Making Meaning Episode 9: Questing Spirits

Published: Feb. 12, 2023, 9 a.m.

The experience of existence is one of bewilderment and even anguish. Anguish because we feel that we are incomplete beings longing for completion, mired in immanence yet yearning for transcendence. Often, that questing spirit can lead us on the journey to God.\nGuest:\xa0\nJohn Cottingham\xa0is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading and an Honorary Fellow, St John\u2019s College at Oxford University. He has published over thirty books\u2014including In Search of the Soul and How to Believe.\nMaking Meaning is produced by\xa0Jack Pombriant\xa0and\xa0Zachary Davis. Artwork by\xa0Dan Pecci. Learn more at\xa0ministryofideas.org\xa0and find us on Twitter\xa0@ministryofideas.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices