Chance or the Dance?
Are humans extraordinary creatures whose lives have eternal meaning, or are we cosmic accidents whose lives have no meaning? Host Eric Metaxas visits Thomas Howard in his Boston home to ask this question and examine how materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth.
Chance or the Dance?
Are humans extraordinary creatures whose lives have eternal meaning, or are we cosmic accidents whose lives have no meaning? Host Eric Metaxas visits Thomas Howard in his Boston home to ask this question and examine how materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth.
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Part Two: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Catholicism, and More
Eric Metaxas continues his conversation in Boston with scholar Thomas Howard about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Howard’s journey to Catholicism.
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Part One: A Critique of Modern Secularism
Eric Metaxas goes to Boston to talk with scholar Thomas Howard about the questions explored in his book, CHANCE OR THE DANCE?
Are humans extraordinary creatures whose lives have eternal meaning, or are we cosmic accidents whose lives have no meaning? In answering this question, host Eric Metaxas examines one of his favorite books — what he claims is one of the best books of the latter half of the twentieth century — by speaking to author Thomas Howard in his Boston home.
Filmed as a Socrates in the City conversation in 2018, Eric Metaxas and Thomas Howard discuss many things and focusing especially on the topics in Howard’s book, CHANCE OR THE DANCE?, which presents in delightful prose how materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth.