Show Notes
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Holly Ordway about the themes and ideas in her book Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith.
0:22 - About Holly Ordway, and our thoughts on her book 4:02 - Welcome to Holly, and the role of imagination in her conversion 9:01 - What is “imagination” and what role does it play in apologetics? 12:19 - How meaning is constructed and imagination’s role 13:51 - Distortion of meaning: how can we address it? 16:22 - How is imagination foundational to reason? 17:39 - Why the limitations of language should be considered 22:50 - How we can be integrated in our approach to apologetics 25:00 - The difference between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s approaches 28:05 - How can the apologist use the imaginative approach better? 33:46 - Jesus’ use of parables 35:41 - Holly forthcoming book: Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography https://a315.co/3Gk3wQJ 38:43 - Further resources… 39:36 - Why tea in the UK is better than tea in the USA
Books mentioned: Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith
Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography (PREORDER!!)
Holly’s Website: www.hollyordway.com
Her other books include: Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages
Not God’s Type: An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms
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