Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Talking God: Philosophers on Belief

1 Ratings

5

Duration
5H 52min
Language
English
Format
Category

Religion & Spirituality

Through interviews with twelve distinguished philosophers-including atheists, agnostics, and believers-Talking God works toward a philosophical understanding and evaluation of religion. Along the way, Gary Gutting and his interviewees challenge many common assumptions about religious beliefs.

As tensions simmer, and often explode, between the secular and the religious forces in modern life, the big questions about human belief press ever more urgently. Where does belief, or its lack, originate? How can we understand and appreciate religious traditions different from our own? Featuring conversations with twelve skeptics, atheists, agnostics, and believers-including Alvin Plantinga, Philip Kitcher, Michael Ruse, and John Caputo-Talking God offers new perspectives on religion, including the challenge to believers from evolution, cutting-edge physics and cosmology; arguments both for and against atheism; and meditations on the value of secular humanism and faith in the modern world. Experts offer insights on Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, as well as Judaism and Christianity. Topical and illuminating, Talking God gives readers a deeper understanding of faith today and how philosophers understand it.

© 2016 Ascent Audio (Audiobook): 9781469005423

Release date

Audiobook: 15 November 2016

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy Anthony Gottlieb
  2. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind Annaka Harris
  3. The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now Thich Nhat Hanh
  4. What I Believe Bertrand Russell
  5. Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction Tim Bayne
  6. The City of God Saint Aurelius Augustinus
  7. The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction Terry Eagleton
  8. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment Robert Wright
  9. How to Think About God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers Marcus Tullius Cicero
  10. The Knowledge Illusion: The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom Philip Fernbach
  11. Philosophical Thoughts C.S. Lewis
  12. God: An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4 Francesca Stavrakopoulou
  13. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein
  14. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  15. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt
  16. Free Will Sam Harris
  17. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee Bart D. Ehrman
  18. Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction Adam J. Silverstein
  19. The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will Kenneth R. Miller
  20. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason Justin Smith-Ruiu
  21. How To Win Friends And Influence People Dale Carnegie
  22. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years Diarmaid MacCulloch
  23. The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought Dennis C. Rasmussen
  24. How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels N. T. Wright
  25. Know This: Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments John Brockman
  26. The Qur'an: A Biography Bruce Lawrence
  27. The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory, and Joy in Just 3 Weeks Mike Dow
  28. The Practicing Stoic Ward Farnsworth
  29. Hinduism For Dummies Dr. Amrutur V. Srinivasan
  30. Fear and Trembling Søren Kierkegaard
  31. Understanding the Koran: A Quick Christian Guide to the Muslim Holy Book Mateen Elass
  32. After Virtue, Third Edition: A Study in Moral Theory Alasdair MacIntyre
  33. Why Marx Was Right: 2nd Edition Terry Eagleton
  34. Why Nationalism Yael Tamir
  35. Nietzsche: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern
  36. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers Will Durant
  37. The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning Jeremy Lent
  38. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
  39. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design Stephen C. Meyer
  40. The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes Mark Skousen
  41. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction Peter Singer