What are the general principles of African philosophy and theology? What are the similarities among different African traditions and what are the differences? What are the basic principles for relating African philosophy of religion to the philosophies of other religious traditions? Given the importance of the family in African religious traditions, what can we infer…
What is Kabbalah? Can we explore the nature of God through an understanding of Kabbalah and its teachings? In Kabbalah, what kinds of arguments have been advanced for the existence of God? Was the world created by God? Can Kabbalah help us understand the workings of fundamental reality? Eduard Shyfrin is an expert on Kabbalah,…
What is the philosophy of Jainism? From the Jain perspective, what is the relationship between the Creator and the Created? What is the relationship between Jainism and South Asian Philosophy? Marie-Helene Gorisse is Guest Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Ghent University (Belgium). Her research fields are Jainism, Buddhism, South Asian Philosophy,…
Anil Seth, professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, discusses his new theory about how we experience the world and the self. He talks about the “real problem” of consciousness, measuring consciousness, and the brain as a Predictive Perception Machine. Seth’s book, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, is available…
How do Christian, Hindu, and Islamic traditions address the relationship between God’s essence and God’s existence? What are the fundamental, non-reducible categories of reality? What is the relationship between God and time? A panel of distinguished philosophers of religion joins host Robert Lawrence Kuhn to discuss these questions and more. This panel features Travis Dumsday…
How do Hindu, African, Islamic, and Jewish traditions address the existence of God and other deities? How can we know God/deities? What do religious and mystical experiences tell us? Do all religions worship the same God? A panel of distinguished philosophers of religion joins host Robert Lawrence Kuhn to discuss these questions and more. This…
How do the Islamic, Jewish, Hindu, and Christian traditions address the traits of God and other deities? What specific traits or attributes do deities possess? Is God a personal being? What is the relationship between God and time? A panel of distinguished philosophers of religion joins host Robert Lawrence Kuhn to discuss these questions and…
From the Jewish perspective, what is the relationship between the Creator and the Created? What is the relationship between metaphysics and theism? What defines Jewish philosophy? Aaron Segal is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In this interview with host Robert Lawrence Kuhn, he discusses metaphysics, God,…
How do the world’s religions argue for or against the existence of God? How do different traditions value mystical experiences? How do they view ultimate reality? Varadaraja Venkata (V.V.) Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In this interview with host Robert Lawrence Kuhn, he discusses metaphysics, God,…
Victoria Harrison is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau. In this interview with host Robert Lawrence Kuhn, she discusses analytic philosophy of religion and the issues generated by religious diversity. The Global Philosophy of Religion Project aims to make the philosophy of religion a truly…
How does Islam address big questions in philosophy of religion? How does Islam approach the Problem of Evil, arguments for the existence of God, mystical experiences and the relationship between the creator and the created? Hamza Yusuf Hanson is the president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in…
How do philosophical traditions differ across Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism? How do they address big questions in the philosophy of religion? Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University (UK) and a Fellow of the British Academy. In this interview with host Robert Lawrence Kuhn, he discusses metaphysics, God, and…