The Devil Reads Nietzsche (With Greg Ganssle)

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Frederich Nietzsche on Christianity and culture with philosopher Greg Ganssle.

How do we live out our faith in a post Christian age? How do we react to thinkers who are aiming to undermine Christianity, such as Frederich Nietzsche? What is the enduring impact of someone such as Nietzsche on our culture today. We’ll discuss this and more around a new book entitled The Devil Reads Nietzsche, with our resident Nietzsche expert, our colleague in philosophy Dr. Greg Ganssle. Greg Ganssle is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot. In addition to publishing about fifty articles, ch...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean McDowell, Scott Rae

Guest: Greg Ganssle

Topics covered

• faith in a post-Christian age
• impact of Nietzsche
• Christianity
• philosophy
• cultural critique

Keywords

• Nietzsche
• Christianity
• philosophy
• faith
• cultural impact
• post-Christian
• Greg Ganssle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

Books & works: The Devil Reads Nietzsche

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