Andrew Walker on Charlie Kirk, the Future of Conservatism, and Baptist Political Theology

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Dr. Andrew Walker discussing Charlie Kirk, the future of conservatism, and Baptist political theology.

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Andrew Walker of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. We discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk (1:41), the various coalitions in and future of conservative politics (12:21), Christian influence on politics from a Baptist perspective (36:36), and more. Read Andrew’s books . Church Grammar is presented by the PhD and ThM programs at Gateway Seminary , which seek to blend the best of American and British programs by balancing a broad, robust education through seminars with close, one-on-one mentoring during the writing phase. Producer: Ryan Modisette. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by  nobigdyl. Brandon D. Smith is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University , a co-founder of the  Center for Baptist Renewal , and  writes things . You can follow him  on Twitter  at @brandon_d_smith. Check out his recent books:  The Trinity in the Book of Revelation   (IVP Academic, 2022), The Biblical Trinity (Lexham, 2023), The Trinity in the Canon (B&H Academic, 2023), and Taught by God: Ancient Hermeneutics…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon D. Smith

Guest: Dr Andrew Walker

Topics covered

• Charlie Kirk
• conservatism
• Baptist political theology
• Christian influence on politics

Keywords

• politics
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• coalitions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Andrew Walker's books

Books & works: Church Grammar, Purple Dinosaur, The Trinity in the Book of Revelation, The Biblical Trinity, The Trinity in the Canon, Taught by God, Beholding the Triune God

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