Can God be known only by faith? What is faith? What does faith feel like? Can faith be actionable, practical? Describing faith is one thing; having faith, quite another. video How Does Faith Work? Episode 02 Season 17 26:48 Watch
There is strain between faith and reason, yet many people proclaim their faith. Why? What generates faith? God? Or human psychology? Should we want to have faith? video Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization? Episode 06 Season 16 26:48 Watch
Why are religions so pervasive, across diverse human cultures? If God exists, would God have made it so? But there are entirely natural reasons to expect the widespread... video What Causes Religious Belief? Episode 07 Season 13 26:47 Watch
This is personal. Why should I want to believe in God? Is belief a circular path of self-deception? Or the shortest route to bedrock reality? video Why Believe in God? Episode 03 Season 11 26:46 Watch
This is personal. ‘Why believe in God’ can mean two things: ‘What are the possible benefits of believing in God?’ and ‘what are the possible... playlist Why Believe in God? (Part I) Topic Series 14 videos 2:01:11 Watch
Faith, we’re told, is required for belief in God (at least for the God of Judaism, Christianity, Islam). Faith, by definition, is not rational, but is faith irrational?... playlist Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization? Topic Series 9 videos 1:11:23 Watch
Religious belief is everywhere. Why so pervasive, ubiquitous across diverse human cultures? What motivates the universal belief in things we cannot see? Some say the reason... playlist What Causes Religious Belief? (Part 1) Topic Series 7 videos 1:04:45 Watch
Religious belief is everywhere. Why so pervasive, ubiquitous across diverse human cultures? What motivates the universal belief in things we cannot see? Some say the reason... playlist What Causes Religious Belief? (Part 2) Topic Series 6 videos 49:00 Watch
The strength of religious belief is prodigious. People dedicate their lives, not eat certain foods (or not eat at all), refrain from sex, even sacrifice their lives—all for... playlist Powers of Religious Belief? Topic Series 9 videos 1:14:43 Watch
What is the relationship between experiencing art and experiencing God? Can the arts generate or trigger religious experience? If so, can it be validated? playlist Arts and Religious Experience Topic Series 9 videos 50:40 Watch
Is there a relationship between diverse arts and belief in God? Can the arts express or encourage religious belief? If so, can it be validated? playlist Arts and Religious Belief Topic Series 9 videos 59:17 Watch
Why are the arts so deeply embedded in religious settings and services? How do the arts work in religious spaces and activities? What are differences among the arts, say... playlist Arts and Religious Practice (Liturgy) Topic Series 7 videos 1:03:37 Watch
Art is deeply involved in the practice of religion, embedded in the rituals and liturgy of almost every religion. But how could the ubiquity of the arts in religion affect... playlist Arts and Religious Reality Topic Series 6 videos 47:26 Watch
A social scientist, an expert on science and Islam, and a card-carrying skeptic discuss how the clash between technology and religion reshapes our search for meaning. A... video Can Religion Withstand Technology? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
Colin Blakemore Former Director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, Institute of Philosphy, University of London
Pascal Boyer Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher Brewer Theologian, Academic Entrepreneur, and Principal Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust
Rodney Holder Former Course Director, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University
Muzaffar Iqbal President, Center for Islamic Sciences, Canada; General Editor, Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an
Alister McGrath Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford
Donald E. Miller Firestone Professor of Religion; Co-founder, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC
Michael Murray Senior Scholar of Philosophy, Franklin & Marshall Collge; President, Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Stephan van Erp Schillebeeckx Chair, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies, Radboud University
