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Gifford Lectures 2018 - Professor N.T. Wright - Lecture 1, 12th February 2018 - YouTube

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N.T. Wright explores the historical and cultural shift from traditional natural theology to modern Epicureanism. The lecture examines how the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Enlightenment-era thought challenged religious perspectives on nature, setting the stage for subsequent intellectual debates about history, progress, and divine presence in the world. Follow along using the transcript. N.T. Wright explores the historical and cultural shift from traditional natural theology to modern Epicureanism. The lecture examines how the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Enlightenment-era thought challenged religious perspectives on nature, setting the stage for subsequent intellectual debates about history, progress, and divine presence in the world. Follow along using the transcript.

Professor N.T. Wright of St Andrews University delivers the first of the 2018 Gifford Lectures at the Unversity of Aberdeen's King's College Conference Centre well good evening ladies and gentlemen can you hear me okay the back thank you very much I might greaves I'm senior vice principal here at the University of Aberdeen and I'm very honored to make this introduction to the Gifford lectures this evening I want to welcome you all here this is a first in the series of 2018 Gifford lectures here at the University of Aberdeen these lectures were established in 1888 by virtue of generous…

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