How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality
Hosted by Dave · PRX
4.8from 290 ratings
- 120
- Episodes
- 65
- Transcribed
- 290
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality
While religion and science often seem at odds, there’s one thing they can agree on: people who take part in spiritual practices tend to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. The big question is: Why? In How God Works, professor Dave DeSteno takes us on a journey to find out how spirituality impacts our minds and bodies, as well as the world in which we live. He speaks to leading scientists and philosophers, religious thinkers, and thought leaders to explore what we can learn from the world’s faith traditions to help us meet some of life’s biggest challenges. Along the way, he’ll look at how we can adapt and use spiritual practices in our own lives, whatever our beliefs, including none at all. It’s by working across the boundaries that usually divide us – science versus religion, one faith versus another – that we’ll find new ways to make life better for everyone.
- Publisher
- PRX
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
65 of 120 episodes have a transcript.
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
One Nation... Under God?
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rethinking Purpose
13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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One Nation... Under God?
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So let's now go back to the source and start with Madison. The first battle that Madison fights as a young Princeton graduate who's been studying with John Witherspoon is against religious establishments in Virginia. And Patrick Henry supports mandatory tithing to the Anglican Church and test oaths. And Madison, based on his readings of Locke's letter concerning toleration, and of Francis Hutchison, who defines unalienable rights as those that can't be surrendered to government, says that freedom of conscience is a quintessential unalienable right because the opinions of men, as Madison says, being dependent on evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot be controlled by others. […]
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