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Christian Naturalism / Physicalism (#44)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Can Christians believe that people are only “physical”? Must we have “souls” in order to be saved, to have relationships with God, to be God’s image-bearers in the world? My two guests today are biologist Kenneth R. Miller (Brown University) and philosopher Rebekah Rice (Seattle Pacific University), and they argue that there are good reasons to accept some kind of Christian Naturalism or Christian Physicalism, and that in fact one can do so and remain within the orthodx Christian tradition.The Human Instinct: https://smile.amazon.com/Human-Instinct-Evolved-Reason-Consciousness/dp/1476790264/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=kenneth+miller&qid=1573441718&sr=8-2Finding Darwin’s God: https://smile.amazon.com/Finding-Darwins-God-Scientists-Evolution/dp/0061233501/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kenneth+miller&qid=1573441718&sr=8-1Edited by Scott CangemiJoin the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankochYHP Patron-only FB group: https://tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98Website: youhavepermissionpod.comJoin Dan's email list: dankochwords.comArtwork by http://sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My name is Dan Koch.

0:26.1

Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

0:31.0

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make

0:36.4

liberal converts.

0:39.3

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious

0:44.9

folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate,

0:58.9

suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that

1:05.4

you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

1:11.9

And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian spectrum,

1:18.2

engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways.

1:21.5

Thanks for listening.

1:25.2

Today's topic is fascinating and complicated and challenging one.

1:30.7

Basically, you know, can people be physical and still be saved, still have whatever a soul is or whatever it is that allows us to be in relationship with God, do we need to have

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