Episode
WOF 357: Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley
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October 24, 2022
· 29:00
WOF 357: Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley
Friends, Tertullian famously asked in the third century, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” What does philosophy have to do with theology, or reason with faith?
However, on today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss a provocative new article that wonders what Athens and Jerusalem have to do with Silicon Valley. How should we understand the intersection of reason, faith, and technology?
A listener asks, how do you feel about neuroscience, and how does it fit in with your understanding of the soul?
Links
- “The Three-City Problem of Modern Life” by Luke Burgis
- Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings (Cycle A) by Peter Kreeft
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