The Reluctant Theologian Podcast

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  • Ep. 154 Eulogies and Hope for the Afterlife

    In today's episode I remember the life of my grandmother, and offer some biblical reflections on our hope in the resurrection of the dead.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    18 min
  • Ep. 153 The Current State of Pop Apologetics

    Over the past few years, people have been complaining to me about the incredibly low standards of reasoning taking place within the online Christian apologetics community. I have ignored this for several years, but I have not been able to look the other way over these past few months. In today’s episode, I want to talk about the problems taking place among pop apologists, and offer advice on how to do better.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    28 min
  • Ep. 152 Divine Hiddenness with Michael Rea

    This is the final episode with my 2023 summer interns from Palm Beach Atlantic. Today, we ask why isn’t God more obvious? If God really loves us, why does he seem to be hidden? Wouldn’t God make His presence more obvious to all of us? To help us answer these questions, we interviewed Mike Rea from the University of Notre Dame.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.

    Guest: Michael Rea is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

    Editing: Drew Mercantini

    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    29 min
  • Ep. 151 Southern Baptists, the Nicene Creed, and the Eternal Generation of the Son

    The Southern Baptist Convention just had their annual meeting. 4 people pushed to have the Nicene Creed included in the Southern Baptist confession. Is this a movement towards theological clarity, or creedalist authority? Also, why won’t the Southern Baptists clearly state what the doctrine of eternal generation actually says? Don’t worry, I will tell you what the doctrine says.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    40 min
  • Ep. 150, Do Evangelicals Have a Crush on Aquinas, or Did Christianity Today Jump the Shark?

    Christianity Today just put out a new article on the unhealthy obsession that some American Evangelicals have over Thomas Aquinas. As you can imagine, the article has already received quite a bit of hate online. Did Christianity Today jump the shark with this one? In today’s episode, I want to take you through the article, and give you my own thoughts on the matter.


    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    Support the Show:

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    28 min
  • Ep. 149 God and the Meaning of Life with TJ Mawson

    I have another episode with my Palm Beach Atlantic summer interns. As we were doing some philosophical theology last summer, there was a question that really bothered us. Are we actually doing anything meaningful? We decided to ask Tim Mawson from Oxford to help us explore a host of issues about God and the meaning of life. This was hands down the most fun we had interviewing someone last summer.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.

    Guest: TJ Mawson is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford.

    Editing: Drew Mercantini

    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    Support the Show:

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    50 min
  • Ep. 148 Omnisubjectivity and Panentheism with Linda Zagzebski

    I have a very special episode for you today. I have an interview with the one and only Linda Zagzebski! We are chatting about her new book on omnisubjectivity. We are going to explore the different ways that God might be omnisubjective, and give a special look at panentheism. This episode also contains an audience Q&A with Zagzebski, and we cover all sorts of questions.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki.

    Guest: Linda Zagzebski is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oklahoma, and a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Lucerne.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    Support the Show:

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Ep. 147 TikTok, the Problem of Evil, and the Importance of a Good Theological Education

    I was somehow convinced to join the dumpster fire that is TikTok. In today's episode, I offer some reflections on my experience on TikTok, the problem of evil, and why a good theological education is so important.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews; Dr. Habil. University of Helsinki) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, and a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University.


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠rtmullins.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Support the Show:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/user?u=66431474⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/rtmullins⁠⁠⁠

    38 min
  • Ep. 146 Ortlund vs Mullins Debate Review: Simplicity, Dependency and Trinity with Andrew Hollingsworth and Chad McIntosh

    If you saw my recent debate with the one and only Gavin Ortlund on divine simplicity, you might have some remaining questions. In today's episode, I sit down with Andrew Hollingsworth and Chad McIntosh to discuss various topics that came up in the debate related to simplicity, history, metaphysical dependency, the Trinity, and more.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, and a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

    Guest: Andrew Hollingsworth (PhD, New Orleans Southern Baptist Seminary).

    Guest: Chad McIntosh (PhD, Cornell University).


    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    Support the Show:

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Ep. 145 Becoming Incarnate with Tim Pawl

    Are you of two minds about which model of the incarnation to adopt? Perhaps you are looking for someone who can offer an account of the incarnation that will fix it, not mix it. You might be in luck. Today my Palm Beach interns and I interview Dr. Tim Pawl on the metaphysics of the incarnation.

    Credits

    Host: R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Lucerne, and a visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

    Guest: Tim Pawl⁠ (PhD, St Louis University) is a professor of philosophy the University of St Thomas.

    Editing: Drew Mercantini

    Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions.

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    Support the Show:

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    38 min

About The Reluctant Theologian Podcast

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A podcast on God, time, and everything in between. The host R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews) will guide listeners through topics on theology, philosophy, science, and heavy metal.

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