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Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston speaks to 7 thousand delegates at the AACC World Conference 2017
Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston speaks to 7 thousand delegates at the AACC World Conference 2017 Jeremiah J. Johnston, PhD, associate professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University, and president of the Christian Thinkers Society, captivated thousands of delegates during the American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference in September 2017 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort…
Read MoreJeremiah & Audrey turned to their faith to keep them afloat during Harvey
My son and his wife Audrey were interviewed on FoxBusiness by Stuart Varney of Varney & Co. They shared with Stuart how their faith in God kept with afloat through Harvey and their mandatory evacuation from Fort Bend County with our 5 grandchildren. Harvey victims say faith kept them afloat during Harvey Visit Houston Baptist…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interview Jonathan Lanman Regarding Virtual Reality in Religion
Bloomberg Businessweek asked Apple CEO Tim Cook, “You’ve talked a lot about augmented reality at the heart of the company’s future. How do you see AR moving forward?” Cook replied, “I think it is profound. I am so excited about it, I just want to yell out and scream. The first step in making it a mainstream…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Lois Lee – Founding Director of the Nonreligion and Secularity Network
Lois Lee had just arrived back in London, England after her honeymoon when Cristie Jo Johnston and I filmed with her. She is quite unique and very articulate. Lois writes: “I joined the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kent in 2017 as a Research Fellow, and will take up my post as lecturer…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Miguel Farias – Nones Researcher
Four scholars are researching, in four different countries, profiling nones. A compilation of their landmark research, along with other researchers, will be presented in Rome in 2019. Why are people religiously disaffiliating? What is the difference in non-believers in Japan as opposed to Denmark, or Brazil in contrast to the United States? What are the actual catalysts of unbelief? There is obvious diversity in different nations…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Philosopher Richard Swinburne
The unreported good news: the past 50 years have been an incredibly fruitful period in the philosophy of religion. Now, established theists teach in many of the most renown universities of the world. The catalyst of the movement — Richard Swinburne, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years,…
Read MoreCristie Jo Johnston asked Richard Dawkins about Psalm 14:1
Professor Richard Dawkins, English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, author, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, continued his filmed interview with Dr. Cristie Jo Johnston, Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist Univesity. She asked a daring question, “The Bible says that anyone that says in their heart there is no God they are a fool. What do you…
Read MoreJerry Johnston asks Richard Dawkins, “Do you have a degree in theology?”
I asked Richard Dawkins permission when we were filming in Oxford, England. He consented. Quoting his detractors, without the slightest bit of cynicism, I posed the question to @RichardDawkins, “Do you have a degree in theology?” “Are you proficient in Hebrew or Greek?” Dawkins’ answered, “Of course not.” How then do you write an accurate critique of the theology of the Bible…
Read MoreJerry Johnston interviews Richard Dawkins
Maybe @RichardDawkins was right when he told me that his book, The God Delusion, among other similar titles of the same genre, is to be credited for the decline of Christian faith in America. Richard Dawkins met Cristie Jo Johnston and me on his bike at our hotel in Oxford, England recently. Together we walked…
Read More“I Wrote Myself to a Better Understanding,” – Jerry Johnston with Sociologist Rodney Stark
I asked sociologist Rodney Stark about his own faith. He replied, “I wrote myself, my way to a better understanding of things.” His books are classics: “How The West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity,” “For The Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witchhunts, And The End of Slavery,” “America’s Blessings:…
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