3.52 Auron MacIntyre, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies”

3.52 – Auron MacIntyre Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

• 00:50 – Intro
• 04:50 – Auron MacIntyre’s Background
• 06:20 – The Wake Up Call of 2020
• 09:58 – Observations About 2020 from Trent Hunter
• 13:53 – The Thesis of Auron’s Book The Total State and ‘The Cathedral’
• 18:32 – Are We Blind to Communism and Managerial Ideologies Today?
• 21:35 – Managerialism in the Church vs. The Authority of God’s Word
• 26:06 – “Massification”
• 30:17 – The Need for Efficiency Leads to an Overreach of Authority
• 34:23 – Multiculturalism and the Creation of Conformity
• 37:46 – The Tower Babel Still at Work Today
• 41:18 – The Different Forms of Totalitarianism
• 47:08 – Why Should Christians Care About This?
• 52:46 – Takeaways from The Total State for the People in the Pew
• 56:15 – Counsel and Encouragements
• 1:00:43 – Outro

Resources to Click

• The Auron MacIntyre Show
• “A Theology of the Face: How Endless Mask-Wearing Hides the Image of God and Hinders the Church” – David Schrock
• Theme of the Month: Voting to the Glory of God
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Books to Read

• The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies – Auron MacIntyre