John and I continue our journey through Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity, this time we dig into Petrarch, Martin Luther, the underpinnings of enlightenment humanism, and more.
Hi Emmet and John, I'm new to your page and really enjoying this series!
A couple questions that have come up while listening are: 1) Will you discuss how eastern world views and specifically buddhism or non-dualistic ideas play into or contrast with the perceptual framework of the west? If you consider buddhist meditation and realization practices as a form of revelation it seems like these wisdom traditions have taken on a form that is at least more resistant to stratification of divine experience that you see in religions like christianity.
2) It seems like changes in our understanding of biology, evolution, and the origin of life have a profound importance for western conceptualizations of humanity, self, God, the good life.. etc. I've always wondered whether 'modern' conceptions of science vs religion (being a little facetious) actually map on to what early theologians/philosophers were thinking and why most recently there's been an insistence on mutual exclusivity of these institutions.
I'll spare you the rest of my thoughts for now, but needless to say I'm interested to hear what's next. Thank you!!
1) John and I will likely not discuss Eastern modalities and traditions because we can pretend to no depth of experience with them either as intellectual traditions or religious ones (John is Muslim and I am Christian).
2) We will most certainly explores this as our series goes on.
We're so happy to hear that you've been enjoying our work on this topic. Never hesitate to reach out!
I should make an addendum: John has studied some Asian history, specifically Korean history, and has experience with Confuscianism, though I believe his focus more narrowly took in its political aspects.
Hi Emmet and John, I'm new to your page and really enjoying this series!
A couple questions that have come up while listening are: 1) Will you discuss how eastern world views and specifically buddhism or non-dualistic ideas play into or contrast with the perceptual framework of the west? If you consider buddhist meditation and realization practices as a form of revelation it seems like these wisdom traditions have taken on a form that is at least more resistant to stratification of divine experience that you see in religions like christianity.
2) It seems like changes in our understanding of biology, evolution, and the origin of life have a profound importance for western conceptualizations of humanity, self, God, the good life.. etc. I've always wondered whether 'modern' conceptions of science vs religion (being a little facetious) actually map on to what early theologians/philosophers were thinking and why most recently there's been an insistence on mutual exclusivity of these institutions.
I'll spare you the rest of my thoughts for now, but needless to say I'm interested to hear what's next. Thank you!!
Thanks, Stephen!
To answer your questions:
1) John and I will likely not discuss Eastern modalities and traditions because we can pretend to no depth of experience with them either as intellectual traditions or religious ones (John is Muslim and I am Christian).
2) We will most certainly explores this as our series goes on.
We're so happy to hear that you've been enjoying our work on this topic. Never hesitate to reach out!
I should make an addendum: John has studied some Asian history, specifically Korean history, and has experience with Confuscianism, though I believe his focus more narrowly took in its political aspects.