This is episode 66 of the Logos Institute Podcast. In it Joanna Leidenhag and I (Jonathan Rutledge) interview Doctor Joshua Ryan Farris (Alpine Christian School) about his recent book, An Introduction to Theological Anthropology(Baker Academic). In this part of the interview, we discuss Dr Farris's history in theology and philosophy, as well as why he became interested in the question of human nature to begin with. If you want to skip around in the interview a bit, here are some timestamps to assist you!

0:35 - Introduction of Dr Farris

1:55 - Academic background

6:05 - Contextualizing Dr Farris's theology as Reformed

9:43 - What's theological about anthropology?

13:03 - Cartesian dualism (Why are humans identical to souls?)

17:47 - Why the bad press for dualism in theology?

19:53 - Why the bad press in philosophy?

If you've enjoyed listening to this interview, please see other content from our guest:

Joshua Ryan Farris

1. Philpapers Page - https://philpapers.org/s/Joshua%20R.%20Farris

2. Amazon Book Page - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Theological-Anthropology-Humans-Creaturely/dp/080109688X

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