Episode 64 - Josh Parikh - A Crisis in Christian Apologetics? Part 1

Doubts Aloud Podcast

Show Notes
Josh Parikh is an old friend of ours having contributed to our Discussion Groups over many years as a Christian Apologist who has always thought deeply about the issues and maintained intellectual integrity. He has been on a journey, especially having engaged with Biblical scholarship. This has overlapped with his time at Oxford University and continued since graduating. Like many, he has remained a Christian and has moved in a ‘progressive’ direction. Josh recently gave a talk “A Tumultuous Period in Apologetics?” to the “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in London, and we were eager to have him share that material on the show. Josh sees a crisis not just in the scandals such as with Ravi Zacharias but at a root conflict between the aims of apologetics in conservative Christianity and the commitments involved in genuine scholarship.
We had so much to talk about that we will need 2 shows to benefit fully from Josh’s wisdom.
Links:
We strongly recommended this podcast: “The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill”
Randal Rauser books in conversation with atheists:
“God or Godless?: One Atheist. One Christian. Twenty Controversial Questions.” by John W. Loftus and Randal Rauser 2013
“An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar: Talking about God, the Universe, and Everything” by Randal Rauser and Justin Schieber 2019
Josh recommends: “The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son – the Transformation of Child Sacrifice and Christianity: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity” 1995 by Jon D Levenson
YouTube clips :
The film Andrew mentioned -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbDSxTUuIo
The apologist who previously was hot on resolving contradictions -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1cPnnz-Go
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