What is the soul? In conversation with John Cottingham
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Whatever else has happened to religious practice over the last 40 years, it doesn’t seem to have affected the way we talk about, or believe in, the soul, with as many people doing so today as they did 40 years ago. But what we mean by the ‘soul’ is far from clear. Is it a thing, a process, or just a figures of speech?
In this episode, Nick Spencer speaks to Prof. John Cottingham about his book In Search of the Soul.
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