Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
In this second informal video lecture to accompany his book 'The Christian Middle Way', Robert M Ellis argues that religious experiences are highly meaningful and inspiring, but cannot be used to justify absolute beliefs. He also puts forward the case that the spirit behind the prohibition of idolatry should today be helpfully interpreted as an avoidance of absolute language, not of images. The Middle Way is thus an avoidance of idolatry, whether positive or negative.
In this second informal video lecture to accompany his book 'The Christian Middle Way', Robert M Ellis argues that religious experiences are highly meaningful and inspiring, but cannot be used to justify absolute beliefs. He also puts forward the case that the spirit behind the prohibition of idolatry should today be helpfully interpreted as an avoidance of absolute language, not of images. The Middle Way is thus an avoidance of idolatry, whether positive or negative.
