About this episode

Michael Hardin discusses René Girard's views on sacrifice and Hebrews, while exploring fundamentalism and theological liberalism with Paul and Nate.

Michael Hardin explains how René Girard scapegoated the term sacrifice and the book of Hebrews and how he corrected course in regard to Hebrews. Karl and Paul discuss attachment of fundamentalism to the historical critical method, and then Nate and Paul point out to Michael the same problem with theological liberalism, and propose an alternative Christocentric hermeneutic in place of historicism. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!

People in this episode

Host: Paul Axton

Guest: Michael Hardin

Topics covered

• scapegoating
• sacrifice
• fundamentalism
• theological liberalism
• Christocentric hermeneutic
• historical critical method

Keywords

• René Girard
• sacrifice
• Hebrews
• fundamentalism
• theological liberalism
• Christocentric hermeneutic
• historical critical method

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hebrews

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