Ep. 22: The Cultural Context Of Politics

A discussion of "What Is Culture?," Part 1 of the Reformed Libertarianism Statement. Other episodes are mentioned in which some points from episode 4 are elaborated, and the meaning of subjective sanctification of culture is reiterated. The definition of culture, and why it’s addressed is further explained. The model of reciprocally influencing layers of culture is elaborated, illustrated, and related to the study of historical process. And the promotion of so-called "cultural Christianity" is considered.

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Main Points Of Discussion

00:00 Introduction

00:32 Episode description

02:02 Scholasticism and Biblicism vs Neo-Calvinism

03:41 Subjective sanctification of a Christian’s cultural activity

05:16 Culture as such, and “cultus”

08:22 Why we address culture; and the image of God

12:09 The model of reciprocal layers of culture

18:10 Illustration of the cell/mobile phone

21:06 Culture and historical process