Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross talk to Mary Poplin about her book Is Reality Secular?: Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews.

About Mary Poplin
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0:26 - Intro to Mary Poplin’s book
5:00 - About Mary and her work
7:00 - Mary’s radical conversion to Christianity
10:00 - What was Mary’s worldview like before becoming a Christian?
11:00 - A dream that impacted Mary’s journey
13:32 - Why write a book about worldviews?
15:56 - What do we mean when we say “secular”?
18:39 - Why take a “worldview” approach?
22:27 - Exploring secular humanism
26:06 - How do we address secular humanism?
27:11 - Material naturalism
30:58 - Pantheism and Western Pantheism
32:57 - How Christianity is different
37:28 - What was most impactful during Mary’s time in Calcutta
41:08 - What was Mother Theresa like? And reflections on Christopher Hitchens

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