Re-Enchantment

In this Hanukkah special, I talk about my favorite conceptions of God from across the centuries, from Maimonides to Spinoza to various mystical views. Some of these visions of God were considered heretical in their day—today they may just be believable.

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Mark Oppenheimer – Reclaiming "Jew"

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/opinion/reclaiming-jew.html

Ansley Sawyer is a filmmaker and world-traveler. She is one of the most bravest people I know. She lives with gusto and taught me by her own example how to heed the call to adventure.

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Ansley’s website: Torq World torqworld.com

Like We Don’t Exist by Ansley Sawyer and Corey Embring— https://vimeo.com/260495758

Nomads of Mongolia by Brandon Li and Ansley Sawyer — https://vimeo.com/150531350

Watchtower of Turkey by Leonardo Dalessandri — https://vimeo.com/108018156

Tokyo Roar by Brandon Li — https://vimeo.com/129171397

Yù yī - 玉衣 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuC-M-85ArY

Hemant Mehta is the author behind the popular atheist blog The Friendly Atheist. Daniel and Hemant speak about how churches inspire charitable giving and what nonbelievers can learn from them. And Hemant brings attention to the 100-odd atheists that have surged into political offices with the recent election.

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Read Mehta's work at The Friendly Atheist:

friendlyatheist.patheos.com/

Read more about acedia at The Conversation:

https://theconversation.com/acedia-the-lost-name-for-the-emotion-were-all-feeling-right-now-144058?fbclid=IwAR2G1jIFjYzN7HG5C3XxctHvWvcWH-BdbWsObegRV3cCKnpvyFWdz-W-iXw

This episode is about the life of Genya Shkolnik, my grandmother. This is the first in a new series of episodes about "lives well-lived." I sat down with my mother and sister to talk about her story, her character, and her legacy.

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A bar can be a sacred place. So can an alley, or a mountaintop, or an abandoned power plant. As people increasingly search for spiritual fulfillment outside the walls of religion, we need a new way of thinking about what constitutes sacred space. Daniel explores how we might utilize our personal sense of the sacred to identify "natural temples" in the world around us.

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Eric Weiner's article "Where Heaven and Earth Come Closer" — https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/travel/thin-places-where-we-are-jolted-out-of-old-ways-of-seeing-the-world.html

The U.S. election may be over but healing the division and rancor in the country will take years. Anthony Magnabosco uses a dialogue technique called Street Epistemology to get people to think more carefully about how they came to know what they know. He uses this technique to soften—or even reverse—peoples' deeply held beliefs about religion, politics, or social issues, while building genuine mutual respect.

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Watch how Anthony does SE in real life: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocP40a_UvRkUAPLD5ezLIQ

Find advice about learning SE and connecting with the international SE community at: https://streetepistemology.com

Is communism religious in nature? Is capitalism? The line between ideology and religion is more porous than it might first seem. Daniel talks with Nathan Robinson, editor of Current Affairs magazine, about how ideological movements come to resemble religious movements even when they don't have—or are explicitly against—supernatural worldviews.

Pluralism can be difficult. Sometimes, it might seem impossible. But as the world globalizes, we must learn to coexist in increasingly complex and even paradoxical communities. Daniel speaks with long-time friend and christian minister Christian Watkins about coexistence in both a religious and political context.

Daniel talks with Chris Stedman about his new book, "IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives." When we cross the thin glass screen of our digital devices do we enter an artificial realm, or is the online world an authentic part of reality?

Find the show notes for this episode at: https://www.reenchantmentpod.com/post/show-notes-what-is-real-chris-stedman

Daniel speaks with Bart Campolo about how to create a congregation of nonbelievers. Bart is a former Evangelical preacher who has since left his faith. He is now the Humanist chaplain at the University of Cincinnati and the founder of the Humanist congregation, Cincinnati Caravan.

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Find the links mentioned in this podcast at: https://www.reenchantmentpod.com/post/show-notes-let-s-admit-we-liked-church-bart-campolo