Yale University Professor Miroslav Volf talks about what makes life worth living, walking the communist death march, Viktor Frankl, Jürgen Moltmann, and the crippling effect of struggling for superiority.

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Chapters
0:00:00 - Miroslav Volf on What Makes Life Worth Living
0:00:37 - Carey welcomes you to the podcast
0:02:55 - Early life in Croatia and how it shaped Volf's theological perspective
0:07:09 - Walking the Communist Death March
0:14:55 - Effects of Suffering
0:23:30 - Volf's comments on Justice
0:32:20 - Miroslav Volf's writing and thinking influences
0:42:40 - Languages and their impact on our thinking
0:55:00 - What makes a life worth living?
1:05:05 - Rigorous intellectual debate in the church