Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer, Douglas Murray: God and the West

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On today’s ID the Future, Uncommon Knowledge host Peter Robinson talks with historian Tom Holland, journalist Douglas Murray, and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer about the decline of theistic faith in the West. Here in Part I of the conversation, the men consider possible causes for the decline of theistic faith. According to Meyer the decline has occurred in the face of increasing scientific evidence for the existence of God. So what gives? Tune in to hear their stimulating exploration of the question, and what each sees as the appropriate response. This material is used by permission of Peter Robinson and the Uncommon Knowledge podcast.

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0:00.0	I. Hello, I'm Tom Gilson.
0:14.0	Peter Robinson, host of the Hoover Institution's Uncommon Knowledge Podcast, sat down recently with three of today's most thoughtful observers in the fields of
0:24.9	faith, religion, and Western culture. It was historian Tom Holland, author
0:30.3	Douglas Murray, and the Discovery Institute's own Stephen C. Meyer.
0:35.6	The three don't share the same beliefs regarding Christianity's truth, but they all agree
0:39.6	on its importance in shaping the West and they have similar questions regarding the effect if
0:45.9	and when Christianity's influence should fade here in the West even further.
0:51.8	Today we hear the first part of their conversation.
0:54.8	Peter Robinson will introduce them further.
0:57.8	Matthew Arnold 1867, the Sea of Faith was once at the full, but now I only hear its melancholy long withdrawing roar.
1:08.0	Tom Holland, a historian Stephen Meyer, a scientist, Douglas Murray, and author, the God question on uncommon knowledge now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge.
1:28.0	Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.
1:31.0	Educated at Cambridge, Tom Holland is the author of many works of ancient history,
1:35.2	including Rubicon, the last years of the Roman Republic,
1:38.5	and Herodotus the histories,
1:41.1	an original translation by a man who taught himself ancient Greek.
1:45.0	I repeat, he taught himself ancient Greek.
1:48.1	Tom Holland's most recent work, the 2019 volume, Dominion,
1:52.4	the making of the Western Mind, as the Book is titled in Britain, or as the book is
1:56.8	titled in the United States, Dominion How the Christian Revolution Remade the world.
2:03.2	Stephen Meyer holds a degree in geophysics and a degree from Cambridge in the philosophy
2:08.6	of science.
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