Chortles Weakly, Wresbyterian and I spent an hour last night talking about the Quest for Illegitimate Religious Certainty (QIRC) and the Quest for Illegitimate Religious Experience (QIRE) and their manifestation in fundamentalism, revivalism, and their effects on confessional Reformed/Presbyterian theology, piety, and practice.
Here is the show in its native habitat on SoundCloud and in iTunes.
Here’s the HB audio archive:
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Yes, David. I think QIRC and QIRE are like glasses that help us see many things more clearly.
Explained alot of Church history!
Another podcast to follow
🙂
DG, your ugliest cat is better looking than the Baron.
cw is much better looking than the Baron (wouldn’t take much).
We’re on iTunes as well.
Got it. Added.