What is temptation? Let’s join hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose to learn what eighteenth-century philosopher and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg had to say on the topic.
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Swedenborg and the Plurality of Worlds: Astrotheology in the Eighteenth Century, Part 2
The possible existence of extraterrestrial life led in the eighteenth century to a heated debate on the unique status of the human being and of Christianity. Swedish natural philosopher and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg was one of those who discussed the new scientific worldview and its implications for theology.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg and the Plurality of Worlds: Astrotheology in the Eighteenth Century, Part 1
The possible existence of extraterrestrial life led in the eighteenth century to a heated debate on the unique status of the human being and of Christianity. Swedish natural philosopher and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg was one of those who discussed the new scientific worldview and its implications for theology.
Continue ReadingWhy Was Swedenborg Chosen?
Though he was too modest to speak on the matter, the answer is lying in plain sight.
Continue ReadingA Story without End
How did a young Swede become, after William Wilberforce, the second most important abolitionist in England’s history? The answer: he read Swedenborg.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Recap: What Happens to Celebrities in the Afterlife — 8.27.19
Everybody dies—even famous people. So what happens to them in the afterlife? When Swedenborg visited the spiritual world, he met one or two big names.
Continue ReadingThe American Yen for Zen Began with Swedenborg . . . Sort of
What’s the story behind a Swedenborgian minister changing his name from Herman Vetterling to Philangi Dà sa, founding and editing the first Buddhist periodical in America, and publishing a fat book called Swedenborg the Buddhist? It’s complicated.
Continue ReadingOn the Lord’s Prayer
The world’s best-known prayer speaks anew through Swedenborg.
Continue ReadingEnoch—the First Librarians
Libraries safeguard knowledge so that it can be passed on to future generations, but there may even be libraries in the afterlife containing spiritual wisdom that dates back to before the Flood.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Live Recap: Spiritual Experiences — 3/18/19
Concluding our series on eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings and his understanding of the nature of everything, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose have a look at his travel journal from the spiritual world—Spiritual Experiences.
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