Bart D. Ehrman | Why Fundamentalism is Not (Always) Such a Bad Thing. Take Bart for example... @bartdehrman | Uploaded 8 months ago | Updated 9 hours ago
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Bart has never held back from opposing Christian fundamentalism (and every other religious fundamentalism), even though he was once a fundamentalist himself. Many fundamentalists consider (and call) him the spawn of the Devil for his attempts to expose the flaws of fundamentalist thinking, in part because he understands the view from the inside. But Bart has never publicly talked about how being a fundamentalist had a serious upside and played a positive role in his life, affecting everything that came after in some extraordinarily helpful ways. In this episode he spills the beans on how being a fundamentalist proved, in some ways, to be a good thing. (Even if he doesn't advise going there!)
Megan asks Bart:
-You became a born-again, fundamentalist Christian at 15. How did your teenage life change following that experience?
-What had been your trajectory up until that point? Had you already planned to take your academic studies further than an undergraduate degree?
-You went to Moody Bible Institute - was that a direct result of your conversion?
-What was it like being a student at Moody?
-Did it give you a good grounding for your future studies?
-Did it give you any experience with research?
-How did being a fundamentalist impact your time at Princeton Theological Seminary?
-Did your experiences as a youth pastor help inform how you teach and lecture?
-Do you think you’d have had this career if you hadn’t become a fundamentalist Christian?
-Did you have any prior interests in ancient or foreign languages?
-Fundamentalism gave you the drive to study intensively, and the forum to develop your skills as a communicator…are there any downsides to your educational experience?
-Do you feel as though your experiences as a fundamentalist were overall a net positive in your life?
Visit bartehrman.com/courses to shop from Bart Ehrman’s online courses and get a special discount by using code: MJPODCAST on all courses.
Bart has never held back from opposing Christian fundamentalism (and every other religious fundamentalism), even though he was once a fundamentalist himself. Many fundamentalists consider (and call) him the spawn of the Devil for his attempts to expose the flaws of fundamentalist thinking, in part because he understands the view from the inside. But Bart has never publicly talked about how being a fundamentalist had a serious upside and played a positive role in his life, affecting everything that came after in some extraordinarily helpful ways. In this episode he spills the beans on how being a fundamentalist proved, in some ways, to be a good thing. (Even if he doesn't advise going there!)
Megan asks Bart:
-You became a born-again, fundamentalist Christian at 15. How did your teenage life change following that experience?
-What had been your trajectory up until that point? Had you already planned to take your academic studies further than an undergraduate degree?
-You went to Moody Bible Institute - was that a direct result of your conversion?
-What was it like being a student at Moody?
-Did it give you a good grounding for your future studies?
-Did it give you any experience with research?
-How did being a fundamentalist impact your time at Princeton Theological Seminary?
-Did your experiences as a youth pastor help inform how you teach and lecture?
-Do you think you’d have had this career if you hadn’t become a fundamentalist Christian?
-Did you have any prior interests in ancient or foreign languages?
-Fundamentalism gave you the drive to study intensively, and the forum to develop your skills as a communicator…are there any downsides to your educational experience?
-Do you feel as though your experiences as a fundamentalist were overall a net positive in your life?
