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Join IJ Makan and Amos Dowber as they have honest conversations about the most important issues in life and culture.
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#54 - Hugh Hunter on How To Be a Philosopher
Hugh Hunter is a Philosopher, PhD Toronto. He completed his Postdoc at Humboldt University, Berlin. Hugh has taught in many universities around in USA and Canada. In 2018, he left academia permanently. He wrote How to be a Philosopher and is on a mission to show people how to be a philosopher.
Check out his current project Berkeleian Idealism Project now: https://hughhunter.substack.com/p/the-what-of-berkeleian-idealism
In this episode, we discuss what it means to be a philosopher, how to do philosophy, and how the present state of academia can help and hinder genuine thinking, and what the future practice of philosophy might look like.
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#53 - Jim Madden on Learning to be Free
Jim Madden is a Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College and a martial artist. He is the author of Mind, Matter, and Nature: A Thomistic Proposal for the Philosophy of Mind and Ageless Athlete.
In this episode we discuss the type of life a philosopher must live, how one learns to become free in the face of modern nihilism, and Jim’s upcoming book Thinking about Thinking: Mind and Meaning in the Era of Technological Nihilism.
Check out Jim’s new website where you can read the intro to his new book and more.
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#52 - Kazingram Roundtable on Race, Christianity, and Culture
In our second episode of Kazingram Roundtable, our editors sit down with Axel Kazadi to discuss race and social construction, how Christianity has formed our culture’s morality, what the decline of Christianity might mean, and what it means to have a secular state.
Axel Kazadi is Director and Assistant Professor of Theology at Kingswood University in Sussex, New Brunswick. He is a PhD student in theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, working on a dissertation that focuses on the relation between eucharistic sacrifice and the church in the theologies of Martin Bucer, Peter Vermigli, and Thomas Cranmer.
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#51 - Axel Kazadi on Nietzche, Hip-hop, and Religion
Axel Kazadi is Director and Assistant Professor of Theology at Kingswood University in Sussex, New Brunswick. Back before becoming a professor, Axel was a hip-hop artist. He is a PhD candidate in Theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He specializes in the theology of John Calvin.
In this episode, we discuss hip-hop, the importance of practice and habits for success, the importance of community for self-development, as well as Nietzche and Kierkegaard on Christian ethics.
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#50 - Kaelynne Makan on Love and Overcoming Suffering
Kaelynne Makan is Kazingram Dialogue’s number one fan. She is a liturgical artist and a content editor. She is also the wife of our founder and co-host, I.J. Makan.
In this episode I.J. and Kaelynne discuss marriage, love, child loss, the importance of habits, and how experiencing as well as overcoming suffering shapes both humans and human relationships.
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#49 - Samuel Sey on Critical Race Theory
Samuel Sey is an author, speaker, and blogger. In this episode we discuss the history and tenants of Critical Race Theory, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the fallout from Sam's recent talk at Ambrose University.
You can follow Sam's blog, Slow to Write or find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
In this episode Sam mentions the following books:
Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham
Confronting Injustice by Thaddeus Williams
Explaining Post-Modernism by Stephen Hicks
Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose
White Guilt by Shelby Steele
The Quest for Cosmic Justice and Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell.
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