#37 – J.P.’s Return and Reflections on His Foreword to Have We Lost Our Minds?

J.P. rejoins the podcast! In this episode, he shares good news about his health and reflects on why he was eager to write the Foreword to Have We Lost Our Minds?: Neuroscience, Neurotheology, the Soul, and Human Flourishing.

We discuss:

• J.P.’s health journey over the last few months
• How Christians have contributed to the secularization of culture
• The importance of the conversation about what it means to be human
• Why the arguments in Stan’s book have personal meaning for J.P.
• The importance of responsible scholarship, especially as Christians
• The crucial difference between acknowledging a “soul” and acknowledging a “substantial soul”

Resources and Citations:

• Find out more about Have We Lost Our Minds?
• Get the introduction to the book for free on the Global Scholars website.
• A printable group discussion guide can be found here.
• Brandon Rickabaugh and J.P. Moreland, The Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism.
• Stan Wallace, “Continuing the Conversation: Clarifying the Central Ideas of Have We Lost Our Minds?”
• The Lausanne Movement’sThe Seoul Statement, Preamble to Section IV: “The Human Person: The Image of God Created and Restored”