• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Randal Rauser

Home of progressively evangelical, generously orthodox, rigorously analytic, revolutionary Christian thinking (that's what I'm aiming for anyway)

  • About
  • Books
  • Articles
    • Articles (single)
    • Articles (in series)
  • Audio/Video
    • Audio Interviews, Lectures, and Debates
    • Video Interviews and Lectures
    • Powerpoint Slides
  • Blog
    • Current Posts
    • Blog Archives
  • Podcasts
    • The Tentative Apologist Podcast
    • Archived Podcasts
    • Reviews

Randal

Are Progressive Christians Relativists? Rebutting the Absurd Claims of Alisa Childers

June 25, 2022 by Randal

This article consists of three excerpts from one chapter in my book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. To read more, pick up a copy of the book! Time and again, I find a common error among many conservative Christians: they confuse a healthy awareness of our own fallibility in knowledge with relativism about truth. For […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alisa Childers, progressive Christianity, Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too, relativism, truth

My Quick Thoughts on SCOTUS and the Overturning of Roe

June 25, 2022 by Randal

The GOP scored a big victory on abortion yesterday, but at the cost of further undermining the moral authority of SCOTUS and the GOP. I’m prolife, but I’m not a fan of hypocrisy or winning by hook or by crook. Here’s a quick list of my main concerns (#5 is not about Roe per se): […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: abortion, ethics, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS

On the Idea of (Male) Privilege

June 24, 2022 by Randal

Do men enjoy special privileges in society that women lack? Do we all possess some privileges and lack others? Here’s my six-minute take. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: male privilege

More Debate on Progressive Christianity with Joshua Swamidass

June 23, 2022 by Randal

In this special episode of Capturing Christianity, Randal Rauser (Progressive Christian) and Joshua Swamidass (Conservative Christian) dialogue about the key differences between Progressive and Conservative Christianity. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Capturing Christianity, debate, Joshua Swamidass, progressive Christianity

Strawmanning Progressive Christians: Lessons from Mike Winger

June 22, 2022 by Randal

In this video, I conclude my critique of Mike Winger’s popular video on progressive Christians by pointing out how he strawmans the views of Richard Rohr and Brian Zahnd while exhibiting contempt for these fellow Christians and their views. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Mike Winger, progressive Christianity, strawman

Progressive Christians, Evangelicals, and Alisa Childers: A Conversation with Joshua Swamidass

June 20, 2022 by Randal

Joshua Swamidass recently appeared on Capturing Christianity to discuss progressive Christianity and offer some criticisms of my book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. In this video, I take up the discussion with Swamidass further: ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist

Progressive Christians and a Reformed Critic

June 19, 2022 by Randal

This article is a response to a review of my book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too from a critic, a young Reformed scholar named Colton Hinson. I appreciate Hinson reading the book and sharing his thoughts though I do not think he establishes his central claim that “Rauser’s lines are too far left and that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist

Progressive Christianity: An Interview

June 18, 2022 by Randal

An interview I did on the Philosophy for All YouTube channel on the topic of progressive Christianity. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: interview, Philosophy for All, progressive Christianity

Does Progressive Christianity Lead to Atheism?

June 18, 2022 by Randal

Evangelical critics of progressive Christianity like Mike Winger and Alisa Childers regularly claim that people who become progressive Christians are more likely to become atheists. But most of those who begin to call themselves progressive Christians came out of an conservative evangelical Christianity that they eventually found to be no longer defensible. Like a leaky […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, progressive Christianity

Why Doesn’t Josh Swamidass like Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too?

June 17, 2022 by Randal

Yesterday, Capturing Christianity hosted Joshua Swamidass for a conversation in which Swamidass provided a response to my book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too and the wider progressive/evangelical conversation. In this article, I’m going to provide a bullet-point response to aspects of the conversation. I look forward to speaking with Swamidass about this in the future […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alisa Childers, Another Gospel?, Capturing Christianity, Joshua Swamidass, progressive Christianity

Why It Matters Whether Christianity is Intellectually Respectable: Quick Reflections on the Debate

June 14, 2022 by Randal

My debate with Dan Barker was on the question “Is Christianity intellectually respectable?” I argued the affirmative. My method was simple: offer a definition of “intellectual respectability” and provide good evidence that Christianity has met the definition. To that end, I pointed out that “respectability” is a social concept referencing positive social status. The qualifier […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Dan Barker, debate, reflections

Is Christianity Intellectually Respectable? A Debate with Dan Barker

June 13, 2022 by Randal

My latest debate. This one is with atheist Dan Barker on the topic “Is Christianity intellectually respectable?” ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Dan Barker, debate

Mike Winger’s Bad Teaching on Progressive Christianity (Part 3): Coming to Terms with Experience

June 5, 2022 by Randal

In this third installment of my critique of Mike Winger, I point out that his derision of the role of experience in theological reflection is fundamentally misguided: experience inevitably informs how we all think theologically. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Mike Winger, progressive Christianity

Mike Winger’s Bad Teaching on Progressive Christianity (Part 2)

June 4, 2022 by Randal

In this second installment of my Mike Winger critique, we focus on 2 minutes of his video as I point out several instances of fallacious and inconsistent reasoning and a consistent lack of charity in his analysis. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Mike Winger, progressive Christianity

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 251
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Against Malaria Foundation

Against Malaria Foundation

Support Kiva

Support Kiva

Search this website

Archives



Copyright © 2022 • Randal Rauser • A Steady Site