Scholars discuss the impact and relevance of Special Divine Action on their field of study. Listen to short videos from philosophers, theologians, historians, physicists, humanists, atheists, ethicists
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Who are you? As a scholar of St Paul, why is he so important?
Susan Eastman -
How do you relate neuroscience to St Paul's accounts of special divine action?
Susan Eastman -
What do you find puzzling about the letters of St Paul in regard to special divine action?
Susan Eastman -
What does St Paul mean by divine participation?
Susan Eastman -
How does St Paul contrast the relation to God and the relation to sin?
Susan Eastman -
How is the study of St Paul and divine participation insightful, even beyond theology?
Susan Eastman -
Who are you? Are atheism or deism the only options in a scientific age?
Lenn Goodman -
What about the problem of evil?
Lenn Goodman -
What is the significance of the primordial creation of light, and God's judgment of light?
Lenn Goodman -
Do you have comments on the analytic philosophy of religion, especially in relation to David Hume?
Lenn Goodman -
Do you have advice for young scholars, especially in regard to the study of special divine action?
Lenn Goodman -
Who are you? Does the New Testament include accounts of what we would call miracles?
(4:59) Peter Harrison -
Is there a symbiosis between the idea of miracles and the idea of nature?
(2:21) Peter Harrison -
How did the understanding of the natural-supernatural distinction change in the early modern period?
(1:44) Peter Harrison -
How was the notion of a nature evacuated in the early modern period?
(3:10) Peter Harrison -
Was the clockwork universe a root metaphor of the early modern period?
(1:59) Peter Harrison -
Would you comment on the difference between mathematical models of nature and causes?
(1:20) Peter Harrison -
What is the status of laws of nature today?
(2:25) Peter Harrison -
Are there worldviews that automatically exclude the miraculous?
(2:01) Peter Harrison -
How should historians approach the topic of special divine action?
(3:16) Peter Harrison -
Do you have advice for young scholars, especially in regard to the study of special divine action?
(1:03) Peter Harrison -
Who are you? As a plasma physicist, why do you take an interest in theological questions?
(3:03) Ian Hutchinson -
Who are you? As a plasma physicist, why do you take an interest in theological questions?
(2:01) Ian Hutchinson -
Do purportedly inspired theological texts have a special connection to science?
(6:00) Ian Hutchinson -
Does science provide a complete picture of reality?
(2:24) Ian Hutchinson -
As a plasma physicist, do you have any views on special divine action?
(4:08) Ian Hutchinson -
Who are you? What first interested you in the topic of miracles?
(2:02) Craig S. Keener -
What is the objection to miracles?
(1:33) Craig S. Keener -
What are reports of miracles like across the world?
(1:13) Craig S. Keener -
How did St Augustine's attitude to miracles change?
(2:02) Craig S. Keener -
If there are genuine miracles, why do they not happen whenever someone needs one?
(1:38) Craig S. Keener -
Why might God work miracles?
(2:17) Craig S. Keener -
Why might people be hesitant to talk about miracles?
(1:37) Craig S. Keener -
Was Jesus Christ known by his contemporaries as a worker of miracles?
(2:15) Craig S. Keener -
Apart from Jesus Christ, who else was known as a worker of miracles in antiquity?
(1:33) Craig S. Keener -
What attitude should we take to reports of miracles?
(2:35) Craig S. Keener -
What is needed for additional research on the subject of miracles?
(1:41) Craig S. Keener -
Do you have advice for young scholars, especially in regard to the study of special divine action?
(1:16) Craig S. Keener -
Who are you? Did David Hume write the last word on special divine action?
(1:33) Timothy J. McGrew -
Do miracles break the laws of nature, as David Hume claimed?
(1:41) Timothy J. McGrew -
Does the denial of special divine action impact on attitudes to human action?
(1:43) Timothy J. McGrew -
What evidence do we have for special divine action?
(1:12) Timothy J. McGrew -
As a philosopher, what most encourages you to treat the Gospels as reliable texts?
(6:14) Timothy J. McGrew -
Do you have advice for young scholars, especially in regard to the study of special divine action?
(1:56) Timothy J. McGrew -
Who are you? How is the art of human flourishing connected to special divine action?
(3:06) Sir Roger Scruton -
How are flourishing, special divine action, and sacrifice related?
(1:28) Sir Roger Scruton -
What is wrong, if anything, with a 'Brave New World' without sacrifice?
(1:37) Sir Roger Scruton -
Are special divine action and special human flourishing related?
(0:56) Sir Roger Scruton -
What attitude should we take to reports of miracles?
(1:27) Sir Roger Scruton -
Does the denial of special divine action impact on attitudes to human action?
(0:53) Sir Roger Scruton -
How should a philosopher approach purportedly inspired scripture?
(1:25) Sir Roger Scruton -
Who are you? Why is special divine action important, beyond the mere existence of God?
(16:42) Richard Swinburne -
Why do you call the Resurrection of Jesus Christ a "super-miracle"?
(2:01) Richard Swinburne -
Who are you? As an atheist, why are you interested in special divine action?
(0:50) Raymond C. Tallis -
Why should humanists be interested in the topic of special divine action?
(1:11) Raymond C. Tallis -
What is the humanist project if one assumes the absence of special divine action?
(1:13) Raymond C. Tallis -
Does the denial of special divine action impact on attitudes to human action?
(0:54) Raymond C. Tallis -
What is naturalism and is there a problem with naturalism?
(0:43) Raymond C. Tallis -
What attitude should we take to reports of miracles?
(1:38) Raymond C. Tallis -
Do atheists and religious believers face common problems regarding explanation?
(3:09) Raymond C. Tallis -
Who are you? What are the benefits of digital humanities projects for their users?
(143.0) Neal Audenaert -
How does the special divine action project link facts to narratives?
Neal Audenaert -
How are you using digital humanities technology to address the issue of special divine action?
Neal Audenaert -
What will count as success for the special divine action project?
Neal Audenaert