Show Notes
*Content warning: In the Marge & Dave section of this episode, the Netflix series discussed contains sexual assault.
For argument's sake: where we take a debate, cut out the party politics and try to talk it out
Evangelicalism: is it on the nose?
"To own the name evangelical is a difficult thing to do in public these days ... It perhaps means what fundamentalist meant 15-20 years ago," says Michael.
Megan clarifies: It's often equated with being a Trump voter.
So what does the term evangelical actually mean and how does it apply to Australian Christians today?
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Be our guest: opening up the conversation to others
Stuart Piggin and Australian evangelical history
Winner of the 2019 Australian Christian Book of the Year award, Stuart Piggin, knows more about the true history of evangelical Christianity in Australia than most. He has been at the forefront of religious history study in Australia for more than three decades as Director of the Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience at Macquarie University (2005-16) and Head of the Department of Christian Thought of the Australian College of Theology.
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Glossary – Michael has been using big words again:
- Hegelian synthesis: the philosophy of 19th-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel which says there is a higher stage of truth that combines the truth of a thesis and an antithesis.
- Egalitarianism: the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
Marg and Dave: reviews from two people obsessed by stories, but not always the same ones
Unbelievable
*Content warning: the Netflix series discussed contains sexual assault.
Michael leads us into the murky depths of the Netflix true crime series
Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette. A dramatisation of the 2008-2011
Washington and Colorado serial rape cases,
Unbelievable follows "Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth." The miniseries is based on the 2015 news article "
An Unbelievable Story of Rape", written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong.
So what does this series say about the role not only of faith but of evangelicalism in society? Listen in to this episode to find out.
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What is With All Due Respect?
Less aggro, more conversation.
Is it even possible to have a deep discussion without it descending into chaos? Michael Jensen and Megan Powell du Toit think yes, and want to show the rest of us how to do it.
There’s plenty of things they disagree on: free will, feminism, where you should send your kids to school and what type of church you should go to. But there are also plenty of other things that they have in common. They want to talk about all these things with conviction. But they also want the conversation to be constructive. Tune in to find out if that’s possible.