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David Bentley Hart on Atheist Delusions

Tags: Age of Reason, Antonio Marcello Barberini, churlish, Dark Ages, Edward Gibbon, Enlightenment, Friedrich Nietzsche, Galileo, H.L. Mencken, mercantile capitalism, modernity, New Atheists, scientific racialism, Serapium, Urban VIII, wars of religion, William James, witch hunts

By listener request, David Bentley Hart joins us to discuss his award-winning book, “Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies.” We cover who these “new” atheists are, how they differ from the old atheists, and Prof. Hart’s general reactions to more common claims by atheist scholars about the Christian past and the “Age of Reason.”

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Michael McClymond on Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards is often considered one of the greatest theologians in US history. Prof. Michael McClymond reviews the fascinating life and times of Rev. Edwards and shows how his theology evolved over time based upon his surrounding circumstances and personal experiences. A serious intellectual who also relished in the beauty of God’s creation, Jonathan Edwards was at the forefront of a number of theological and religious trends that became hallmarks of American Protestantism.

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