In this episode we are joined by Dr Ed Kessler who is the founder and former Director of the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. Dr Kessler set up the institute to act as a vehicle for Christian-Jewish dialogue but has since expanded it to include all the abrahamic faiths and to be a centre of interreligious dialogue more broadly.

In this conversation, our five main questions were presented: From a jewish perspective, who or what is God, what are the sources of the religion, what is the goal of the religion, how are we meant to reach that goal, and what does Judaism have to say about the problem of evil.

But as you will hear Dr Kessler presents Jewish ideas of compassion, community, and faith all amidst several wonderful anecdotes and stories.

Who is God?

How do we come to know God?

What is our purpose?

How do we achieve that purpose?

How do we account for evil in the world?

In this episode, esteemed Catholic commentator and educator sits down and helps us go through these questions in a continuation of our series: Foundations of Faith. These question provide a backdrop for our conversation and we also go into:

The nature of God, the importance of the Trinity, the incarnation, human nature and goodness, human flourishing, we go into the history of the early church fathers and the reformation, a quick detour to consider Nietszche, the mystery of evil and the encompassing theological virtues.

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In this episode we are joined by Shaunaka Rishi Das, one of the foremost experts on Hinduism in the UK, to ask him some foundational questions:

1. Who are what is God?
2. What are the sources of Hinduism?
3. What is the goal of Hinduism?
4. How are we to reach that goal?
5. What does Hinduism have to say about the problem of evil.