171. Without God

About this episode

The episode explores the implications of a world where God is considered dead and the cultural impact of Christianity on modern ethics.

The cultural hangovers of Christianity are well attested. Recently, people who were once describing themselves as ‘New Atheists’ have gone as far as to call themselves ‘Cultural Christians’, due to the prevalence of Christian thought in modern ethics. But what if the great dream of the New Atheists eventually succeeded? What would a world where God was actually dead look like? FOR FULL SHOW NOTES - click here. CREDITS Undeceptions is hosted by John Dickson, produced by Kaley Payne and directed by Mark Hadley. Alasdair Belling is a writer-researcher. Siobhan McGuiness is our online librarian. Lyndie Leviston remains John's wonderful assistant. Santino Dimarco is Chief Finance and Operations Consultant. Peter Kozushko is our North American representative and a point of contact for church pastors interested in engaging with our work here at Undeceptions. Editing by Richard Hamwi. Our voice actor today was Dakotah Love. Special thanks to our series sponsor Zondervan for making this Undeception possible. Undeceptions is the flagship podcast of Undeceptions.com - letting the truth out.

People in this episode

Host: John Dickson

Topics covered

• Christianity
• Atheism
• Cultural Christianity
• Ethics

Keywords

• New Atheists
• Cultural Christians
• Christian thought

Sponsors

Zondervan

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: CREDITS Undeceptions, Undeception

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