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The wise and lyrical writer Adam Gopnik muses on the ironies of spiritual life in a secular age through the lens of his many fascinations — from parenting, to the arts, to Darwin. He touches on all these things in a conversation inspired by his foreword to "The Good Book," in which novelists, essayists, and activists who are not known as religious thinkers write about their favorite biblical passages. Our ancestors acknowledged doubt while practicing faith, he says; we moderns are drawn to faith while practicing doubt.

See more at http://www.onbeing.org/program/adam-gopnik-practicing-doubt-redrawing-faith/8087

Adam Gopnik — Practicing Doubt, Redrawing Faith

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Philosophy

Descartes was the first modern philosopher. His scepticism led him to doubt all certainties, until finally he arrived at his famous maxim 'I think therefore I am'. He would also apply his rationalism with great effect in science and mathematics, conceiving a scheme for scientific method and inventing Cartesian co-ordinates in geometry.

Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour an audiobook with an expert account of Descartes’ life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Descartes’ work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Descartes in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour by Paul Strathern, read by Jonathan Keeble

The French philosopher Michel Foucault set about his task rather like a historian. After painstaking research, he concluded that knowledge and power were intimately related throughout history. He illustrated this central idea of his philosophy through studies of madness, sexuality, and discipline and punishment, arguing that there is no such thing as absolute truth, only different truths about reality at particular moments – truths that fulfil the needs of power.

This audiobook is an expert account of Foucault’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Foucault’s work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Foucault in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

Foucault: Philosophy in an Hour by Paul Strathern, read by Jonathan Keeble

http://www.onbeing.org/program/alain-de-botton-school-life-atheists/4821

Alain de Botton is a philosopher who likes the best of religion, but doesn’t believe in God. So he’s created “The School of Life,” a secular community in London. He explains why wisdom and ritual shouldn’t be reserved just for believers.

Alain de Botton — A School of Life for Atheists

"Great God" is the blazing hot track from Deitrick Haddon's LXW (League Of Xtraordinary Worshippers) that's topping the Billboard & Mediabase Gospel Radio Airplay Charts along with 4,000 music video views per YouTube each week!  This is a must have track for contemporary choir enthusiasts & fans of Deitrick Haddon!  The CD, Digital Album, Concert Music DVD & Long-form Concert Video releases April 22, 2014 with guest appearances by Donald Lawrence, Hezekiah Walker, Jessica Reedy & Ricky Dillard.

Great God - Deitrick Haddon's LXW (League Of Xtraordinary Worshippers)

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Aquinas in just one hour. 

 Thomas Aquinas remains the unacknowledged maestro of Scholasticism – the static, cumulative philosophy of the medieval period. More a method of learning than pure theology, Aquinas’ Scholasticism saw the careful synthesis of Christian doctrine with Greek rationalism – an amalgamation that came to define Catholic philosophy. Aquinas’ influence stretches far across the western world; much modern philosophy has been conceived as either a reaction against, or in accordance with, his original ideas.

This audiobook showcases an account of Thomas Aquinas’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Thomas Aquinas’s work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Aquinas in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

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Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy in an Hour, By Paul Strathern, Read by Jonathan Keeble

Rilke’s powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet
 
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds, including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty, elegance, and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often comes with being an artist, Rilke’s letters are an endless source of inspiration and comfort.

 Lewis Hyde’s new introduction explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. 

This edition also includes Rilke’s later work The Letter from the Young Worker.

Available for purchase at:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Letters-to-a-Young-Poet/dp/B00J9QQX5W">Amazon - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/letters-to-young-poet-unabridged/id849213479?uo=4">iTunes - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Letters-to-a-Young-Poet-Audiobook/B00J9MHLD4">Audible - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>
<a href="http://www.emusic.com/book/rainer-maria-rilke/letters-to-a-young-poet/10134329/">emusic.com - Audiobook (downloadable format)</a>


Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Dan Stevens

Michelle Williams - Say Yes ft. Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland

ECUJ (Everythings Comin Up Jesus)

The Reverend Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith's sermon on the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, October 25, 2015, in the Memorial Church.

The Rev. Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith — Finding Our Way Home | Memorial Church

Morning Prayers service with speaker Alanna Copenhaver, Ministry Fellow in the Memorial Church, Harvard University, on Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Dorothy Villarreal '15 — Monday, October 26, 2015 | Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers service with speaker Dorothy Villarreal '15, Executive Assistant to the Dean of Student Life, Office of Student Life, Harvard College, on Monday, October 26, 2015.

Alanna Copenhaver — Saturday, October 24, 2015 | Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers service with speaker Eva Shang ’17, student at Harvard College, on Friday, October 23, 2015.

Eva Shang  17 — Friday, October 23, 2015 | Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers service with speaker Getzel Davis, Associate Rabbi and Jewish Educator at Harvard Hillel and Harvard Chaplain, on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.

Getzel Davis — Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | Morning Prayers

Adam Gopnik — Parenting and the Core of Human Existence

Adam Gopnik is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He is the author of several books, including "Paris to the Moon" and "Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life." He wrote the foreword for "The Good Book," edited by Andrew Blauner. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Adam Gopnik — Practicing Doubt, Redrawing Faith." Find more at onbeing.org.

[Unedited] Adam Gopnik with Krista Tippett

The wise and lyrical writer Adam Gopnik muses on the ironies of spiritual life in a secular age through the lens of his many fascinations — from parenting, to the arts, to Darwin. He touches on all these things in a conversation inspired by his foreword to "The Good Book," in which novelists, essayists, and activists who are not known as religious thinkers write about their favorite biblical passages. Our ancestors acknowledged doubt while practicing faith, he says; we moderns are drawn to faith while practicing doubt.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/adam-gopnik-practicing-doubt-redrawing-faith/8087

As the bicentennial of Darwin's birth is celebrated, we seek to understand the world that formed him, and what his observations about the natural world really said about God.  Darwin took religion seriously, but he understood creation as an unfolding process. He rejected the Victorian idea of a God who had fixed every detail -- including every social flaw and injustice -- at the beginning of time.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/evolution-and-wonder-understanding-charles-darwin/94


James Moore — Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Darwin (Feb 5, 2009)

"Keep Me" from the new album 'Fresh' by Tye Tribbett. Available October 19, 2010. http://amzn.to/ag6DWp

Fresh

Keep Me (Album Version)

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

Adam Gopnik — Practicing Doubt, Redrawing Faith

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