Ep 26: Philip Clayton & The Spectrum of Belief

Raised by atheists, now a theologian and philosopher, Philip Clayton joins us to discuss the messy world between doubt and belief, feeling stuck in Christianity, and being okay with unanswered questions.

• Do you find God at 6,000 feet?
• The Spectrum/Grid of Belief — occupying the liminal space between belief and doubt.
• Are you willing to escape prison, and how does that apply to belief in God?
• Thinkers referenced:
  • Roger Haight: All Books
  • Peter Berger: A Far Glory
  • Peter Rollins
  • Ian Barbour
  • Ted Peters
  • John Haught
  • Stephen Jay Gould on "non-overlapping magisteria". See his book Rocks of Ages
  • Wolfhart Pannenberg
• Technophobes vs. Technophiles, and where does Christian Transhumanism fit?
  • Bill Joy: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
  • Alvin Toffler: Future Shock
• Did humans grow up to soon?
• Is your worldview raft seaworthy?
• Emergence / Neural-Darwinism
• Religious Minimalism / Minimalist Christianity
• The Future of Faith, Science & Religion
• Panentheism & Wolfhart Pannenberg
• Postmodernism vs. Modernism across disciplines
• The [Precautionary principle](Precautionary principle) vs the Proactionary principle
• Philip Clayton's new project: Toward Ecological Civilization (EcoCiv)
• Philip Clayton's numerous books, including Religion and Science, and The Predicament of Belief
• Philip Clayton's web site, and on Wikipedia and Huffington Post