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Building Worldviews
A worldview is the lens we use to interpret the world around us. It influences every aspect of our lives–from how we choose careers, to how we vote, to how we interact with both strangers and friends. Because worldviews often conflict, people think and act differently from one another. Understanding different worldviews helps us have thoughtful dialogue about life’s deepest questions and a respect for the inherent dignity of every human being.
Praxis Circle created Building Worldviews to do just that: interview expert thought leaders about their perspectives on economics, politics, philosophy, religion, social issues, and more in order to expose our community to many diverse worldviews. Listening to others and learning how to think critically is how we build strong worldviews–which in return helps us to better pursue truth, freedom, and human flourishing.
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December 30, 2024 40.57 MB
George Weigel - Episode 3: Why are churches so challenged today?In this final part of our conversation with George Weigel, we discuss the relationship of modernity to the Catholic church and Pope John Paul II’s view of “authentic humanism.” The interview concludes with a discussion on the biggest challenge facing... |
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December 23, 2024 39.33 MB
George Weigel - Episode 2: What are the four principles of Catholic social doctrine?In this episode, George Weigel discusses human freedom, the four principles of Catholic social doctrine, and how Pope John Paull II saw human creativity as the generator of wealth and the human flourishing that a Christian worldview sustains. Other... |
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December 16, 2024 50.18 MB
George Weigel - Episode 1: What is the human person and what is authentic human community?The first of a three-part conversation with George Weigel, we discuss the dilemma of modernity that Pope John Paul II addressed in his life, the collapse of communism in Europe and the revolution of moral conscience that occurred, and how... |
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December 09, 2024 71.56 MB
Erika Bachiochi - Episode 3: Marriage, Motherhood, Women, Men and …. Freedom?This is the final episode of a three-part series with Erika Bachiochi where we discuss modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and the role men and women play together in a free and healthy society. Other topics we cover: Judith... |
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December 02, 2024 39.22 MB
Erika Bachiochi - Episode 2: What is the history of the women’s rights movement and where does it go from here?In this episode with Erika Bachiochi, we get the history of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the similarities between a modern day champion of similar beliefs, Mary Ann Glendon. Erika also discusses the connection between the Industrial Revolution and the... |
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November 25, 2024 59.29 MB
Erika Bachiochi - Episode 1: What is feminism?This is the first episode of a three-part conversation with Erika Bachiochi. Erika discusses her personal history and her intellectual journey through the political spectrum. She also discusses the 18th century author and advocate, Mary Wollstonecraft, the origins of the... |
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November 18, 2024 57.98 MB
Heather Mac Donald - Episode 2: What are the consequences of privileging diversity over meritocracy?This is the second of a two-part conversation with Heather Mac Donald. In this discussion, Mac Donald challenges popular opinion and conventional wisdom as we wade into several cultural controversies like the consequences of diversity over meritocracy, the breakdown of... |
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November 11, 2024 60.04 MB
Heather Mac Donald - Episode 1: Is God just a placeholder for ignorance?This is the first of a two-part conversation with Heather Mac Donald about her personal background, the people who shaped her, her worldview, and love of music. We also have an interesting conversation about why, unlike many of our previous... |
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November 04, 2024 55.65 MB
Eric Metaxas – Episode 3: The Republic: Can we keep it?This episode is the third of a three part conversation with Eric Metaxas, advocate for living a Christian life and the best-selling author whose biographies, children’s books, and works of popular apologetics have been translated into more than 20 languages.... |
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October 28, 2024 88.82 MB
Eric Metaxas – Episode 2: Why is atheism the enemy of science?This episode is the second of a three part conversation with Eric Metaxas. He continues the discussion about his worldview and personal responsibility to write about faith in our secular age. Eric also explains why atheism, not faith in God,... |
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October 21, 2024 101.33 MB
Eric Metaxas – Episode 1: How did a Golden Fish lead to a commitment to Christian faith?This episode is the first of a three part conversation with prolific author and speaker Eric Metaxas. We discuss Eric’s personal story of growing up the child of immigrant parents, attending Yale University, and the miraculous experience that brought him... |
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October 14, 2024 36.94 MB
Stephen Meyer - Episode 5: Why don’t miracles violate the laws of physics?The final part of our five episode series with Dr. Stephen Meyer, a former geophysicist turned philosopher of science, who offers profound insights into the intersection of science, philosophy, and faith. We discuss the importance of a good theology of... |
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October 07, 2024 47.71 MB
Stephen Meyer - Episode 4: Can there be a “Theory of Everything”?In this episode of our five-part conversation with Dr. Stephen Meyer, we discuss his “Return of the God Hypothesis,” the Big Bang, Darwin’s system, and the argument on behalf of theistic intelligent design. Other topics we cover: arguments for... |
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September 30, 2024 37.51 MB
Stephen Meyer - Episode 3: Did belief in God make the Scientific Revolution possible?This is the third of a five-part conversation with Dr. Stephen Meyer, a former geophysicist turned philosopher of science, who offers profound insights into the intersection of science, philosophy, and faith. In this episode, Dr. Meyer explains science and faith... |
