The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

Ep 46: Christianity and Saving Democracy with Jonathan Rauch

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Micah Redding interviews Jonathan Rauch on Christianity, the role of religion in liberalism, and why Christians should embrace Jesus to save democracy.

Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington; a contributing writer of the Atlantic; and the author of numerous books on public policy, culture, and government. His latest book is "Cross Purposes: Christianity's broken bargain with democracy".

  • Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
  • The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

    • Talking points:

    • The rapid decline of both Mainline and Evangelical Christianity in America
    • The corresponding rise of illiberalism, authoritarianism, polarization, and dangerous pseudo-religions
    • The symbiosis between Liberal Democracy and Christianity
    • Why even secular society needs Christians
    • The Christian case for Liberal Democracy
    • The network epistemology of Karl Popper and Charles Sanders Peirce; and how that touches on faith and science
    • Institutions as the infrastructure of knowledge, and the foundation of technology
    • How can Christians help save democracy?

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