Fiona Ellis: Expansive Naturalism & the Desire for More

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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I had an inappropriate amount of fun talking with Dr. Fiona Ellis in this episode. If your inner-nerd doesn't get pumped by the end, then it is hibernating. There's a high likelihood you will end up getting her book God, Value, and Nature. Plus my son Elgin (12) joins for the intro and while he wasn't impressed by 3.5 million downloads of the podcast last year, he is thrilled I now have 1,000 YouTube subscribers. In this episode we discuss... the space between reductive naturalism and supernaturalism expansive naturalism the relationship between science, philosophy, and religion prejudice against religion and value in the academy Iris Murdoch's platonic idealism the relationship of transcendence and immanence how the question of value is connected to religion Honest to God by John AT Robinson Paul Tillich's ecstatic naturalism why Spinoza is a theistic expansive naturalist expanding naturalism on behalf of affirming our humanity argument for the existence of God from desire Sartre, Levinas, Nietzche & the lack the generative nature of the lack Fiona likes to teach Schopenhauer's the world as will and representation....Berkeley, Spinoza The cultural universality of love in contrast to God Divine action in expansive naturalism Dr. Fiona Ellis is Professor of Philosophy at University of Roehampton and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion. She worked at Heythrop College for 12 years, and has been Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion since 2010. Before Heythrop she had lectureships at Wadham College, Oxford, and Queen's College, Oxford, and did her graduate work (BPhil and DPhil) at Oxford University under the supervision of Professor David Wiggins and Professor Paul Snowdon. Her research interests are in philosophy of religion (broadly construed), the relation between philosophy and theology, philosophical idealism, naturalism, the philosophy of love and desire, and the meaning of life. 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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