Why Is Cultural Christianity On The Rise? - Alex O’Connor

Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Christianity is nothing new. But it’s seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups - public intellectuals and Gen Z. What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it’s now cool to go to church on a Sunday again? Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of Christianity is just right wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can ‘choose’ to believe in God, if new atheism was a failure, why there is not a current muslim revival, what happened to the gospels that were missing from the original bible, whether there’s two Gods in the Old Testament and much more... - 0:00 Are We Seeing a Christian Revival? 07:53 What’s Causing the Rise of Cultural Christianity? 18:46 Is it Possible to Choose to Believe in God? 23:48 Has Christianity Gone Too Soft? 38:49 Experience of Visiting the Vatican 43:49 Is the Rise in Religion Just a