Huston Smith, world religion scholar and seeker of the Divine in diverse religions, died on December 30, 2016. We had the privilege of discussing God, spirit, soul, eternal...
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Episode 07
Season 17
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God is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good. But what is God’s private mental life like? Can we reach in to appreciate God as a supreme being? It may seem...
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Philosophy of Religion asks all the key questions about God: does God exist and if so, how? But does this bring us any closer to the deity?
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The God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam claims to be “Omnipotent”-a Being who is all-powerful. Can this Omnipotent God do everything? Literally everything?
Season 09
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Creation is God’s glory; creating is God’s essence. We’ve heard this so often and so long it seems to make sense. But does it make sense? What does it mean...
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How do Buddhism, Chinese traditions, and Hinduism address the essence of human sentience? What is consciousness? What is the self? What is qi? Do humans have souls or...
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Conflict among religions troubles believers and well it should. How to reconcile contradictory doctrines and beliefs with competing claims of ultimate truth? One approach is...
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Most people believe that God exists and religion is God’s revelation. But some claim that religion needs nothing supernatural; that religion, without God, can flourish...
Episode 09
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Religions clash and compete—that’s a problem for those who believe. Some claim that the similarities of diverse religions—such as seeking transcendence beyond the...
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To search for meaning, God or something like God is often involved. But this need not be so. How can meaning be found, or purpose realized, without invoking supernatural...
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Can the analytic enrich the theological, sharpening distinctions of doctrine? Can deep questions about God be addressed with methods and practices that are precise and...
Episode 08
Season 18
26:47
If ‘Does God exist?’ is the first question, ‘Is God a Person?’ should be the second. Only a ‘person’ has awareness, knowledge, beliefs,...
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