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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

194. Searching for God within Oxford and Cambridge | James Orr & Nigel Biggar

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Dr. James Orr is a Ph.D. holding author of books The Mind of God and The Works of Nature. Dr. Nigel Biggar is an American priest, author, and moral and pastoral theology professor at Oxford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Helix Sleep: Go to www.helixsleep.com/jordan for $200 dollars off all mattress orders and two free pillows. Basis by Elysium: Visit www.trybasis.com/jordan and use code “JBPBASIS” for one month free (equivalent to $45 off). Canva: Go to www.canva.me/peterson to get your FREE 45-day extended trial. In today’s episode, Dr. Jordan, Dr. James Orr, and Dr. Nigel Biggar discussed how religion and culture affect your identity. They also discuss nationalism, human rights throughout history, ideology, and more. Want to know how your identity gives meaning to your life? Then this episode is for you. Dr. James Orr is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of The Mind of God and the Works of Nature and teaches the philosophy of religion and ethics at Cambridge. He is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement and The Critic Magazine. Dr. Nigel Biggar, an Anglican priest, is a moral and pastoral theology professor at Oxford where he also directs the Mcdonald centre for theology, ethics, and public life. He is the author behind many books including: What’s Wrong with Rights? Between Kin and Cosmopolis, In Defense of War, and Behaving in Public: How to do Christian Ethics in Public. Dr. Nigel Biggar: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nigelbiggar?lang=en Website profile: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/staff/professor-nigel-biggar McDonald Centre website: https://www.mcdonaldcentre.org.uk/ Dr James Orr: Website profile: https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-james-orr The Mind of God and Works of Nature: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-God-Works-Nature-Philosophical/dp/9042937629 Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature: https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Aristotelian-Metaphysics-and-the-Theology-of-Nature/Simpson-Koons-Orr/p/book/9780367637149 - Subscribe to “Mondays of Meaning” newsletter here: https://linktr.ee/DrJordanBPeterson Follow Dr. Peterson: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanPetersonVideos Twitter - https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram - https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com/ Visit our merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/jordanbpeterson Interested in sponsoring this show? Reach out to our advertising team: [email protected]

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Hello and welcome to season 4 episode 48 of the Jordan B Peterson podcast. In this episode my dad hosted two of the UK's finest scholars in philosophy and religion, Dr. James Orr and Dr. Nigel Bigger.

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They discussed identity-focused culture, nationalism, human rights throughout history, ideology, theology, and more.

0:23.0

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Hello everyone. I'm pleased to have two of the UK's finest scholars here with me today. Dr James Orren, Dr Nigel Bigger.

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Dr. Orr is university lecturer in philosophy of religion at Cambridge. He's director of Trinity Forum Oxford and Trinity Forum Cambridge and a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and the Critic magazine.

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McDonald postdoctoral fellow at Christ Church Oxford doctor or holds a PhD in M Phil in philosophy of religion from St. John's College Cambridge and a double first in classics from Belly old college Oxford. He's the author of the mind of God and the works of nature.

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