The Strange New World of the Modern Self-A Conversation with Carl Trueman

In this edition of the popular podcast series "Thinking in Public," Albert Mohler speaks with Grove City College professor Carl Trueman about The Strange New World of the Modern Self.
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[@thepolymath777]

Carl Trueman is one of those guys you can read and listen to effortlessly for hours. This conversation was incredibly informative, lucid and needed. Both of these guys are assets to academia and the Church.

[@erichodge567]

I can't say that I entirely agreed with everything that was said here, but it was an honest, intelligent, and enlightening discussion, which at any time is a thing for which to be thankful.

[@danmorris47]

Great interview, thanks Dr. Mohler

[@esosaede-obarogie3125]

Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful interview. Great stuff!

[@Austria88586]

David Bowie was the master of reinventing himself before Madonna.

[@Robert_Sparkman_01]

You dare to criticize towering philosophical giants like Oprah?

[@Benjamin-rp4hq]

If I may graciously disagree with the caveat many conservatives make as was made here that says, "if you're an adult and want to mutilate your gender go ahead". No, that's not ok. mutilating the body for gender reassignment should not be ok for anyone. That is wrong on so many levels and should not be verbalized by Christians that its fine for adults just leave the kids alone. I agreed 💯 with everything else tho lol

[@michaelstanwick9690]

Interesting discussion. I have bought Carl Trueman's two books - 'Triumph of the Modern Self'..., and 'History and Fallacies'... My only comment regarding the discussion is of the dangers of not getting the use of language right. Professor Trueman said " ... and you want to transition from being a man to being a woman...". My contention is that this is an incoherent statement. Sex is biology. It grounds our definitions such that man and woman are adult human forms of sexed bodies - males and females. There is no means to change sex in reality. In law, yes as in the Gender Recognition Certificate here in the UK, and that is only within the domain of law and not in reality, since it relies on the creation of a legal fiction.

[@Austria88586]

407 pages and I devoured it.

[@LindeeLove]

The only thing missing in this discussion was the war on Christmas. 🙄

[@falcon5467]

The Sexual Revolution may be making the same mistake Napoleon and Hitler made in invading Russia: the power of natural forces cannot be overcome with ideological and political zeal - no matter how intimidating a front a movement can muster. Eventually, life's physical realities come into play that crush humanity's psychological ventures into Fantasy Land.

[@robertpearce8985]

The way Dr Moehler pronounces Louisville is off-putting. He has lived there long enough to pronounce it correctly. It's Loo-uh-vull.

[@fennecbesixdouze1794]

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