{"id":22665,"date":"2014-03-31T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T17:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=22665"},"modified":"2014-03-31T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T17:17:27","slug":"the-triumph-of-idealism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/03\/the-triumph-of-idealism.html","title":{"rendered":"The Triumph of Idealism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>A comment on this blog drew the above <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/the-triumph-of-idealism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lecture by Keith Ward<\/a> to my attention. There is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/the-triumph-of-idealism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a transcript on the Gresham College website<\/a>. I have not had time to watch the video yet, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/04\/keith-ward-on-idealism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I previously shared another of his lectures on this topic<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/05\/review-of-more-than-matter-by-keith-ward.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">blogged about his book\u00a0<em>More Than Matter?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me also use this opportunity to share <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiousstudiesproject.com\/podcast\/thatcamp-roundtable-on-digital-religious-studies\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a link to a recording of the THATCamp roundtable last year on religious studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comment on this blog drew the above lecture by Keith Ward to my attention. There is a transcript on the Gresham College website. 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