In this episode, we discuss the changing role of gender in society and the estrangement of the Church's views on family and sexuality from our increasingly secular society. Then, we will discuss the potential merits and flaws of this change in our societies' value systems and gender roles.
In this episode we bring together various themes running throughout our podcast from the soul to arguments for God by William Paley and Augustine and Aquinas’ Natural Law. By converging these themes we attempt to saw whether it is truly possible to know God. This episode is done with recurring guest Evie Joyce and a general QandA from the educated public towards the end with queries on the topic of faith and religion.
In this episode we discuss possibly the most prevalent ethical theory to date and how we use it in our lives without even realising. In addition, we cover multiple short fallings of the theory and finally debate the effectiveness of its different iterations.
In this episode, we sing the praises and stand in the pitfalls of Fletcher’s situation ethics. Looking at some critiques from the insightful D.Z.Phillips and Bob Wadholm, we discuss how relevant this 20th century theory is still relevant today.
In this episode we discuss the applications of Aquinas natural law in contemporary normative situations. Moreover, we look at many powerful criticisms of the theory that might undermine natural law’s integrity.
In this episode, we go over the core principles of ethics and look at the different bases of morality. Moreover, by by considering the conflicting perspectives of Aquinas and Sartre we delve deeper into meta-ethics and the concept of ‘good’
In this episode we discuss the problem of evil in Christian theology. By looking at the origin of the critique with Epicurus and J.L.Makie, and the many apologist’s attempts at theodicy.
In this episode we attempt to answer the question of whether religious experience is a valid argument to say that ‘God’ exists. We do this by looking at the pragmatic concepts noted by William James and Swinburne. Also, the more theological approach’s of Ninian Smart and Rudolf Otto.
In this episode we discuss if it is possible to ‘prove’ the existence of God through logic and reason. We do this by employing St Anselm’s ontological argument and Kant’s insightful critiques of it.
In this episode we discuss whether we can conclude God exists by looking at the world around us and its complexity. We do this by evaluating both teleological and cosmological arguments.
In this episode we discuss the ideas revolving around “soul mind and body”. Looking at the Christian perspectives of Descartes and Aquinas. While also exploring Ancient Greek and contemporary secular interpretations of souls through scholars such as B.F.Skinner and Richard Dawkins.
In this episode we discuss how Aristotle creates a cosmology based around his empirical understanding of the world. We also constant his ideas to Plato and his Ancient Greek background.
In this episode we review plato’s greatest theory’s and ideas while also exploring Athenian society and how that influenced his philosophy.
In this episode, we discuss the three key attributes of the Christian God - omnibenevolence, omnipotence and omniscience. We discuss the potential problems that arise from these different qualities, such as the question of whether God can do the illogical and if God's omniscience prohibits human free will. We look at the perspectives of many scholars, including Aquinas, Anselm, Augustine and Boethius.
In this episode we are grateful to be joined by our greatly knowledgeable friend Ned Evans ( Marxist philosopher). Together we understand what conditions in society led to the rise in Liberation theology as a contextual theology. Then we will understand what Marxism is and how it interacts with liberation theology according to scholars such as the 'Boff' Brothers and Gutierrez. Finally, we discuss the fundamental compatibility/ incompatibility of Christianity and marxism.
In this episode, we contrast the views of Aquinas and Freud on conscience, guilt and moral responsibility. We explore the three key aspects of Aquinas's understanding of conscience: Ratio, Synderysis and Conscientia. We also look at the three concepts that Freud believes result in our experience of conscience and importantly guilt. These are the Id, the Ego and the Super-Ego. We end the episode with a debate on falsifiability. Enjoy!
In this episode, we go through different forms of secularisation and the impact that they have had on different countries such as France. In addition, we discuss the impact of secularization on both schools and governments, while also delving deeper into what secularization is and if it is a postitive or nagative impact on western culture, through the lens of popular new atheist Richard Dawkins and other counterpart scholars such as Terry Eagleton.
In this episode, we explore the Feminist Theology of Mary Daly and Rosemary Radford Ruether. We discuss their perspectives on God as male and the potential problems this raises for Feminists and compare their ultimate judgements on Christianity: should it be reformed or entirely abandoned? As always, we end with a debate evaluating whether Daly can be a source of inspiration.
In this episode, we explore the practical side of pluralism. We look at different perspectives on interfaith dialogue, from exclusivist, inclusivist and pluralist perspectives. We also discuss the scriptural reasoning movement which is hailed as one of the most successful attempts at fruitful interfaith dialogue. We apologise for the poor audio quality of this episode. It was not recorded in our usual location, so the acoustics were far from optimal.
In this episode we discuss the theology of religions from three broad perspectives: Exclusivism, Inclusivism and Pluralism. We explore two key questions of epistemology and soteriology, asking if more than one religion can save and if more than one religion can be True.