Every religion deals with ultimate futures. What happens to the person? Reincarnation? Reabsorption? Resurrection? What is the final state of the world? Innumerable cycles? A... video Global Philosophy: What is the World to Come? Episode 5 Season 30 26:46 Watch
Can non-Western traditions discern new perspectives of fundamental reality, the deepest levels or categories or grounds of being? Can novel ways of seeing the world’s... video Global Philosophy: What can Global Metaphysics Discover? Episode 4 Season 30 26:46 Watch
Science and religion: clash or consilience? Science commands broad consensus, which religion cannot. Religion claims ultimate insight, which science cannot. Should the... video Global Philosophy: How Does Religion Engage Science? Episode 3 Season 30 26:46 Watch
What kinds of afterlives do the world’s religions offer? Soul/spirit in heaven or hell, with or apart from God? Reincarnation with innumerable rebirths, seeking liberation... video Global Philosophy: What Life Might Come After Death? Episode 2 Season 30 26:46 Watch
Global philosophy of religion seeks diverse views and fresh ways of thinking across different religions/traditions on ultimate questions: God, consciousness, person/self,... video What is Global Philosophy of Religion? Episode 1 Season 26 26:46 Watch
How do different religions/traditions address consciousness, our inner mental awareness? Is consciousness ultimate, as in Eastern traditions, or created by God, as in... video Global Philosophy: Is Consciousness Ultimate? Episode 2 Season 26 26:46 Watch
Concepts of God/deities/ultimates in diverse, non-Western religions/traditions: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, African. Is God/deities a “person?” Islam’s one transcendent... video Global Philosophy: Is God Ultimate? Episode 3 Season 26 26:46 Watch
How do diverse religions/traditions treat the “person,” present status and afterlife future? Buddhism’s no self. Hinduism’s soul illuminating the mind. Prior lives in... video Global Philosophy: What is the Person? Episode 4 Season 26 26:46 Watch
Inner-life practices among diverse religions/traditions. Islamic prayer as the core of Muslim belief. Buddhist meditation calms the mind. Hindu meditation can be... video Global Philosophy: Why Inner Life Practices? Episode 5 Season 26 26:46 Watch
Does God exist? Or something like God? Or some kind of deity or demiurge? If so, what is its essence and nature? We explore Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese... playlist God / Deities as Ultimate (Part III) Topic Series 5 videos 39:19 Watch
What is the deep nature of the world? What is the role of value? What goes beyond the physical world? What is fundamental reality? We explore Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,... playlist World, Value, Reality (Part Ia) Topic Series 6 videos 54:20 Watch
What is the deep nature of the world? What is the role of value? What goes beyond the physical world? What is fundamental reality? We explore Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,... playlist World, Value, Reality (Part IIa) Topic Series 7 videos 1:08:03 Watch
Does God exist? Or something like God? Or some kind of deity or demiurge? If so, what is its essence and nature? We explore Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese... playlist God / Deities as Ultimate (Part I) Topic Series 6 videos 56:08 Watch
Self; no self. Mind, soul, spirit. Personhood; personal identity; agency; free will. Predestination. Karma. Obligations; worship; sacrifice. What is the human person? Are we... playlist Person, Self, Soul, Spirit (Part I) Topic Series 7 videos 1:07:22 Watch
Self; no self. Mind, soul, spirit. Personhood; personal identity; agency; free will. Predestination. Karma. Obligations; worship; sacrifice. What is the human person? Are we... playlist Person, Self, Soul, Spirit (Part II) Topic Series 5 videos 36:15 Watch
What happens after we die? Is there life after death? If so, what kind of life? From heaven and hell to systems and cycles of reincarnation, we explore Hinduism, Buddhism,... playlist Death, Life After Death, Reincarnation (Part I) Topic Series 6 videos 1:01:01 Watch
Self; no self. Mind, soul, spirit. Personhood; personal identity; agency; free will. Predestination. Karma. Obligations; worship; sacrifice. What is the human person? Are we... playlist Person, Self, Soul, Spirit (Part III) Topic Series 6 videos 50:31 Watch
