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Worldviews

The big questions of life, compared across religions and philosophies. It starts with questions every worldview answers, then branches into families of traditions.

Foundations

Questions every worldview has to answer, whatever its tradition.

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What Is the Chief End of Man?

Human purpose compared across 20+ traditions: glorify and enjoy God (Westminster), beatific vision, theosis, exaltation, worship ('ibadah), moksha, nirvana, eudaimonia, and materialist self-made meaning

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How Does the Divine Communicate with Humans — and Why That Way?

Revelation compared across Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, LDS, JW, Quaker, Islamic, Jewish, Dharmic, Greco-Roman and Chinese traditions: closed vs. open revelation, where God's voice lives now, and why God speaks that way

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Why Does Evil Still Exist If God Is Good?

The problem of evil compared across 25+ traditions: free-will and greater-good theodicies, Reformed providence vs. Arminian freedom, Orthodox privation, LDS opposition, JW and Adventist cosmic trial, Islamic testing, Jewish protest, karma, Zoroastrian and Gnostic dualism, and the materialist case

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Is There an Objective Right or Wrong?

Moral realism compared across 20 traditions: God's nature vs. command (Euthyphro), Catholic natural law, Orthodox healing, LDS eternal law, JW sovereignty, Ash'ari vs. Mu'tazili Islam, Noahide laws, dharma, karma, asha, ma'at, Stoic right reason, and atheist realists vs. anti-realists

Abrahamic Religions

Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the traditions that trace themselves to Abraham.

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Judaism

Questions about rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud and Jewish thought.

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Christianity

Questions about Jesus, the New Testament and Christian doctrine.

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Islam

Questions about the Qur'an, the Prophet and Islamic thought.

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Ancient Thought

Greek and Roman philosophy and the religions of the ancient world.

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Eastern Philosophy

Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Confucian and Daoist thought.

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Atheist Philosophy

Materialism, naturalism, secular humanism and existentialism.

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