Terry Eagleton: Why is God for Christians Good for Nothing?

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  • Опубликовано: 8 окт 2013
  • Atheists tend to claim that God is entirely pointless, and so does the doctrine of Creation. Here, at least, is some common ground between Richard Dawkins and Pope Francis. This talk will try among other things to spell out why God is pointless and why this is the whole point about God. It will also seek to remind us that when we claim that God is good, we have very little clue as to what we are talking about.
    Terry Eagleton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and on graduating became a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, the youngest Fellow since the 18th century. He has been a Fellow of four Oxford and Cambridge colleges, as well as Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He also has been John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature at the University of Manchester and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor in English at the Universities of Lancaster and Notre Dame. He has written over forty works of literary and cultural criticism, published hundreds of articles and delivered hundreds of lectures in many countries throughout the world. He is also a regular reviewer for a number of literary journals. His works have been translated into thirty or so languages. He is an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the English Association and the holder of nine Honorary Doctorates of Letters. He has also written a number of plays which have been produced in London and Ireland and on British radio and television, as well as the screenplay for Derek Jarman's film Wittgenstein. His books include: Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (2009), On Evil, (2010), Why Marx Was Right (2011), The Event of Literature (2012).

Комментарии • 17

  • @Frederer59
    @Frederer59 5 лет назад +3

    Now on to Eagleton vs. Scruton . Bravo Dr. Eagleton!

  • @bluebettle
    @bluebettle 8 лет назад +6

    talk begins at 7:45

  • @jero4059
    @jero4059 3 года назад

    Great lecture! Terry nailing it as always

  • @Frederer59
    @Frederer59 5 лет назад +1

    The New Testament is not anti-Semitic. It is, thanks to Paul, post-Semetic. By this I mean world-centric rather than tribal.

  • @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709
    @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709 3 года назад

    Perhaps they educate us to not understand things the right way yet divide themselves from us knowing everything there blind eyes and def ears tell them is god just or is god good or truly god is perfect

  • @andrewgora3672
    @andrewgora3672 2 года назад

    The new testament was written by semites- middle eastern people. How can that be anti semitic! And further semitic refers to semitic languages and the people that speak those languages not just solely Jews. Mumar Qaddafi yasser Arafat and tariq aziz are semites. Christian and Muslim not just jews.

  • @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709
    @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709 3 года назад

    It is written regarding devices to be Satans

  • @daveklebt7732
    @daveklebt7732 6 лет назад +3

    always finding a way to point to the ephemeral unicorn of the marxist utopia.

  • @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709
    @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709 3 года назад

    His got god mixed up with a simple men or women in riches his wrong or his lying

  • @MENDLER1
    @MENDLER1 8 лет назад +1

    BS begins at 7:45

  • @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709
    @panagiotiskostastheoktisto6709 3 года назад

    There for who is like god in his age he would be better off to say nothing then miss lead people is tactical multi meaning words that are not from god