Jonathan Jong - What Does Psychology Have To Offer The Life Of The Church Today?

Talking Theology

English - October 10, 2021 23:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Previous Episode: Nick Spencer - What’s The Story Of Science And Faith And What’s It Got To Go With Being Human?

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What does studying human behaviour have to offer the dialogue between science and faith? What might religious perspectives have to offer studies in human behaviour? How does the fear of death affect belief? And what can theology learn from the self-critical mode of psychological study?

The Revd Dr Jonathan Jong is a Research Fellow at Coventry University where he is Deputy Director of the Brain, Belief and Behaviour group. He is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford. Jonathan is also an Anglican priest and serves as part-time Rector of Cocking with West Lavington, Bepton and Heyshott. For more details about his work, see here.

This season of the podcast explores science and faith and is supported by the Equipping Leadership in an Age of Science project. For more information see www.eclasproject.org