How does one find meaning and purpose in life? Is there something like 'the meaning of life'?
Prof. Treanor has written a rich and thoroughly engaging book, one that engages with questions about nihilism and relativism but points us toward hope and love.
In this episode, Dr Treanor elaborates on his idea of joy tinged with melancholy.

How does one find meaning and purpose in life? Is there something like 'the meaning of life'? Prof. Treanor has written a rich and thoroughly engaging book, one that engages with questions about nihilism and relativism but points us toward hope and love. In this episode, Dr Treanor elaborates on his idea of joy tinged with melancholy.

Melancholic Joy: An Interview with Brian Treanor

Every other week, Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson invites you to join him in a conversation on some of the most important questions in the world of contemporary christianity. What does it mean to ‘deconstruct’ your Christianity? What is religion, and what is its future? Who  — or what — is God? Dr. Benson deploys years of training in philosophy and theology, as well as experience teaching in some of the world’s most highly-regarded universities, to answer these questions and many others.

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Every other week, Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson invites you to join him in a conversation on some of the most important questions in the world of contemporary christianity. What does it mean to ‘deconstruct’ your Christianity? What is religion, and what is its future? Who — or what — is God? Dr. Benson deploys years of training in philosophy and theology, as well as experience teaching in some of the world’s most highly-regarded universities, to answer these questions and many others.

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Melancholic Joy: An Interview with Brian Treanor

Melancholic Joy: An Interview with Brian Treanor