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Pearls of Wisdom Ep. 7 – Sociologist Hans Joas on Max Weber, Disenchantment, Secularization, and the Sacred

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In this interview, the German sociologist Hans Joas (Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Chicago) and I discuss his recent book, "The Power of the Sacred: An Alternative to the Narrative of Disenchantment". The book offers, amongst other things, a challenging and thought-provoking analysis and alternative to Weber's disenchantment narrative in addition to insights … [Read more...] about Pearls of Wisdom Ep. 7 – Sociologist Hans Joas on Max Weber, Disenchantment, Secularization, and the Sacred

Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 5

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In this interview, historian Prof. Alec Ryrie of Durham University discusses his recent book Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (Harvard University Press). In this volume, Prof. Ryrie offers an account of the historical origins of modern unbelief with particular reference to the emotional and intuitive factors involved therein. … [Read more...] about Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 5

Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 5

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How might reason be used to advance and serve the cause of social justice? In this interview, my guest Dr. Jeffrey Nicholas (Providence College) and I discuss his book Reason, Tradition, and the Good: Alasdair Macintyre and Frankfurt School Critical Theory, which takes up this very question. As the title of the book leads one to expect, Dr. Nicholas seeks to … [Read more...] about Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 5

Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 4

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David Hume (1711-1776) and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) were Enlightenment philosophers who sought to place constraints upon human cognition, and are thought by many to have discredited traditional argument for theism or natural theology. In this interview, Prof. Swinburne, a leading analytic philosopher of religion, a Fellow of the British Academy, and an emeritus professor of … [Read more...] about Pearls of Wisdom – Ep. 4