Category Archives: Society

Conversation About the Ethics of Social Media

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

My friend Brad Littlejohn and I had a conversation a few days ago about the ethics of social media. You can watch it here.

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Interviews, Society, Video | 1 Comment

Jordan Peterson’s Appeal to Young Evangelical Men

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

CBMW invited me to write something on the subject of Jordan Peterson’s appeal to young evangelical men, which has just been published here. Listening closely to what both Peterson and his appreciative male followers have to say, a few things … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Guest Post, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 49 Comments

Some Further Thoughts on Men, Women, and Shame

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

The following are some further thoughts, following on from my post on men and shame. The issue of the relationship between women and men’s shame should be addressed more closely, because there is an awful lot going on there. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 48 Comments

On Men, Shame, and Brotherhood

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

https://twitter.com/drantbradley/status/960717197776703489 A couple of days ago someone drew my attention to a Twitter thread by Dr Anthony Bradley that has been receiving a lot of attention. Within the thread Bradley seeks to explain the appeal of Jordan Peterson to young … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Experience, Culture, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 49 Comments

Sex in Zero Gravity

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

A review of mine on Mark Regnerus’ recent book, Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy has just been posted over on The Gospel Coalition website. Within the book, Regnerus describes and seeks to explain the shape of contemporary … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, Ethics, Guest Post, Reviews, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 2 Comments

Virtue Ethics in a Virtual Age

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Earlier this week, I had a thoroughly enjoyable day at Ian Paul’s Festival of Theology event, a day devoted to eight TED-talk style presentations, each followed by questions. If you don’t already know him, Ian Paul is the blogger at … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, On the web, Philosophy, Society | 13 Comments

What Pastors Could Learn From Jordan Peterson

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Last night, along with a few online friends, I watched this debate on the meaning of life between William Lane Craig, Rebecca Goldstein, and Jordan Peterson, hosted by Wycliffe College. While watching it, and reflecting upon Peterson’s work more generally … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Experience, Culture, Ethics, Society, The Church, Theological | 109 Comments

As One Having Authority

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just posted over on Political Theology Today, discussing the authority with which Jesus spoke and arguing that we need to communicate this authority today: The authoritative word still retains considerable power in our day and age, even though we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christian Experience, Ethics, Guest Post, Mark, NT, Politics, Scripture, Society, Theological | 1 Comment

What Socialization and Social Construction Can’t Explain

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

In a discussion such as that surrounding Jordan Peterson’s recent interview, one can predict with some certainty that several responses will appear countering claims about psychological and behavioural differences between the sexes with appeals to the forces of socialization and … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 7 Comments

Podcast: Equality

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Our first podcast of 2018 is on the entirely uncontroversial subject of equality as a Christian value. One of our listeners requested that we devote a show to the topic and, being the reckless fools that we are, we agreed … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Philosophy, Podcasts, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 10 Comments