AIRED: January 10, 2022
SPECIAL GUEST: Stephen G. Post
Stephen G. Post’s new book, God and Love on Route 80: Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness, describes how an excessive focus on materialism and the neglect of spiritual values such as love, compassion, and generosity have prevented us from realizing our potential as a human society.
While technological and scientific advancements have contributed to a better quality of life for many, the lack of attention to our inner lives is reflected in the persistent and pervasive emotional troubles and the growing socio-economic and ideological divides at the root of so many of the problems affecting us today.
Stephen shares that it is only in recent decades that modern science has begun to address these topics. He states that it has been his privilege to explore these ideas with leading physicists, neuroscientists and other thinkers, how it has been very encouraging to see and share in his new book the real possibility for a convergence of science and spirituality to benefit humanity.
STEPHEN G. POST
Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Happier, Healthier Life by the Simple Act of Giving. The British Medical Journal designated his book, The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer’s Disease, a medical classic of the 20th century.
Post is among a handful of individuals awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the national Alzheimer’s Association. In 2001 he founded the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which researches and distributes knowledge on kindness, giving, and spirituality. A frequent contributor to major magazines and newspapers including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine, Post has appeared on The Daily Show among other national television programs.
He was invited to become one of the Founding Fellows of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), the preeminent scholarly organization in this field, based at Cambridge University. He received the Kama Book Award in Medical Humanities from World Literacy Canada (2008), and the “Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Leadership in Health Care” from the Trustees of the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network.
He is an elected member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Post served as a co-chair of the United Nations Population Fund conference on spirituality and global transformation.
He is a Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University, and the founder and director of the Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics. A leader in medicine, research, and religion, Dr. Post’s latest book is a meditation on the meaning of life and the importance of spirituality.