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September 23, 2024 40.77 MB
Stephen Meyer - Episode 2: What does raking leaves have to do with moral relativism?In this episode of our five-part conversation with Dr. Stephen Meyer, we discuss the innate sense people have for morality and God, as well as some of the scientific beliefs of Newton, Leibniz, and Einstein. Other topics we cover:... |
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September 16, 2024 53.76 MB
Stephen Meyer - Episode 1: Why have young people stopped believing in God?This is the first of a five-part conversation with Dr. Stephen Meyer, a former geophysicist turned philosopher of science, who offers profound insights into the intersection of science, philosophy, and faith. Meyer has emerged as a leading intellectual voice presenting... |
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October 20, 2023 22.45 MB
Mary Eberstadt - Episode 3: Why the rise in religious “nones” in the United States?In the last part of our interview, Mary Eberstadt concludes by discussing the reason for the rise in religious “nones,” the historical impact of religious vs. secular wars, the future of the Catholic Church, and both the progress and backsliding... |
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October 19, 2023 36.06 MB
Mary Eberstadt - Episode 2: What are the impacts of the Sexual Revolution today?In the second part of our interview, Mary Eberstadt discusses her book “Primal Screams” and her argument that the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s has created identity politics. We also have a conversation on contemporary feminism, how the summer of... |
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October 02, 2023 38.32 MB
Mary Eberstadt - Episode 1: Has Gen Z been robbed?Mary Eberstadt is an essayist, novelist, public speaker, and author of several nonfiction works. In the first part of her interview with Praxis Circle, Eberstadt discusses her growing up years in upstate New York, important life influences, pursuing both a... |
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September 25, 2023 43.02 MB
Roger Scruton - Episode 3: Why the rise of populism in the U.S. and Europe?From philosophy to the sacred, part three of our interview with Sir Roger Scruton now turns to a discussion on politics. As a British outsider looking in, Scruton examines the uniqueness of the American political system, our culture (defining it... |
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September 18, 2023 40.31 MB
Roger Scruton - Episode 2: What defines personhood?“Lifeworld,” “worldview,” “conservative,” “the sacred,” “oikophilia”–a word Sir Roger Scruton coined himself—what do they mean? In part two of our interview, Scruton defines his terms and sheds light on some of today’s most discussed philosophical topics. We also have a... |
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September 11, 2023 38.56 MB
Roger Scruton- Episode 1: What is truth and reality?Praxis Circle had the honor of conducting one of Sir Roger Scruton’s last interviews before his passing from cancer in 2020. Listen to part one for a conversation on philosophy, the pursuit of truth, and several dual issues: foundations and... |
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September 04, 2023 49.63 MB
Anne Bradley - Episode 4: What’s the cure to poverty worldwide?In the final part of our interview, Dr. Anne Bradley discusses the “Gini Index,” income inequality, democratic capitalism, and social justice. She offers real insight on how we are already curing poverty worldwide through market trade and human agency. Finally,... |
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August 28, 2023 39.84 MB
Anne Bradley - Episode 3: What is the fundamental problem with socialism?In the third part of our interview, Dr. Anne Bradley explores the various facets of capitalism and socialism in-depth and explains why socialist economic theory is making a “comeback” in the United States. By using real data and examples, she... |
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August 21, 2023 37.96 MB
Anne Bradley - Episode 2: Why are profits and self-interest a good thing?In the second part of our interview, Dr. Anne Bradley challenges the common interpretation of “self-interest” and explains how it can be a force for good in the world. She also dives into the concept of how legitimately earned business... |
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August 14, 2023 38.98 MB
Anne Bradley - Episode 1: Worldview, faith, and economics: how are they related?Dr. Anne Bradley is a dedicated economics professor, author, wife, and mother. In her interview with Praxis Circle, Bradley discusses how her Christian worldview has shaped her life choices and understanding of economics. She also explains how economic freedom is... |
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August 07, 2023 57.64 MB
Os Guinness - Episode 4: What is sovereign: the family or the government ?In the final part of our interview, Dr. Os Guinness discusses how differences between the 1776 American and 1789 French revolutions are creating a crisis in the United States: cultural Marxism, the peace of despotism, and an important question at... |
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July 31, 2023 41.75 MB
Os Guinness - Episode 3: What’s the importance of civic education to freedom?In part three of our interview, Dr. Os Guinness draws on several of his books to discuss topics such as active vs. passive faith, reciprocal responsibility in America, engaged citizenship, modernity, time, renewal, and "covenantalism." Why do faith and freedom... |
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July 24, 2023 36.98 MB
Os Guinness - Episode 2: What’s the problem with globalism?Here’s a question on defining reality: what is America? In part two of our interview with him, Dr. Os Guinness defines our nation through the concepts of ordered freedom, the Torah, covenantalism, and more. He also discusses the political and... |
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July 17, 2023 33.75 MB
Os Guinness - Episode 1: How should Christians express their worldview?The first of a four part series of conversation with British author and social critic, Os Guinness, described as a “quiet voice on behalf of faith, freedom, truth, reason and civility.” Os discusses his inspiration in life and how his... |
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June 05, 2023 4.02 MB
Trailer: Building WorldviewsA worldview is the lens we use to interpret the world around us. It influences every aspect of our lives–from how we choose careers, to how we vote, to how we interact with both strangers and friends. Because worldviews... |
