Philosophy & Theology Resources

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“Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a person to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his brothers and sisters. ”

— Plato (427-347 B.C.)

The Search - Full Series on FORMED

Why am I here?

What's life all about?

What happens when we die?

The Search, hosted by Chris Stefanick, explores the deepest questions of the human heart and guides you through the great big story of everything, as astrophysicists, psychologists, neuroscientists, artists, chemists and professors point to one big (surprising) conclusion.

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Socrates' Children: The Great Debates of Philosophy

By Dr. Peter Kreeft

**Ultimate Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers**

**In this video lecture series (and Four-Volume Book Collection), Dr. Peter Kreeft examines key ideas in philosophy by comparing and contrasting two representative philosophers.**

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Lecture 1: Socrates vs. the Sophists on Ethics

Lecture 2: Plato vs. Machiavelli on Political Philosophy

Lecture 3: Aristotle vs. Kant on Epistemology and Ethics

Lecture 4: Augustine vs. Sartre on the Difference God Makes

Lecture 5: Aquinas vs. Averroes on Faith and Reason

Lecture 6: Descartes vs. Bacon on Rationalism vs. Empiricism & “Man’s Conquest of Nature”

Lecture 7: Pascal vs. Descartes on The Relation between Philosophy and Science

Lecture 8: Kierkegaard vs. Hegel on Religion and Individuality

Lecture 9: Nietzsche vs. Heidegger on "The Will to Power" vs. "Meditative Thinking"

Lecture 10: Hobbes vs. Rousseau on Man and the State

Lecture 11: Confucius vs. Marx on Traditionalism vs. Revolutionism

Lecture 12: The Marriage of Medieval Metaphysics and Modern Personalism

Magis Center: Catholic Answers to Faith, Science and Reason

Explore the Deepest Questions of the Universe regarding Faith, Science and Reason

Our mission is to restore, reconstruct, and revitalize belief in God, the transcendent dignity of every human person, the significance of virtue, the higher levels of happiness, love, and freedom and the real presence of Jesus Christ.

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SEVEN ESSENTIAL MODULES USING FAITH AND REASON

The following seven modules provide information that Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. says are essential for keeping and growing your faith. They are presented here in video format and provide scientific, philosophical, and historical evidence for God, Jesus Christ, and the soul. They also cover important topics like happiness, suffering and more.

DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Evidence of a Soul from Medical Studies

Evidence of God’s Existence from Science

Proof of God’s Existence from Philosophy

Proof of Jesus’ Resurrection and Divinity

Why be Catholic?

True Happiness

Why would an all-loving God allow Suffering?

Jesuit Seminar for Study of Religion and Technology

Fr Tim Clancy S.J. teaches both the Philosophy of Religion and the Philosophy of Technology courses at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. His insightful, creative and highly relevant lectures are an opportunity to bridge the gap between the worlds of technology, philosophy and theology.

“Religion and technology have evolved together. Now, if by religion we simply mean what reconnects us with what we hold sacred, or most meaningful, then religion is itself a technology. And if technology is ultimately oriented towards the enhancement of the meaningfulness of human life, it has always had and always will have both religious inspiration and religious consequences. ”

— Fr. Tim Clancy, S.J.

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Religion in Virtual Age

Introduction to video lecture series focused on what religion can offer digital natives and what virtual technologies might offer religious thought and practice.

Co-Evolution of Religion and Technology

Following in the footsteps of Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong S.J., this lecture series focuses on the history of the evolution of communication technologies: mimetic, oral, literate and virtual.

Virtual Religion

This lecture series begins with the nature of religion as itself a technology, and of virtual technologies as both enabling and entangling new forms of religious life. It then surveys a variety of religious criticisms of virtual culture, identifies the demons of the virtual networked self and speculates over religious experiments to battle, if not exorcise these new demons in pastoral practice.

Virtual Ontology

This lectures series explores the social, psychological and philosophical implications of virtual technologies for contemporary understandings of self, other and world.

Virtual Theology

This lecture series attempts to translate traditional Christian religious doctrines into categories of a virtual ontology. This is the most speculative exploration of all.

Philosophy of Technology Seminar Series

This course contributes to a new academic field at the intersection of the Philosophy of Religion and the Philosophy of Technology as well as other related fields such as Media Ecology, Cognitive Archeology, Object Oriented Ontology and Lived Religion.