Has the progress of science made religion irrelevant? | Peter Atkins, Myriam François, Hilary Lawson
97Scientist Peter Atkins, theologian Myriam François, and philosopher Hilary Lawson debate science, religion and philosophy.
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It’s been 150 years since Matthew Arnold wrote of the long withdrawing roar as faith and God began their retreat. Yet as our churches have emptied, our belief in progress, science and reason has also faltered. We find ourselves in a new time in which all beliefs are challenged, and perspectives jostle in a relative world.
In a culture where we find ourselves lost, should we look once more to the spiritual afresh to make sense of our limitations? Might religion, in the form of shared rituals and values, once again have a place? Or are all religions anachronistic, often dangerous, belief systems that should be consigned to the dustbin of history?
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Research associate at the Centre for Islamic Studies at SOAS Myriam François, Oxford scientist and humanist Peter Atkins and philosopher and Closure theorist Hilary Lawson debate spirituality and secularism. Hosted by leading psychiatrist, Mark Salter.
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