Do religious conflicts undermine belief in God — or point to something deeper?
Robert Spitzer explores whether diverse religions reflect incompatible truths or a shared transcendent reality expressed in different ways. Across traditions, themes like justice, goodness, and love recur — raising the question: can unity emerge from diversity?
Fr. Robert J. Spitzer SJ is an American Jesuit priest, philosopher, educator, author, speaker, and retired President of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
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0:00 Religious Conflict and Doubt About God
0:33 Shared Intuitions of a Transcendent Reality
1:17 Why Religions Diverge After God
2:01 Revelation, Reason, and the Possibility of Convergence
3:28 Cultural Structures and Religious Division
4:18 How One God Could Appear as Many Religions
5:20 Toward Unity: Dialogue, Reason, and Shared Values
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