Paul Vitz
The Importance of Fatherhood
Longtime New York University Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz offers a psychological basis for what has for centuries been considered wisdom by taking a fascinating look at the parent-child relationships...
Paul Vitz
Has Psychology Discovered Virtue?
In this 2005 lecture, longtime New York University Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz explores phenomenal changes in the field of psychology as it ventures into new territory....
Sir Roger Scruton
The New Atheism
The legendary Roger Scruton explores the ideas, perspectives, and implications of the "New Atheism" at this New York City Socrates in the City event hosted by Eric Metaxas in 2008....
Gerald Schroeder
Genesis & The Big Bang: The Discovery of Harmony between Modern Science and the Bible
Gerald Schroeder discusses Genesis, the Big Bang, and other small topics....
Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
The Home We Build Together
British Orthodox rabbi, theologian, and author Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks presents the case that multicultural British society requires a new approach to national identity, arguing that responsibility -- specifically building...
Jennifer Roback Morse
Can We Talk? Why the Same-Sex Marriage Issue Has Become So Toxic
Sir John Polkinghorne
Can a Scientist Pray?
British theoretical physicist Sir John Polkinghorne examines how scientific discoveries of the 20th century, particularly quantum theory and chaos theory, disrupted the "clockwork universe" view of the world that prevailed...
Sir John Polkinghorne
Belief in God in an Age of Science
Host Eric Metaxas welcomes British theoretical physicist Sir John Polkinghorne to this 2003 Socrates in the City event in New York City. Sir Polkinghorne presents on themes from his book...
Armand Nicholi
The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis on Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
For more than twenty-five years Harvard psychiatrist Armand Nicholi taught a course comparing the philosophical arguments of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. In this 2003 lecture, Nicholi explores how the...
Richard John Neuhaus
Can an Atheist Be a Good Citizen?
Named one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" by TIME MAGAZINE in 2005, the late Richard John Neuhaus was a prominent cleric, writer, and unofficial advisor to George...
Alister McGrath
The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World
Oxford theologian, intellectual historian, and scientist Alister McGrath challenges the widely held assumption that the world is becoming more secular and makes the case for why atheism cannot provide the...
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Can We Access God Directly?: A View from Eastern Christian Spirituality
Thinker and writer Frederica Mathewes-Green poses the question: can we have direct access to God? Based on her study and personal experience with Eastern Christian Spirituality, Mathewes-Green suggests that we...