{"id":356,"date":"2007-06-08T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T18:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=356"},"modified":"2011-12-19T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T21:34:34","slug":"faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/faith-and-philosophy-with-harvey-cox-and-simon-blackburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI\/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/coxpix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"144\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-366\" title=\"Harvey Cox\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/coxpix.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonthumbnail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"159\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-358\" title=\"Simon Blackburn\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonthumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men, with one thing in common &#8212; a belief in humanism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hds.harvard.edu\/faculty\/cox.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Harvey Cox<\/a>, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secular-City-Secularization-Urbanization-Theological\/dp\/0020311559\" target=\"_blank\">The Secular City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/books\/books.php?id=9432\" target=\"_blank\">When Jesus Came to Harvard<\/a>, talks with ThoughtCast about his faith, and the religious resurgence taking place here in America and abroad. Cox has a unique take on Christianity &#8212; while he doubts the Resurrection, he celebrates the life of Jesus, and urges us all to follow in his footsteps, and take his teachings to the streets, to enact them in our flawed, real, and secular world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phil.cam.ac.uk\/%7Eswb24\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Simon Blackburn<\/a> on the other hand rejects religion but embraces the wisdom of philosophy. He too is an author &#8212; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/0195315804?&amp;PID=31879\" target=\"_blank\">Truth: A Guide<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oup.com\/us\/catalog\/he\/subject\/Philosophy\/IntroductiontoPhilosophy\/TopicalApproach\/CoreTexts\/?view=usa&amp;ci=9780192100245\" target=\"_blank\">Think<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=AZ8wXBw-l28C&amp;dq=Simon+Blackburn&amp;pg=PP1&amp;ots=ANIGKeNz5m&amp;source=an&amp;sig=ko9RE9zYX_IadVcuHh-07Z9GCEM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=result#PPP9,M1\" target=\"_blank\">Being Good,<\/a> among others &#8212; and he teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge, in England. What he offers is a philosophy that&#8217;s not just for the educated elite, but for the rest of us!<\/p>\n<p>Click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen (29 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>And to listen to a WGBH Forum Network lecture moderated by Harvey Cox, on the Boston civil rights movement, click <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.wgbh.org\/wgbh\/forum.php?lecture_id=3320\" target=\"_blank\">here!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8735\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-356-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3\">https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?powerpress_pinw=356-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"cox-simon-finalmono29-12.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI\/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP! 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