Robert Wright: From Mindful Resistance to the New Agnosticism

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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I am super duper pumped to share my conversation with Robert Wright. For a long time I have enjoyed Bob's podcast, books, and his new post-Trump newsletter. His return to the podcast follows my visit this past week on his own, which was a bunch of fun. Here's a number of topics we tackle: Why Buddhism is True The problem with getting rid of prayers of confession from worship Why everyone could use a class in evolutionary psychology Western love of secular buddhism Robert asks Tripp about confirmation and facilitating experiments in truth What is a "wet baptist"? The role and desire of religious rituals Can religions leave competition behind? Can Christianity become a wisdom tradition? The New Agnosticism The hard problem of consciousness "purpose" in the story of evolution the possibility of moral progress how a simple theist may end up being more accurate than the New Atheists how Process theology's multiple ultimates gives a different way to connect eastern and western religious traditions the problem of religious pluralism and how to do solve it why I hope Bob talks with Simon Conway Morris Want to check out more of Robert's work? Here's a few places to go. The video/podcasting network he started, BloggingHeads.TV The Mindful Resistance Newsletter (it is so good) His class on Buddhism and Modern Science Here's his lecture from Union Theological Seminary on the New Agnosticism Here's Robert's previous visit to the podcast from 2009 Here's the conversation I had with Robert the day before on his podcast 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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1:16.0	What is up, Theology Nerds?
1:18.0	This is Tripp.
1:19.0	And today on the podcast, returning after a five- or six-year absence, is the one and only Robert Wright.
1:25.4	That's right.
1:26.5	It's Robert Wright. He is a New York Times best-selling
1:29.3	author of The Evolution of God last time he was on the podcast. That's what we talked about.
1:34.2	He has a brand new book out called Why Buddhism is True, the science philosophy of meditation
1:40.2	and enlightenment. He also wrote The Moral Animal, Non-Zero, three scientists and their god.
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