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Created Souls

by Joshua R. Farris

Inspired by my book, The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul, Created Souls Podcast will explore the self as a soul as meaningfully understood in light of a Creator. This will be considered in light of philosophy and science. Herein we will also consider the implications a creationist view of persons has for a variety of topics including scientific methodology, culture, psychology, and biology.*Thesis of "The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul" by Dr. Joshua Farris**Introduction*"The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul" by Dr. Joshua Farris stands as a pioneering work within the science-and-religion dialogue, offering a robust defense of a creationist view of personhood as fundamentally tied to the soul. This book presents a novel argument for divine creation of selves while critically examining contemporary materialist and emergent-self theories that attribute personhood to naturalistic and law-like processes. Through a sophisticated analytic approach, Farris asserts that th

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Episodes

  1. Panpsychism-A Trendy Philosophy_Reflections on the EPS symposium

    Here I discuss the nature of panpsychism and explore some of the significant challenges with it and with Joanna Leidenhag's theological panpsychism.

  2. Souls, Origins, and the Evangelical Philosophical Society 2024, part II

    Here we discuss a variety of issues on the soul, personal origins, and the impact this has on a whole host of issues beyond the philosophy of mind. I give some additional highlights on the discussion with some of the authors from The Origin of the Soul: A Conversation which included Bruce Gordon,...

  3. Souls, Origins, and the Evangelical Philosophical Society

    Here I discuss the recent symposium over The Origin of the Soul: A Conversation ed. by Joshua R. Farris and Joanna Leidenhag. It was a great discussion and there are many highlights that prompt numerous and important conversations about the soul, the meaning of the universe, consciousness, and…

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  4. The Banquet of Souls__Reveal Party and Q/A

    We take a break from our normal routine to discuss Dr. Farris's newly published work, The Banquet of Souls: A Mirror to the Universe. We have some fun along the way and discuss the highlights of The Banquet of Souls.

  5. On Descartes’ Queer Theory and Freshmen Writing in Troutt

    In exploring Pastor Seth Troutt's, "Queer Theory as Actualized Cartesianism," published in Mere Orthodoxy, I discuss the problems with the parallel and 'connection' developed between Cartesianism and Queer theory (or transgender ideology) of which those in his circles would object. While Troutt...

  6. Conditional Immortality?

    Here I continue the discussion from the previous episode about the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, which is represented in numerous creedal, ecumenical, and confessional statements. I consider the doctrine of conditionalism and suggest that it is largely consistent with what I have said…

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  7. Immortality of the Soul vs. Resurrection of the Body?

    In the present episode, I briefly clarify some issues regarding the nature of the soul doctrine and the immortality doctrine that is represented in the wider Christian Church and catholicity throughout history. I highlight the dialectic for which I am addressing the immortality of the soul in...

  8. Persons and Unexpected Origins

    Here we discuss the rationale for The Creation of Self and why persons have unexpected origins despite reports to the contrary. We should take seriously that humans are ensouled, which means that their origins are probably different than what some expect concerning biological origination. We...

  9. Nancey Murphy Fails on Anthropology and Eschatology!

    Here I give a very brief commentary on Nancey Murphy's teachings on anthropology and eschatology

  10. To all the Deniers of the Immortality of the Soul! You're Wrong!

    Here I offer a quite brief, yet sufficient treatment, on the the fact of the immortality of the soul as a doctrine that should be held and does, in fact, seem to be represented in Scriptural teaching.

  11. Bart Ehrman Gets the Afterlife Wrong!

    Here I give a brief summary of what Ehrman has taught on the afterlife. He gets it wrong and that means that he not only gets the afterlife wrong, but anthropology wrong!

  12. Does Christianity teach immortality of the soul? Yes, despite what some would have you believe.

    We explore the rationale for the immortality of the soul doctrine.

  13. Created Souls__The Unwelcome Guest

    I explore why the soul idea is unwelcome.

  14. The Creation of Self__Why I wrote it

    Here I give a brief layout of the argument of The Creation of Self.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Inspired by my book, The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul, Created Souls Podcast will explore the self as a soul as meaningfully understood in light of a Creator. This will be considered in light of philosophy and science. Herein we will also consider the implications a creationist view of persons has for a variety of topics including scientific methodology, culture, psychology, and biology.*Thesis of "The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul" by Dr. Joshua Farris**Introduction*"The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul" by Dr. Joshua Farris stands as a pioneering work within the science-and-religion dialogue, offering a robust defense of a creationist view of personhood as fundamentally tied to the soul. This book presents a novel argument for divine creation of selves while critically examining contemporary materialist and emergent-self theories that attribute personhood to naturalistic and law-like processes. Through a sophisticated analytic approach, Farris asserts that th

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Inspired by my book, The Creation of Self: A Case for the Soul, Created Souls Podcast will explore the self as a soul as meaningfully understood in light of a Creator. This will be considered in light of philosophy and science. Herein we will also consider the implications a creationist view of...

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