Critical Theory and the Gospel - Brad Green

Critical Theory is a philosophy, or school of philosophy which goes back to the early decades of the 20th century. The Critical Theorists were frustrated that by the 1920s the hoped-for revolution had not materialized. This talk suggests that Critical Theory is a kind of alternative religion–complete with its own view of creation or metaphysics, its own understanding of sin, and its own understanding of redemption and eschatology. Indeed, Critical Theory is best understood as a vision of the world which is parasitic on Christianity. The Christian faith provides the better understanding of God, man, and the world–an understanding that Critical Theory cannot produce from its own commitments and insights.

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Bradley Green teaches theology at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He earned an M.Div. at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Th.M. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. at Baylor University. He is the author of several books: Colin Gunton and the Failure of Augustine: The Theology of Colin Gunton in Light of Augustine (Wipf and Stock); The Gospel and the Mind: Recovering and Shaping the Intellectual Life (Crossway); Shapers of Christian Orthodoxy: Engaging with Early and Medieval Theologians (IVP; editor and contributor); Covenant and Commandment: Works, Obedience, and Faithfulness in the Christian Life (New Studies in Biblical Theology, IVP); Augustine of Hippo: His Life and Impact (Christian Focus), as well as a volume in InterVarsity Press’ Reformation Commentary on Scripture. He has also contributed essays and reviews to International Journal of Systematic Theology, Chronicles, First Things, Touchstone, and The Churchman. Brad and his wife Dianne have three children—Caleb, Daniel, and Victoria. Brad and Dianne also helped co-found Augustine School, a Christian liberal arts school in Jackson, Tennessee.

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