How do the major religions address evil, suffering and morality? What is the problem of evil in Christianity, Islam and Judaism? Why is suffering so important in Buddhism?... playlist Evil & Suffering, Morality & Ethics (Part I) Topic Series 6 videos 55:30 Watch
How do the major religions address evil, suffering and morality? What is the problem of evil in Christianity, Islam and Judaism? Why is suffering so important in Buddhism?... playlist Evil & Suffering, Morality & Ethics (Part II) Topic Series 6 videos 51:21 Watch
What happens after we die? Is there life after death? If so, what kind of life? From heaven and hell to systems and cycles of reincarnation, we explore Hinduism, Buddhism,... playlist Death, Life After Death, Reincarnation (Part II) Topic Series 4 videos 41:05 Watch
What is the ultimate future? How do the major religions address “final things”—eschatology—life after death, structure of reality, transformation of the world? We... playlist Eschatology: The World to Come (Part II) Topic Series 7 videos 55:47 Watch
What happens after we die? Is there life after death? If so, what kind of life? From heaven and hell to systems and cycles of reincarnation, we explore Hinduism, Buddhism,... playlist Death, Life After Death, Reincarnation (Part III) Topic Series 5 videos 42:21 Watch
What is the ultimate future? How do the major religions address “final things”—eschatology—life after death, structure of reality, transformation of the world? We... playlist Eschatology: The World to Come (Part I) Topic Series 6 videos 1:09:55 Watch
What is the relationship between science and religion in the major traditions: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Chinese traditions as well as Christianity? What are... playlist Science & Religion (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 37:39 Watch
What is the relationship between science and religion in the major traditions: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Chinese traditions as well as Christianity? What are... playlist Science & Religion (Part II) Topic Series 5 videos 31:35 Watch
Compare inner-life practices among diverse religions/traditions. Islamic prayer as the core of Muslim belief. Buddhist meditation calms the mind. Hindu meditation can be... playlist Inner Life, Contemplative Practices (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 40:32 Watch
Compare inner-life practices among diverse religions/traditions. Islamic prayer as the core of Muslim belief. Buddhist meditation calms the mind. Hindu meditation can be... playlist Inner Life, Contemplative Practices (Part II) Topic Series 4 videos 37:34 Watch
Concepts of consciousness, cosmic and personal. What is it? How does it work? Why / how is consciousness ultimate? What follows? playlist Consciousness as Ultimate (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 38:28 Watch
What is the ultimate essence of all things? What is ultimate existence, the ground of being? What are transcendence, oneness, ineffability, causation? What is Brahman in... playlist Fundamental Reality: Essence & Existence (Part I) Topic Series 5 videos 43:45 Watch
What is the ultimate essence of all things? What is ultimate existence, the ground of being? What are transcendence, oneness, ineffability, causation? What is Brahman in... playlist Fundamental Reality: Essence & Existence (Part II) Topic Series 5 videos 42:34 Watch
What is the ultimate essence of all things? What is ultimate existence, the ground of being? What are transcendence, oneness, ineffability, causation? What is Brahman in... playlist Fundamental Reality: Essence & Existence (Part III) Topic Series 4 videos 30:11 Watch
What is the essence of consciousness? Is consciousness cosmic, pervasive and fundamental, the ultimate reality? Where does our personal consciousness come from? We explore... playlist Consciousness as Ultimate (Part II) Topic Series 4 videos 41:28 Watch
David Cheetham Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Birmingham; Co-Director, Birmingham Centre for the Philosophy of Religion
Jay Garfield Professor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne; Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College
Andrew Loke Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University; Elected Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion
Yujin Nagasawa Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics; Professor of the Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
Richard Swinburne Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford
