Exploring Jewish Neoplatonism: The Life and Philosophy of Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Watch the first episode of our new season of Lectern Dialogues! This season's guest is Zevi Slavin. Zevi Slavin is a philosopher, educator, and public scholar whose work explores the intersections of ...
19 Sep 20251h 24min
Why Reason Needs Spirit | John Vervaeke
Thank you for joining us for this in-depth solo lecture from Dr. John Vervaeke, where he continues his exploration of cognition, meaning, and spirit from the perspective of relevance realization and p...
5 Sep 202551min
Silk Road Seminar - Rick Repetti
Thank you for joining us LIVE for our monthly Silk Road Seminar! Today's guest is Rick Repetti. Silk Road Seminars are a live event where John weaves together threads from his various theoretical conv...
27 Aug 20251h 16min
Navigating the Trust Apocalypse: Examining Collective Agency and Distributed Cognitio
How do we rebuild trust and meaning in a world where certainty and connection are breaking down? In this episode of The Lectern, John welcomes Kieran McCammon and Jordan Hall to discuss the 'trust a...
13 Aug 20251h 30min
Silk Road Seminar - Bishop Maximus
Bishop Maximus is a theologian, scholar, and Orthodox bishop whose work bridges ancient Christian thought with contemporary philosophical inquiry. A leading voice in the revival of patristic epistemol...
31 Jul 20251h 4min
The Philosophical Silk Road: A Journey to Rediscovering Theosis and Sacred Pluralism
The Calling to Reorient the Self How can the sacred be recovered in a world fractured by autonomy and fragmentation? In this deeply personal episode of Kainos on The Lectern, recorded during a session...
26 Jul 20251h 7min
Agency, Communion, and the Dialogical Self
"To what extent is authenticity a solitary alignment with the inner self, versus a relational and dialogical process shaped through communion with others?" John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques and Matthew S...
11 Jul 20251h 16min
The Crisis of Being
The Crisis of Being James Filler is a philosopher, theologian, and leading voice in metaphysics and post-Cartesian thought, specializing in substance ontology, the meaning crisis, and relational mod...
27 Jun 20251h 13min
