
Skeptics and Believers: Religious Debate in the Western Intellectual Tradition
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Tyler Roberts
Beginning in the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution began to erode the position of authority. As a result, new philosophers began constructing a universal rationality independent of faith. This schism fundamentally changed the course of Western civilization, and it has had consequences that remain with us to this day. This 36-lecture journey will help you understand exactly what the debate has been and will continue to be about.
By gaining a richer understanding of the debate's key aspects - including the nature of the conflict, the meaning of the arguments, and what is at stake both philosophically and theologically - you can add significantly to the level of sophistication you already bring to one of today's most far-reaching issues and increase your understanding of both our past and the direction of our future.
These lectures examine more than three centuries of debate in the Western world about the nature of religious faith and its compatibility with reason. Drawing on some of Western civilization's greatest theological and philosophical minds, Professor Roberts even-handedly follows and analyzes the arguments of a broad range of skeptics and believers, including the likes of Thomas Aquinas, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Daniel Dennett, Martin Luther, Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, and many others.In addition, these lectures maintain the sense of a true conversation across time, so that you'll never lose the thread of how one idea relates to another as he weaves a vast amount of material into a coherent whole that amounts to far more than the sum of its parts. The result is one of the most intellectually satisfying plunges into philosophical and theological thought you will ever take.
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Exceptional and challenging course of study.
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Balanced thought-provoking Nuanced
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In short, in my opinion, this is one of the better courses, but be prepared to listen to all lectures!
An Engaging and thought-provoking course
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At the very least, the title of the series is misleading. It might have more appropriately been something like: "Religious Debates in the Western Intellectual Tradition: The Response of Believers to their Critics." But then, I would not have purchased it.
Light on skeptics, heavy on believers
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That is partly because the instructor seems to be remarkably unbiased* in his teaching style, a remarkable feat when it comes to the subject matter!
Professor Roberts is also a fantastic teacher, especially considering HOW MUCH ground he must cover!
I would recommend this course to anyone interested in this subject!
* I said he SEEMS remarkably unbiased but maybe my own biases are somehow mixed up in my attitude! I would like to read the reviews of others who have been all the way thru this course.
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