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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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A Tribute to Huston Smith

Episode 07

Season 17

26:48

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I would like to believe in God, but conflicting religions trouble me. Religions clash and compete-and that’s a problem for those who believe or want to believe.

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Do Religions Complement or Contradict?

Episode 11

Season 10

26:47

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No one denies the diversity of human religions, and the apparent incompatibility of their core beliefs. Many believe only their own religion to be True. Some claim all...

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Can Many Religions All be True?

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Season 03

26:45

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Conflicting religions fill the world. Doctrines about God contradict one another. No one denies the diversity of religions and the apparent incompatibility of their core...

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Can Many Religions All Be True?

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2:31

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Humanity’s diverse religions have deeply opposing beliefs that conflict and contradict. How then to claim that any one is the ‘true religion’? How to...

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Authentication and Conflict in Religious Belief?

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1:13:12

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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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Do Religions Complement or Contradict?

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7 videos

50:02

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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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Pluralistic Hypothesis of Religion

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7 videos

58:15

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If we’d like to believe in God, do conflicting religions trouble us? All the doctrinal disputes are wearying. Perhaps each religion complements and enhances the others....

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Do Diverse Religions Give Complementary Insights?

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8 videos

1:21:10

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The many different religions of the world proclaim radically different, often opposing and contradictory doctrines about God. How then can their believers be worshipping the...

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Do Major Religions Worship the Same God?

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9 videos

1:24:15

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No one argues that religions do not contradict one another. There are similarities, such as realities beyond the physical, morality, duties to do, rules to follow. But at our...

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Universalism vs. Particularism in Religions?

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2:04:16

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Mahmoud Ayoub

Professor Emeritusof Islamic Studies, Hartford Seminary

John Behr

Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian; Regius Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen

Deepak Chopra

Medical Doctor; Author; Founder, Chopra Center

Kelly James Clark

Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute; Professor, Grand Valley State University

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Conflict Among Religions

Episodes

A Tribute to Huston Smith

Do Religions Complement or Contradict?

Can Many Religions All be True?

Topic Series

Can Many Religions All Be True?

Authentication and Conflict in Religious Belief?

Do Religions Complement or Contradict?

Contributors

Mahmoud Ayoub

John Behr

Deepak Chopra

Kelly James Clark