Alister McGrath: Faith and the Big Picture

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Excited to have Dr. Alister McGrath on the podcast. He is a public intellectual, a scholar of science and religion, a prolific author, and the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. In the conversation we discuss: the relationship of religion and science Alister's own testimony of faith Dawkins' fluffy and boring atheism evolutionary accounts of religious origins the role of wonder for the intellectual quest the human quest for meaning the religious instinct the relationship between empirical and meaningful accounts. - value and meaning the cultural internalization of Descartes, Hume, and friends how one's faith is shaped by others the nature of the theological task and its relationship to the community of faith how the 'New Athiest' movement changed the public conversation about religion McGrath's on-going relationship with CS Lewis and Einstien McGrath's advice on being a better atheist what is human nature? Books by McGrath Born to Wonder: Exploring Our Deepest Questions--Why Are We Here and Why Does It Matter? C. S. Lewis -- A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet Theology: The Basics Christian Theology: An Introduction Science & Religion: A New Introduction A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God Narrative Apologetics: Sharing the Relevance, Joy, and Wonder of the Christian Faith Richard Dawkins, C.S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life This episode is sponsored by a brand new podcast from Christian Theological Seminary. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is up theology nerds? This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity,
0:07.9	where since the year of 2008, we've been bringing you audiological goodness.
0:13.7	Mm-hmm. That is podcast episodes for you to brew your own faith. And today on the podcast,
0:20.8	is scientist, philosopher, theologian extraordinaire?
0:25.8	Alistair McGrath. This is a really fun episode. Looking forward to sharing it with you.
0:32.8	And before we jump in, I just want to make sure all you listeners know a few things.
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