This weak Jonathan enters the "birdcage" to discuss the fate and fortunes of Evangelicalism in a woke world with Michael Bird. They explore the contemporary meaning(s) of the term "Evangelicalism," the politicisation and fragmentation of the Evangelical theological tradition and its place in a secular and hostile social context. Sidebars are aplenty in this rollicking conversation, including on the ABC, Q&A, the ACL, Margaret Court, Israel Folau, Cancel Culture, George Orwell's 1984, civic totalitarianism, the modern media, progressive Christianity and the meaning of Conservatism.
Dr Michael Bird is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia. Michael has written and edited over thirty books in the fields of Septuagint, Historical Jesus, the Gospels, St Paul, Biblical Theology, and Systematic Theology. His book Evangelical Theology is an attempt to develop a truly gospel-based theology that promotes the advance of the gospel in Christian life and thought. He is the co-editor of the New Covenant Commentary Series, an associate editor for Zondervan’s The Story of God Bible Commentary, and an elected member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (the international society of New Testament scholars).
Michael also writes a regular newsletter on Substack called "Word from the Bird." Check it out!