{"id":37860,"date":"2016-07-18T19:39:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T23:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=37860"},"modified":"2016-07-18T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T23:42:39","slug":"podcast-147-dr-daniel-mckaughan-on-faith-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-147-dr-daniel-mckaughan-on-faith-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 147 &#8211; Dr. Daniel McKaughan on faith &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4891\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37860-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities147.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities147.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities147.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities147.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=37860-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities147.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities147.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37863 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm.jpg\" alt=\"DanielMcKaughan sm\" width=\"400\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm-420x365.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm-460x399.jpg 460w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DanielMcKaughan-sm-90x78.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><strong>Is faith, as Mark Twain quipped, believing what you know ain&#8217;t so?<\/strong> Why do so many think that faith is valuable? What is it to have faith anyway?<\/p>\n<p>In this episode I talk with Boston College philosopher <strong>Dr. Daniel McKaughan<\/strong> about faith in God, and whether or not it requires a firm belief that God exists.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss belief, atheism, agnosticism, the <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4126238\/mother-teresas-crisis-of-faith\/\">interesting case of <strong>Mother Theresa<\/strong><\/a>, doubt, and commitment. We focus on Dr. McKaughan&#8217;s objections to what he calls the <strong>&#8220;belief-plus&#8221;<\/strong> understanding of faith.\u00a0[spp-tweet tweet=&#8221;Can one\u00a0have faith in God without believing in God&#8217;s existence?&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In Part 2 next week, we&#8217;ll hear more about Dr. McKaughan&#8217;s own views on what faith is, and wherein lies its value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links for this episode<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bc.edu\/daniel-j-mckaughan\/\"><strong>Dr. McKaughan&#8217;s home page<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKAFA\">&#8220;Authentic\u00a0faith\u00a0and\u00a0acknowledged\u00a0risk:\u00a0dissolving\u00a0the<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKAFA\">\u00a0problem\u00a0of\u00a0faith\u00a0and\u00a0reason,&#8221; <\/a><em>Religious Studies<\/em>, 2013.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37866 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-9-24.jpg\" alt=\"Mark 9 24\" width=\"282\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-9-24.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-9-24-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-9-24-420x336.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-9-24-90x72.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKAFD\">&#8220;Action-Centered Faith, Doubt, and Rationality,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Journal of Philosophical Research<\/em>, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenatureandvalueoffaith.com\/\">The Nature and Value of Faith project page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Yuri_Gagarin\">On the cosmonaut\u00a0Yuri Gagarin&#8217;s alleged quote that he didn&#8217;t see God while in orbit (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark 9:24; James 2:19; Mark 8:27-30; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/quicksearch\/?qs_version=NRSV&amp;quicksearch=follow+me&amp;begin=48&amp;end=48\">follow me<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>This week&#8217;s <strong>thinking music is <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Broke_For_Free\/Slam_Funk\/Broke_For_Free_-_Slam_Funk_-_12_Our_Ego_-Feat_Different_Visitor-\"><strong>&#8220;Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]<\/strong>&#8220;<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Broke_For_Free\/\">Broke For Free<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is faith, as Mark Twain quipped, believing what you know ain&#8217;t so?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,80,56,47,9,57,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetics","category-faith","category-interview","category-papers","category-philosophy","category-podcast","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37860"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37878,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37860\/revisions\/37878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}