(Robert Wright & Gary Dorrien)
A brief history of liberal theology … Does "theologically liberal" mean "politically liberal?" … When theologians appeared on the cover of Time … The long lineage of identifying God with "being" …...
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The Hindu idea that you are one with the universe … Moral implications of this idea of oneness … How different are Hindu and Buddhist philosophy? … Grappling with the Buddhist doctrine of "emptiness" …...
View Article(Robert Wright & Jerusha Lamptey)
Why Jerusha doesn't call her path to Islam a "conversion" … Jerusha: In Islam, science and belief are not in opposition … Constructing a Muslim feminist theology … Taqwa, the egalitarian idea of "God...
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Paul Tillich's conception of God as "the ground of being" … Viewing the Christian tradition as symbolic, not literal … Tillich's engagement with Eastern mysticism … How Tillich wrestled with the...
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Parallels between Christianity and Africa’s Diola religion … Essential Diola ritual practices … How economics caused the French Imperial powers to suppress the Diola tradition … The land as a "living...
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A Catholic questions whether Jesus is the "one and only savior" … How Paul integrates Buddhism and Christianity … Paul: Jesus, like the Buddha, "fully woke up" … How "interbeing" leads to loving thy...
View Article(Robert Wright & David Carr)
How personal trauma inspired David’s book on trauma and the Bible … Ancient Israel’s transition from polytheism to "monolatry" … The Babylonian exile and the birth of Abrahamic monotheism … The link...
View Article(Robert Wright & Pamela Cooper-White)
Clergy as front-line therapists for parishioners … Personal guilt about God's judgment … Using faith to counter a traumatic religious upbringing … Neoliberal capitalism and its discontents … A...
View Article(Robert Wright & David Kyuman Kim)
What is Confucianism? … Living with both a Confucian and a Christian identity … Wisdom accumulates slowly … The power (and difficulty) of radical love … Melancholic freedom and existential angst …...
View ArticleRobert Wright, Roger Haight & Paul Knitter
Jesus, Buddha, Roger and Paul: friends in conversation … How do you say "nirvana" in Christian? … The perennial philosophy … Religious pluralism as a political imperative … Why Paul will not live for...
View ArticleInside the mind of Trump (Robert Wright & Pamela Cooper-White)
Bob and Pam team up to analyze the mind of Trump … Inside the mind of a narcissist … Narcissists are made not born … Psychoanalyzing Trumpism … A moment of compassion for Trump …
View ArticleProlegomena: Ontological Commitments (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
Explaining Crispin’s position on explanatory unity ... Dan: Meaning is part of social reality, it’s not all in our heads ... What is the substance of our ontological commitments? ... Why Dan thinks...
View ArticleCognitive Empathy and Mindfulness (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
A live conversation with Josh Summers on cognitive empathy and mindfulness. ...
View ArticleThe Rights of Animals (Robert Wright & Ingrid Newkirk)
Ingrid's new book, Animalkind ... Animal rights vs. animal welfare ... Amazing facts about animals (and the many things we still don't know) ... Is it bad to call your dog a “pet” (or for that matter...
View ArticleThe Past and Future of Marvel Movies (Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson)
The incredible achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... The choices that led to the MCU's greatness... ... ...and the choices that didn't quite work out ... Critiquing Black Panther, Captain...
View ArticleMindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World (Robert Wright & Sharon Salzberg)
How Sharon became one of the first Americans to study Buddhism in India ... Sharon's new book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World ... Does meditation seal you off from the world?...
View ArticlePersons, Minds, and Thingy Things (Daniel Kaufman & Joshua Rasmussen)
How can there be persons? ... Against hypostatic ontological commitment ... Things vs. thingy things ... Mind over matter, or vice versa? ... Are there minds? Dan isn't sure. ... Have philosophers gone...
View ArticleThe Microfoundations of Marxism (Robert Gressis & Jaime Edwards)
Jaime explains how Marx understood ideology ... Our tendency to get facts wrong in a self-serving way ... Cognitive biases that lead the working class astray ... Why do we have reason? ... "Thank God...
View ArticleSocial Media and Cognitive Empathy (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
Applying cognitive empathy to the Supreme Court vacancy fight ... The danger of runaway retaliation ... Reviewing The Social Dilemma, a new documentary critical of social media ... Enhance your online...
View ArticleWho Is Entitled? (Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis)
A review of Kate Manne's book Entitled sparks an online philosophy feud ... Is America systematically misogynistic? ... How Twitter incentivizes bad behavior ... The professional norms around book...
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