5.1 The Search for Meaning in a Disenchanted World

EPISODE SUMMARY: In this season, we’ll explore the question of meaning. Is there meaning to be had at all? Can we find it, especially in our disenchanted age? Join us

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5.2 The Meaning Triad: Purpose, Significance, Sense-Making, Pt. 1

EPISODE SUMMARY: In season 5 episode 2 of the Eudo Podcast, we dive deeper into the question of meaning, as we explore various senses of the word and how they

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5.3 The Meaning Triad: Purpose, Significance, Sense-Making, Pt. 2

EPISODE SUMMARY: In the previous episode, we discussed two out of the three basic senses of the term “meaning.” In episode 3 of season 5, we will continue this discussion

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5.4 Seeking Fit between World and Desire: Four Possible Stories

EPISODE SUMMARY: We’ve been exploring the meaning of “meaning” over the past few episodes. We’ve noted the many senses of the term and defined the search for meaning as the

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5.5 The Existential Argument for God

EPISODE SUMMARY: In episode 5 of season 5 of the Eudo podcast, we discuss the existential argument for God. The idea is that religious people need God in order to get

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5.6 Meaning and the Problem of Death

EPISODE SUMMARY: Only two things are certain, according to Ben Franklin, death and taxes. And one of these certainties—death or at least the prospect of dying—arguably fills us with terror

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5.7 Meaning and the Problem of Eternal Boredom

EPISODE SUMMARY: In his Cambridge Element Volume on God, Soul and the Meaning of Life, Thaddeus Metz raises a number of worries about the relation between God, the soul, and meaning.

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5.8 Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness

EPISODE SUMMARY: We’ve been exploring the search for meaning in a disenchanted world this season. Closely connected to the question of meaning is the question of happiness. There are many

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5.9 Success and the Pursuit of Meaningful Happiness

EPISODE SUMMARY: We are exploring four dead ends; four common ideas for what happiness is so that we can arrive at a biblically grounded understanding of meaningful happiness. In our

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5.10 Fame and the Pursuit of Meaningful Happiness

EPISODE SUMMARY: We’ve been exploring dead-ends on the search for meaningful happiness. So far, we’ve explored the ideas that wealth and success will bring happiness, noting that when treated as

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