Rethinking a Reformed Christian View of Culture

Rethinking a Reformed Christian View of Culture | Show Notes

TIP JAR: https://donate.stripe.com/aEUdUE5YodhZgkUeUV 
Summary

Culture is important since it’s the second most important thing
we can do as humans: love our neighbor. But how exactly does this
play out. Evangelicalism has tried to create a “moral majority”
through various political activities. But this politicization of
our cultural activity has led to unending “culture wars.” This
hyperbolic metaphor has caused divisions among political lines.


What if Evangelicals got it wrong? What if norms for culture are
written into the fabric of reality itself? How does Adam and
Eve’s fall into sin affect these norms? And what if the
conventional wisdom from leading evangelical figures – on both
the left and right – have complicated the question? How should we
think of culture and our activity in it? How might we challenge
prevailing paradigms of culture toward a free and prosperous
society?


In this episode, I discuss these questions and more with Gregory
Baus, my co-collaborating on the statement of principles, What is
Reformed Anarchism?
Featured Guest Bio | Gregory Baus

Gregory Baus is a student of the Reformational/neocalvinist
philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. A former international English
teacher; he’s currently living in the US and writing a Master’s
thesis on the topic of self-knowledge. (There’s a link to his
profile in the show notes). Gregory became a libertarian
anarchist in 2008 and we collaborated together on the statement,
“What is Reformed Anarchism?” written in 2020


See Gregory Baus' full profile here:
https://sites.google.com/site/ideolog/


Follow Gregory Baus on Academia, Facebook, and YouTube
https://independentscholar.academia.edu/GregoryBaus
https://www.facebook.com/gregory.baus
https://www.youtube.com/c/reformational
Main Points of Discussion

1:47 Introduction to the Reformed Anarchism statement, what is
meant by ‘anarchism’?
7:24 What is ‘culture’?
11:48 Why is it important to have a proper understanding of
culture?
15:02 What is a Reformed Christian view of culture?
19:07 What is subjective sanctification?
23:51 Does, “be fruitful and multiply,” only refer to procreation
and the family?


Next episode: Common mistaken views: Scholasticism and Theonomy.
And what about neocalvinism and transformationalism?
Resource Links

What is Reformed Anarchism?
https://www.academia.edu/44884160/What_is_Reformed_anarchism


Dialogue with PCA Pastor Nate Xanders on Reformed
Anarchism
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwrDNUO5MDu-56FIiArhzVisvc1TayOFS