Exploring the Core Purpose of World Religions and Human Inclination towards Transcendence

In his lecture “World Faiths and Globalization: How Does Globalization Affect Them?” delivered at the 2014 Payton Lectures, Miroslav Volf reflected on how world faiths—with their visions of human flourishing—meet systems of power and wealth in the midst of globalization.

In response to Miroslav Volf’s lecture “World Faiths and Globalization: How Does Globalization Affect Them?” Marguerite Shuster, Oscar García-Johnson, Mignon Jacobs discussed themes of colonization, human flourishing, and the public arena as they relate to the major world faiths.

At the time of recording, Miroslav Volf was director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, Marguerite Shuster was Harold John Ockenga Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Theology, Oscar García-Johnson was associate professor of theology and Latino/a studies, and Mignon Jacobs was associate professor of Old Testament.