Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive.
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“A brilliant and unique book…. It is the most biblical, up-to-date, and comprehensive analysis of contemporary Western culture that I know of.”
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
In Biblical Critical Theory, 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 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 Genesis to Revelation. With extensive diagrams and practical tools, Biblical Critical Theory shows 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.

[@ericmiller3284]

Hello, I'm Eric and I'm a street evangelist, which basically means I will probably be looking for new ways in which to engage the people I have been led to Until my final breath. I know nothing about Biblical Critical Thinking. I have an opportunity to att this tool to my logos Portfolio Libary at 20% off. I would really appreciate as much feedback as I can, to help me understand what this product could possibly do for my witnessing efforts. I have used a highly similar approach to that of Pastor Ray Comfort for the past 20 years, and I'm very comfortable with this approach to reaching the lost. Thank you very much for your videos on this product, and also for all the time and work you put into producing this informative video. Well done! Please share your experiences with me as a really would appreciate learning all I can about Biblical Critical Thinking. Thank everyone in advance.

[@dmmusicmusic]

imo; the place to begin in engagement is- " here is how I came to know Christ and how He radically and positively changed my life." People who cannot sensibly articulate such a story in biblically faithful terms do not generally make much sense of the Bible to others. further i disagree with the video title and the book's "subtitle (Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture) because, that's like saying you can make "sense" of sin and rebellion against God when both are sup[remelu illogical) Regardless, as of today the Logos price of the book (32.99) is much too high in my opinion.

[@PaDutchRunner]

I think we should start with “judgment is coming and there is one way of salvation from its dire consequences”

[@dmmusicmusic]

@@PaDutchRunner, that's definitely an indispensable part of the Gospel but starting there may depend on to whom you are speaking and the environment. I used to live in Europe and often spoke to locals in public places about the Gospel and would often also begin with asking them about their "view" on Christianity/ the church etc., and just take it from there depending on their response/perspective,( iow, I didn't have a fixed "starting point " until I knew something about the person to whom I was speaking).

[@PaDutchRunner]

@@dmmusicmusic I think I agree with you!

[@seanpendulum5121]

Fascinating topic ..why have the background 'music' ?...

[@davidwright1429]

The music is a distraction and diminishes the focus on the comments. It should be removed.

[@jamescook5617]

I guess this book is not for me as I do not look fondly on my university days and studying the work of Marx, Freud and other Godless pagans whose life work has damned millions to Hell as they twisted "certain things".

[@EPHESIANS_5..11__Lady]

Syncretism only leads to the watering down of God's Word and his statements in this video truly reflect it.

[@ElliottE34]

I don’t think that means what you think it means

[@EPHESIANS_5..11__Lady]

The visible church lacks discernment; no wonder there have been so many Trojan Horses in the church--among others are enneagram, "Christian" yoga, and the social justice "gospel".

[@EPHESIANS_5..11__Lady]

@@ElliottE34 My reply to you (just now) got censored directly, perhaps because it's Zondervan that published "The Sacred Enneagram". The visible church lacks discernment; no wonder there have been so many Trojan Horses in the church--among others are enneagram, "Christian" yoga, and the social justice "gospel".

[@steveareeno65]

@@EPHESIANS_5..11__Lady I haven't read the book yet but listening to the author, he sounds more in the tradition of Herman Bavinck, who no one would accuse of syncretism. That seems to be reinforced by the fact that Nathanial Gray Sutanto, a Bavinck expert, commented on the book. Bavinck believed that Christians should engage culture; not in the "culture wars" sense, but in the sense that Christianity is the best answer to man's deepest longings and needs and that it has a robust worldview to address these longings. Understanding and engaging the culture doesn't mean compromising the Gospel or doctrine, it just means putting it in terms that are culturally relevant. To do that, you have to understand the culture around you and what shaped it. The author also sounds very much like James K. A. Smith and Carl Trueman (in "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self") and again, no one would accuse these guys of syncretism. All to often nowadays, Christians either view Christianity as solely a personal, spiritual (small "s"), experiential endeavor meant to enhance life in some shape or form or meet some felt need (i.e. Enneagram) or they have an unhealthy fear of the culture, wanting to completely withdraw from it or confront it in a hostile manner (culture wars, christian nationalism). There is also a sense among those who want to withdraw or confront it that things are going from bad to worse. This is largely due to the influence of dispensational premillennialism (Let Behind series, Late Great Planet Earth, etc). The truth is, things are as they always have been--there is nothing new under the sun. There is both good and bad in the world and there always will be until the return of Christ. Generally speaking, advances in technology, science, medicine, human rights, etc (due to God's common grace) have made life increasingly more tolerable as history marches on. Sure, all this stuff has a dark side because of human sin, but you don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I would not chose to live in any other previous time; and if you could spend a week in some other time, say the 16th century, you would say the same. Most of the advances in human culture today are attributable to Christianity; the secular culture just doesn't realize it or chooses to ignore it.

[@steveareeno65]

@@ElliottE34 lol, +1 for the reference to the Princess Bride