versus Externalism, and how these frameworks influence our understanding of how we know God. We discuss how Christian thinkers like Plantinga approach these issues, and how to evaluate who we can trust in the midst of complexity. In this podcast we discuss: How do we understand the difference between Externalism and Internalism as it relates to epistemology? How do Internalists and Externalists address

In this episode, JP and Stan discuss the requirements and responsibilities of truth-seeking as rational beings created in God’s image. In this podcast we discuss: What does our knowledge of reality have to do with our ability to live a meaningful life? Why is seeking truth considered a virtue? In what ways does Christianity uniquely elevate the role of reason? What is a “justified true belief” and how does that framework help us see beyond Scientism? How does understanding epistemology hel

What does it really mean to say that we “know” something? In this episode, we begin a series on epistemology, the study of knowledge and reasonable belief. In this podcast we discuss: What is knowledge (including knowledge about God)? Can we have it? If so, how? Can we be sure? What kinds of knowledge exist and how do we access them? What is the difference between certainty and defeasibility? Must we have certainty to have knowledge? What is the role of skepticism and how should Christians

In our first-ever question-and-response episode, Stan and JP engage with listener questions about postmodernism, panpsychism, and enchantment. In this podcast we discuss: How can adopting a broader, more holistic sacramental theology help us to understand the nature of reality? What is panpsychism, and why does the “Combination Problem” make it implausible? How is it incompatible with the Christian worldview? Can we understand our world as “enchanted” without slipping into panpsychism? Are

In this episode, we discuss more ways the realism/nominalism debate is having a dramatic impact on all we think and do as we wrap up our series on this important topic. In these episodes, we discuss: Our culture’s confusion over what art is due to implicit nominalism How nominalism undercuts our knowledge of chemistry, biology, and ethics Ways in which nominalistic thinking seeps into our language and reinforces our confusion Nominalism as the seedbed for critical theory and other destructi

In this and the next podcast, we turn our conversation to points of application, discussing some of the ways the Realism/Nominalism debate is having a dramatic impact on all we think and do. In these episodes we discuss: If beauty is really in the eye of the beholder Can there be justice for all if we are nominalists How these ideas shape the work of physicians and therapists The nominalistic assumption underlying Critical Theory Why people say “That’s true for you but not for me.” How we