Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 59 minutes ago

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I’m joined by @Randal_Rauser to discuss his new book, The Doubter’s Creed: How to Be a Christian When You Don’t Believe It’s True. We discuss the uniquely creedal character of Christianity, the credibility of doxastic voluntarism (the view that we can choose our beliefs at will), prudential reasons to hope Christianity is true, the dispute between William James and W.K. Clifford over belief without sufficient evidence, universalism, eternal conscious torment, religious disagreement, and whether non-Christians can be saved.

The Doubter’s Creed amazon.com/Doubters-Creed-Christian-When-Believe/dp/1738771830/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UOHWM7HWVDFR&keywords=doubter%27s+creed&qid=1675895504&sprefix=doubter%27s+cree%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1

randalrauser.com

https://linktr.ee/emersongreen

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00:00 A religion of creeds

07:19 Doxastic voluntarism

18:17 Grace for beliefs, not just actions

31:12 Why hope Christianity is true?

43:40 Love your Rwandan neighbor as yourself

53:33 James vs. Clifford