Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 38 minutes ago
This is the first of a planned series of informal video lectures by Robert M. Ellis to accompany the launch of his book, 'The Christian Middle Way', approaching Christianity in a way that takes into account our embodied, uncertain humanity. In this lecture he explores his distinction between embodied and experiential faith on the one hand, and absolute belief on the other. He explains how faith in this sense can be compatible with the Middle Way, whilst absolute belief is not. In the process he will also discuss the nature of meaning, the understanding of God as an archetype, why psychological accounts of God are *not* reductive, and our responsibility for interpreting the Christian tradition in a helpful way.
This is the first of a planned series of informal video lectures by Robert M. Ellis to accompany the launch of his book, 'The Christian Middle Way', approaching Christianity in a way that takes into account our embodied, uncertain humanity. In this lecture he explores his distinction between embodied and experiential faith on the one hand, and absolute belief on the other. He explains how faith in this sense can be compatible with the Middle Way, whilst absolute belief is not. In the process he will also discuss the nature of meaning, the understanding of God as an archetype, why psychological accounts of God are *not* reductive, and our responsibility for interpreting the Christian tradition in a helpful way.
