About this episode

The episode discusses how faith deconstruction may reflect a crisis of authority rather than a crisis of faith, featuring insights from Tim Barnett.

Episode Summary: What if deconstruction isn’t a crisis of faith, but a crisis of authority? This week, we sit down with apologist Tim Barnett from Stand to Reason, Red Pen Logic, and co-author of The Deconstruction of Christianity to unpack the ideas behind the faith deconstruction movement and learn how it's affected every one of us in more ways than we realize. We explore how postmodern thinking shifted authority from Scripture to the self, why that change reshapes conversations...

People in this episode

Guest: Tim Barnett

Topics covered

• faith deconstruction
• postmodernism
• Christian authority
• crisis of faith
• self vs Scripture

Keywords

• faith deconstruction
• postmodernism
• Christianity
• authority
• Scripture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stand to Reason, Red Pen Logic

Books & works: The Deconstruction of Christianity

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