Athens and Jerusalem (in Education)

Athens and Jerusalem (in Education)

In this podcast we explore the relationship between a scientifically rational and a spiritual approach to reality. That is the relationship of Athens and Jerusalem. Our currently prevalent Western worldview is supposed to be based on rationality. If production of weapons of mass destruction, degradation of the natural environment, and increasing deterioration of mental well-being are signs of rationality, the term is to be considered a dangerous one. In all these, one can detect lack of ethical and existential considerations which renders this worldview essentially an irrational one. On the other hand, various forms of religious dogmatism and fundamentalism lack true spirituality, as they fail to create both a personal experience of serenity and upliftment and a social practice of empathy, solidarity, and equality. Essentially, both scientific and religious dogmatism seem to fail due to their disregard for a true and holistic view of human nature. Neither traditional Athens nor historical Jerusalem, alone, have been able to help our deepest human potential flourish, which we consider the task of our modern school system.

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Episoder(37)

Faith and everyday life

Faith and everyday life

In this episode we discuss the relation between faith and everyday life. How does faith motivate our action, or is our action the expression of our faith?

19 Jan 20251h 1min

Leo Strauss on Athens and Jerusalem

Leo Strauss on Athens and Jerusalem

In this episode we discuss Leo Strauss' lecture on Athens and Jerusalem. This is the first out of three lectures, delivered in the fall of 1950, investigate the agreement, disagreement, and conflict b...

24 Des 20241h 4min

Meme and Archetype, comments on Dawkins and Peterson

Meme and Archetype, comments on Dawkins and Peterson

In this episode we discuss a youtube video of Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson. Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist known for being an atheist. Peterson is a Canadian psychologist known for...

24 Nov 20241h 4min

Fides et ratio

Fides et ratio

In this episode we discuss the catholic encyclical letter "Fides et Ratio" written in 1998. This was the first encyclical since Pope Leo XIII's 1879 Aetern Patris to address the relationship between f...

27 Okt 202457min

Truth, a jam session

Truth, a jam session

In this episode we have a jam session discussing truth. You may have heard some of the tunes or stanzas before, but not in this rhythm and order.

30 Sep 202459min

Created or everlasting being?

Created or everlasting being?

In this episode we elaborate on some of the ground questions of being a human being. What are we and were are we coming from and what if we are not coming from anything, would that mean that we have a...

1 Sep 202448min

The relationship between the Divine and Human being

The relationship between the Divine and Human being

In this episode, we elaborate the relationship between human and divinity. In the beginning of the episode, we believe we need some kind of understanding of what divinity is and what human is. But we ...

15 Jul 202449min

A course of history?

A course of history?

In this episode we discuss if history has a course or not and if this course are of progress or decline. We further discuss what possibility human existence has to develop a good society. Could such a...

23 Jun 20241h 3min

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