In an episode about Harry Potter as much as anything else, Matt chats with Rebecca McLaughlin about her 2020 Book of the Year, Confronting Christianity and forthcoming, 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (And Answer) About Christianity. In the interview Rebecca responds to some tough questions including:

“Why is Christianity accused of being anti-intellectual?”; “Doesn’t Christianity denigrate women?”; “Isn’t Christianity homophobic?”; “How should we understand transgender identities?”

*Warning: Deep thoughts not guaranteed.

ABOUT:

REBECCA MCLAUGHLIN

Rebecca holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill College in London. She spent 9 years as VP of Content with The Veritas Forum where she had the privilege of identifying and equipping Christian professors to speak about their faith in relation to their work. She co-founded Vocable Communications in 2017, which is a speech-focused, data-driven communications firm dedicated to helping leaders deliver messages that change minds.

Follow ups to her Christianity Today Book of the Year, Confronting Christianity are 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (And Answer) About Christianity (March 16, 2021) and The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims (Spring).