Sarah Lane Ritchie: a Minimally Viable God Concept

What does it sound like when two friends discuss their struggle with the concept of God? If those friends also have a shared interest in science, philosophy, and religion it could sound like this.

My super-nerd friend, Sarah Lane Ritchie, is back on the podcast for a strikingly honest conversation about God and what is required for a “minimally viable” concept. It centers on three particular affirmations:

1. God is personal
2. God is transcendent
3. God provides for postmortem existence

Dr. Sarah Lane Ritchie received her B.A. in Philosophy & Religion from Spring Arbor University, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and an M.Sc. in Science & Religion from the University of Edinburgh. She obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh in Science & Religion with a thesis on divine action and the human mind, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of St. Andrews. She has published a book with Cambridge University Press and numerous articles in academic journals, and continues research in the field of science and religion.

Sarah’s Previous Podcast Visits

• Staff Lounge Shenanigans

• Can Scientists study gods, souls, and rituals?

• an Integrated Physicality and the Sacred

• Trilogies, Atonement Power Rankings, & Sex Work at Happy Hour

• Everyone You Ever Loved Will Die, so Merry Christmas!

• Kombucha, Meditation, Tarot, and Stink Bombs

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