5. Called to Truth

The fifth lecture of Professor Michael Welker's Gifford series.

Event details

Date: Tuesday 5 November 2019, 5.30 - 6.30pm

The lecture may be followed by questions.  Latest finishing time is 7pm.

Venue: The Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL

Tickets are available here

Lecture abstract

An understanding of the liberating potential inhering in the search for truth requires that we consider not only its cognitive and ethical dimensions but also its religious manifestations. The latter necessitate a critical look at distortions, such as the influential metaphysical and subjectivist conceptions of God that are largely responsible for people having turned away from faith. Critiques of religion (Marx, Nietzsche, Bonhoeffer) also disclose how such distortions promote reductionistic conceptions of human beings.

Lecture video

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