Episode Details

Excited to have Dr. Alister McGrath on the podcast. He is a public intellectual, a scholar of science and religion, a prolific author, and the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University.

In the conversation we discuss:

• the relationship of religion and science
• Alister's own testimony of faith
• Dawkins' fluffy and boring atheism
• evolutionary accounts of religious origins
• the role of wonder for the intellectual quest
• the human quest for meaning
• the religious instinct
• the relationship between empirical and meaningful accounts. - value and meaning
• the cultural internalization of Descartes, Hume, and friends
• how one's faith is shaped by others
• the nature of the theological task and its relationship to the community of faith
• how the 'New Athiest' movement changed the public conversation about religion
• McGrath's on-going relationship with CS Lewis and Einstien
• McGrath's advice on being a better atheist
• what is human nature?

• Born to Wonder: Exploring Our Deepest Questions--Why Are We Here and Why Does It Matter?

• C. S. Lewis -- A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

• Theology: The Basics

• Christian Theology: An Introduction

• Science & Religion: A New Introduction

• A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
• Narrative Apologetics: Sharing the Relevance, Joy, and Wonder of the Christian Faith
• Richard Dawkins, C.S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life

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