Unbelievable? 28 May 2011 - Can Christian morality inform secular society?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

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Lord Richard Harries is a life peer in the British House of Lords and the former Bishop of Oxford. His book "The Re-enchantment of Morality" has been shortlisted for this year's Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing. He argues that Christianity and the example of Jesus "re-enchants" morality with a foundation, purpose and distinctiveness. Lord Dick Taverne is a Liberal Democrat Peer in the House of Lords and an atheist. He contends that religion can be a help but also danger to a moral society. They debate whether the West's focus on wealth needs a Christian moral solutuion, and also debate the rights and wrongs of euthanasia. To Pre-Order "Unbelievable? The Conference" DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For "The Re-Enchantment of Morality" http://www.spckpublishing.co.uk/shop/re-enchantment-of-morality-the/ For Lord Richard Harries http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/the-rt-revd-lord-harries For Lord Dick Taverne http://www.libdems.org.uk/people_detail.aspx?name=Lord_Taverne&pPK=c40f5bff-94ec-4852-ac4d-229a9fa67e22 For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 25 Apr 2009 Euthanasia - Should it be legalised? Lord Dick Taverne & Dan Boucher Unbelievable? 27 Feb 2010 - Faith in Britain - Andrew Copson of the BHA vs David Robertson "Stop worrying and enjoy your life" - are we better off without God in Britain? Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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0:40.0	Welcome along to Unbelievable here on Premier Christian Radio and online at
0:44.8	Premier.org. UK slash unbelievable. I'm Justin Briley your host for the next hour and
0:50.3	half or so in the program that brings Christians and non-Christians together.
0:54.7	And I'll be introducing my guest for today's program in just a moment's time.
0:58.7	Like to tell you first though, before we get into that, that if you haven't discovered it yet you can order, pre-order the unbelievable
1:06.2	conference DVD a couple of weeks ago now I was joined by about 500 others for
1:12.2	a special conference looking at some of the tough
1:14.0	questions that get asked about the Christian faith. A fantastic range of
1:17.6	speakers we had on the day, John Lennox on Science and Faith, David
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