Is Postmodernism a Problem for Religion? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

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🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This lecture was given at Mississippi State University on February 20, 2020.

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Joseph Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University, where he has taught since 2006. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 2008. His areas of interest include Aquinas, continental philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He has published his work in various academic journals, including Religious Studies, The Heythrop Journal, and New Blackfriars.

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0:00.0	Thank you.
0:05.0	I don't know if...
0:10.0	Can you hear me okay?
0:12.0	It's a little...
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0:16.0	Let's see.
0:18.0	I said this is very sensitive of volume thing right let's see does that
0:24.9	does I make it there we go okay all right so I came from Florida today, south-west Florida, and I wasn't sure what the weather
0:42.3	was going to be like in Mississippi or this part of Mississippi.
0:46.3	I just checked it on the way to the airport and I saw that you were in the 40s here with
0:52.3	possible lows of 25.
0:53.3	I came from 84 degrees and sunshine.
0:58.2	So I didn't bring a winter coat, but I guess I haven't suffered too much.
1:03.8	I did wear socks, so I thought it might be a little cooler here.
1:09.2	All right, so let me begin.
1:16.6	As you know, the title of my talk is, is postmodernism problem for religion? And you all should have a handout, and the handout is a fairly detailed outline of the talk.
1:30.8	I will, so you can follow along, I will let you know when we get to the different sections
1:37.6	of the talk.
1:39.2	So the first one is knowing and not knowing God.
1:47.0	Excuse me. Some Christian thinkers claim that by reason, that is by our natural power to know, we are
1:54.0	incapable of finding out anything about God.
1:58.0	However, they do not deny absolutely that we can know God.
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