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The Verge of the New – A Series of Talks by Steven Phelps
September 18, 2017, in Audio > Talks, by Naysan Naraqi“The Verge of the New” is an eight-part series of talks given by Dr. Steven Phelps at the Norwegian Baha’i Summer School (July 2nd-8th, 2017).
In these talks, Dr. Steven Phelps, an American Baha’i physicist, philosopher and translator, introduces a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
These talks are a further development of the course “Science, Religion, and the Search for a New Narrative” that was delivered in Acuto, Italy in December 2015. You can listen to that course on Soundcloud here: soundcloud.com/khelabaskett/sets/science-religion-new-narrative.
Notes for this course, quotations, and slides can be found here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B…TdmM?usp=sharing.
You might also enjoy:
- Steven Phelps’ talk on the Baha’i Faith and Atheism (you can listen to Part 1 of this talk here, and Part 2 here),
- his interview with Rainn Wilson as part of the Baha’i Blogcast series: Baha’i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson – Episode 7: Steven Phelps
- or his talk delivered at the Santa Monica Baha’i Centre titled “Science, Religion & the Coming Spiritual Revolution” (you can listen to it here).
We’d like to thank the Norwegian Baha’i Summer School and Steven Phelps for granting us permission to share this series of fascinating talks.
To find out more about the Norwegian Baha’i Summer School, please visit their website: http://www.bahai.no/det-skjer-kalender/sommerskolen-2017
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Naysan is passionate about using the arts and media to explore the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Back in 2011, Naysan started up the Baha’i Blog project, channeling his experiences in both media and technology companies to help create a hub for Baha’i-inspired content online.
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I was going to contact Stephen and ask him for the slides of this series of fabulous talks. I should have known better and just come directly to Baha’i Blog (rather than googling it!). What a fabulous source of gems is the Baha’i Blog. Thank you Naysan.
Chris Mazloomi (July 7, 2020 at 6:34 AM)
Thanks so much Chris! Really appreciate your kind words of encouragement and your support! 🙂
Naysan Naraqi (July 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM)
This series of talks are truely fascinating and I cannot recommend them highly enough. A wonderful speaker with very thought provoking content, unlike I’ve heard anywhere else.
Anis (October 10, 2021 at 8:51 AM)