Ancient wisdom and the meaning crisis - John Vervaeke and Sohrab Ahmari

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🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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The West is experiencing a meaning crisis says cognitive science and psychology professor John Vervaeke. He discusses the solutions with Catholic convert Sohrab Ahmari, author of 'The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the wisdom of tradition in an age of chaos'.For John Vervaeke: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke For Sohrab Ahmari: https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/sohrab-ahmari/the-unbroken-thread/9781529364538/ • For exclusive resources and to support us: USA http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Rest of the World: https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable • For our regular Newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter • For more faith debates: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB • Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb • Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:05.0	Today a bit of a deep and meaningful one, a conversation on the meaning crisis and ancient
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1:05.1	You're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Briley.
1:13.5	Today on the show we're talking about ancient wisdom and the meaning crisis.
1:17.7	My guests are John Viveki and Sohrab Amari.
1:20.9	Now the West is experiencing a meaning crisis according to John Viveki.
1:25.8	He's a cognitive science and psychology professor at the University of Toronto.
1:30.3	He says this meaning crisis has been accompanied by a mental health crisis, often tied to our
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