Exploring Propositional Claims and True Christianity

Following a recent conversion to Christianity, Jordan Hall offers his perspective on the Christian worldview, its orienting beliefs and how they inform (and affirm) ways of being in the world. Brendan brings his own background of being raised in and and leaving the church to the conversation, trying to gain deeper understanding about how one can affirm Christian doctrine in the context of a metamodern world.

0:00 Introduction

2:47 Faith and Understanding: Christian Propositional vs. Participatory Knowing

15:36 Beyond a "Religion vs. Reason" Debate

20:26 Jordan's Reasons to Believe: Scripture, History, 1st Person Experience*

30:36 Jordan Not Impressed by Naturalistic Challenge to the Resurrection

35:56 Notions of Gospel and Sin: Faith Changing Behavior --- For Good or Ill

41:53 Jordan's Rejection of Naturalism and His Faith in Christian Historicity and Ontology

52:21 (Brendan Has a Lot of Responses He Won't Get Into in This Context)

53:07 Self-Confirming Faith: Reciprocal Opening in Other Faiths?

1:02:32 Excursus: Historicity and Hermeneutics of the Doctrine of the Trinity

1:08:52 Self-Confirming Faith: Pathologies in Self-Justifying Beliefs

1:16:20 Self-Confirming Faith: Participatory Knowing and Confirmation Bias

1:27:53 Conclusion