Humanism and the Challenge of Race: with Dr. Anthony Pinn

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dr. Anthony Pinn is a Harvard-educated author, professor, and expert on theology and religious studies. He speaks with Seth Andrews about atheism and humanism, race in relation to (and beyond) the church, black religious history, and the challenges and opportunities of Humanism in the 21st Century.

Dr. Pinn's website: https://www.anthonypinn.com

Support our sponsor The Great Courses Plus, and get a free 30-day trial: http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/seth

VIDEO of this interview: (coming soon)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:45.8	Anthropology.
0:47.8	The study of the human experience.
0:49.7	You know what makes us human?
0:51.9	Well, what makes us human?
0:53.5	Human attitudes, actions and reaction throughout history,
0:58.0	our relationship to each other and other living things,
1:00.8	how societies work.
1:02.6	Now they don't work.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Thinking Atheist, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Thinking Atheist and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.