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January 11, 2019 —
Robert Wright & John D. Caputo
The Wright Show
- John, a theologian and philosopher, explains postmodern Christianity
- Why postmodernism is not "linguistic idealism"
- Religion's tendency to literalize
- What Paul Tillich and Jacques Derrida thought about "the unconditional"
- John: The Scriptures present a poetic, topsy-turvy vision of life
- Where do our aspirations come from (if anywhere)?
- Have art, literature, and social activism replaced religion?
- Is there a link between the unconditional and Buddhism's "unconditioned"?
August 10, 2018 —
Josh Summers & Stephen Asma
- Stephen's new book, Why We Need Religion
- Who is Stephen's intended audience?
- How religion shaped our emotional lives for millennia
- Can you benefit from religion without sincere belief?
- "False consolation"? No such thing, Stephen says
- Stephen learns to appreciate the "smells and bells" of Buddhism in Bhutan
- How will religion evolve in America?
November 21, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Gad Saad
The Wright Show
- How hormones drive consumer and mating behavior
- How your fingers give your testosterone level away
- Why some people seem taller than they are
- Why grandfathers get fewer gifts than grandmothers
- Is religion at the root of bad behavior?
- Is Islam more conducive to violence than other religions?
- Evolutionary perspectives on religion
January 14, 2017 —
Robert Wright & Mark Juergensmeyer
The Wright Show
- How Mark got his start studying under Reinhold Niebuhr
- Using religion to justify violence
- The appeal of ISIS's apocalyptic vision
- What Obama got right--and wrong--in his response to terrorism
- Will Trump's war on terrorism lead to another 9/11?
- What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about religion and violence today?
- Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism
October 19, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Sam Harris
The Wright Show
- Sam Harris, mystic and atheist
- The mystery of consciousness
- Is mysticism more like science than like religion?
- How religion makes progress
- Sam's case for intolerance
- The root causes of extremism
- Religious and secular reasons to do good
- Ways religion may be closer to the truth than atheism
- A secular approach to death
June 14, 2018 —
Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
- Where do culture, emotion, and cognition intersect?
- Is altruism a fluke of humans' inherently selfish nature?
- How Western individualism clouds our view of human nature
- Stephen: The strongest cultural adaptations are shared unconsciously
- An evolutionary explanation of Trump's cult of personality
- Complicating the narrative on immigrant cultural values and success
- Reactions to Stephen's new book, Why We Need Religion
March 01, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Mark Smith
The Wright Show
- Considering the thesis of Mark's new book Secular Faith
- Creative uses of the Scriptures by pro-choice and pro-life advocates
- What shapes attitudes towards abortion?
- Reinterpreting biblical condemnations of homosexuality
- How cultural change affects religious thought
- How cultural change affects religious institutions
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