Showing posts with label Templeton Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Templeton Prize. Show all posts

4 Apr 2018

Faith in the Future: The Promise and Perils of Religion in the 21st Century


Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks delivers the Templeton Prize lecture at the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday, November 20, 2016.

3 Apr 2018

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sack speaks on the Big Questions (Templeton Prize 2016)


The 2016 Templeton Prize Laureate, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, speaks on the Big Question:

“Why has religious fundamentalism and religious violence become one of the defining and devastating aspects of the 21st century to date?”

“Why might our world be a better place when the power of love replaces the love of power?”

“How can I be as committed to my own religion as I am open to others?”

“Why does God love diversity?”

“How can we teach young people to take up individual and collective duty and obligation to humanity?”

“Doesn't all the evil in the world show there is no God?”

“Is the capacity for forgiveness an intrinsic part of human nature?”

“Does scientific knowledge contradict religious belief?”

“How can those without faith understand faith?”

“Do we stand at the end or near the beginning of God’s creative process?”


2 Apr 2018

Jean Vanier speaks on the Big Questions (Templeton Prize 2015)


The 2015 Templeton Prize Laureate, Jean Vanier, speaks on the Big Questions - What does it mean to be fully human? - What is God’s dream for humanity? - How does the practice and struggle of love keep transforming us in greater joy for others? - Does free will start as doubt, only then to awaken to love?