Christian Atheism: God as an Idea Is No God at All | Fr. Stephen Freeman

About this episode

Fr. Stephen Freeman discusses the concept of Christian Atheism and the reality of God's presence in the world.

Re-Enchantment—Everyone is talking about it these days. But, you can’t re-enchant something that always was. We are simply realizing the reality of Enchantment. In this episode of A Commitment to Reality, Fr. Stephen Freeman joins Dave Hanegraaff to remind us that the world has always been Enchanted—we have just been ignoring that reality. Secularism has caused many modern people—even Christians—to misunderstand the reality of the world we live in. Modern life has flattened our conception of reality into something purely material, neutral, and abstract. Many Christians have even made God an abstraction—something Fr. Stephen Freeman calls Christian Atheism. But, God as an abstraction is no God at all. God is everywhere, present and filling all things. This leads to a myriad of misunderstandings—including something as important as our salvation. Salvation is about being restored to reality itself: to God, to others, and to the world as it truly is. Glory to God, in all things. For more information on Fr. Freeman's book Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe please click here…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Hanegraaff

Guest: Fr. Stephen Freeman

Topics covered

• Christian Atheism
• Enchantment
• Secularism
• Reality
• Salvation
• God

Keywords

• Christian Atheism
• Enchantment
• Secularism
• Reality
• Salvation
• God
• Fr. Stephen Freeman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christian Research Institute

Books & works: Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe

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