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Most of the world happens when I’m not in the room. That’s been a guiding principle for me as I’ve read and heard about all kinds of things I’ve never seen. I know some folks prefer David Hume’s assumption that anything that doesn’t resemble closely enough what one has witnessed directly is more likely delusion or deception than real testimony, and I know others would just as soon dismiss the experiences of folks not from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as primitive or worse, but I’ll take Hamlet over Hume on these kinds of matters: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio/ Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” And although our approaches to these matters differ somewhat, I think I found an ally in Joy Vaughan’s book Phenomenal Phenomena: Biblical and Multicultural Accounts of Spirits and Exorcism. Christian Humanist Profiles is glad to welcome Dr. Vaughan to the show to talk about her research.
Nathan Gilmour talks with John Kloppenborg about his recent book "Christ's Associations."
Coyle Neal interviews Robert W. Caldwell about his new book "Theologies of the American Revivalists."
David Grubbs talks with Michael Allen about his recent book (with Scott Swain), "Reformed Catholicity."
