Religion

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of religion.

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Are you there, God?

11 talks • 3h 32m
For as many people as there are on Earth, there are as many answers to the question: Are you there, God? These talks offer personal perspectives on faith from all ends of the spectrum, from ardent Atheists to devout believers.

Talks about Religion

10:25

Marwa Al-Sabouni

How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war

Posted Jul 2016
8:05

Negin Farsad

A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

Posted Jun 2016
17:33

Elizabeth Lev

The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel

Posted Jan 2016
12:36

Chelsea Shields

How I'm working for change inside my church

Posted Nov 2015
12:13

Alaa Murabit

What my religion really says about women

Posted Jul 2015
14:01

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

What does my headscarf mean to you?

Posted May 2015
12:38

Kitra Cahana

My father, locked in his body but soaring free

Posted Oct 2014
20:05

Karima Bennoune

When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism

Posted Jul 2014
19:14

Naomi Oreskes

Why we should trust scientists

Posted Jun 2014
14:40

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)

Posted Jun 2014
6:54

Christopher Emdin

Teach teachers how to create magic

Posted Apr 2014
14:59

John Searle

Our shared condition — consciousness

Posted Jul 2013
13:45

Lesley Hazleton

The doubt essential to faith

Posted Jun 2013
16:31

Bobby Ghosh

Why global jihad is losing

Posted Dec 2012
13:20

Hans Rosling

Religions and babies

Posted May 2012
18:16

Jonathan Haidt

Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

Posted Mar 2012
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