Religion and Science

Arts & Ideas

BBC

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4.2 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Nicholas Spencer, Emily Qureshi-Hurst and Philip Ball join Christopher Harding for a conversation about the nature of reality – as science reveals it, as religion reveals it, and how the world might look if we treat science and religion not as competitors but as collaborators; a cosmic dynamic duo.

Magesteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion by Nicholas Spencer is out now.

Producer: Ruth Watts

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0:00.0	Can I just say?
0:01.5	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:04.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:05.6	So nice.
0:06.5	There are loads more like it on BBC sounds.
0:08.8	Different paces, different heights.
0:10.6	The roof is buckling.
0:11.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:14.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:16.7	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:21.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:25.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:26.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:29.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.7	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:35.8	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:40.3	Hello, I'm Chris Harding, and today on the Arts and Ideas podcast, Science and Religion,
0:46.5	a fight to the very death, or a partnership of profound and largely untapped potential.
0:53.1	A definitive answer for you, coming up after this message.
1:00.5	The music swells and we're carried away on a tide of yearning, desire, regret, hope.
1:13.8	This is essential Rachmaninoff, a composer who, above all else, has the power to make us feel.
1:23.6	I'm Donald Beclad, and in the composer of the week podcast, I'm marking Rachmaninoff's 150th anniversary by exploring some of the experiences that inspired his powerful music.
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