God Rock Radio # 159 – Spirituality and The Enlightenment Part 1

Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia a noted social historian puts his own unique spin on the great intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th century, The Enlightenment in which ideas concerning reason, nature, humanity and God were blended into a world view that inspired radical and revolutionary developments in Western civilization. Contrary to popular opinion many of the great thinkers from the Age of Reason were not atheists or even agnostics and they may have rebelled against organized religion but actually held deeply spiritual beliefs and had their own sweeping ideas about God and the divine . First off Jack presents a historical overview and examines the work of John Locke – The Father of Liberalism, the initiatior of the Enlightenment in England and France. Next, it’s the life, legend and legacy of Voltaire whose lampoons of powerful political systems and liberal religious opinions caused an uproar all over Europe. Voltaire was a witty crusader against tyranny and bigotry – a man of the people who felt that defending the rights of humanity was the true Spirituality and the road to the divine.

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